Iraqi woman beaten in Calif. dies; threat note left at sceneEL CAJON, Calif. — A 32-year-old woman from Iraq who was found severely beaten next to a threatening note saying “go back to your country” died on Saturday.
Shaima Alawadi’s 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious Wednesday morning in the dining room of the house in El Cajon, police Lt. Steve Shakowski said.
Hanif Mohebi, the director of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he met with Alawadi’s family members Saturday morning and was told the mother of five was taken off life support around 3 p.m.Shaima Alawadi’s 17-year-old daughter found her unconscious Wednesday morning in the dining room of the house in El Cajon, police Lt. Steve Shakowski said.
“The family is in shock at the moment. They’re still trying to deal with what happened,” Mohebi said.
The daughter told KUSI-TV that her mother had been beaten on the head repeatedly with a tire iron.
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Trailer for the upcoming documentary “Bully”, which will be released on March 30th.
I do not and will never understand the motivation and the satisfaction one could derive from making someone’s life hell. It just breaks my heart, but there are people who do care- sometimes it’s easy to lose sight of that when everyone is ganging up on you.
Anyhow, this bit is important:
Bully has been given an R rating in the states, because of the language content, which means a lot of the kids who need to see this movie, can’t.There’s a petition to change the rating; take a moment out of your day to sign it, it’s important that this movie is able to be shown in theatres/schools to the right audience!
http://www.change.org/petitions/mpaa-don-t-let-the-bullies-win-give-bully-a-pg-13-instead-of-an-r-rating
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