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FWRUP OF PEOPLE OFTEN ALREADY
LIVING ON THE EDGE.
VICTIMS OF DO MES YOU CAN
VIOLENCE.
ACCORDING TO OUR AFFILIATE K
FWRKS TV THE DIOCESE OF SAN DEG
F
GOE TERMINATED THIS WOMAN
BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL SHE
WORKED AT FEARED WHAT HER
ABUSIVE EX-HUSBAND COULD DO.
KGTV REPORTS CHARLES WORTH
WARNED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
ABOUT HIM AND THEN IN YAN THE
SCHOOL WENT ON LOCKDOWN AFTER HE
WAS SEEN ON CAMPUS.
AT THIS TIME, CHARLES WORTH WAS
PUT ON INDEFINITE LEAVE.
HER FOUR KIDS, ALL STUDENTS AT
THE SCHOOL, WERE REMOVED FROM
CLASS.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN BACK.
IN FACT, SOME PARENTS TOLD KGTV
THEY WOULD HAVE PULLED THEIR
KIDS HAD SHE STAYED.
>> THERE COMES A POINT WHERE YOU
HAVE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR
PEOPLE.
THIS IS, I THINK, A PRIME
EXAMPLE OF WHY VICTIMS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DO NOT COME
FORWARD WITH THEIR SITUATION.
HOW AM I FWOGOING TO GET A JOB?
WHAT DO I SAY WHEN THEY SAY WHY
DID YOU LEAVE YOUR LAST JOB?
BECAUSE MY SCHOOL THOUGHT I WAS
A SECURITY THREAT?
WHO'S FWOGOING TO PUT ME IN FRO
OF A CLASSROOM?
>> WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.
JOEY, LET ME START WITH YOU.
SHE'S CONSIDERING A LAWSUIT.
DOES CHSHE HAVE A CASE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, SHE REALLY
DOES NOT.
HERE'S THE PROBLEM, BROOKE.
I THINK SOMETHING LIKE THIS
LENDS ITSELF TO A LEGISLATIVE
SOLUTION.
THE REASON I SAY THAT IS WHEN
YOU WORK FOR AN EMPLOYER THEY
CAN HIRE OR FIRE FOR ANY REASON
OR NO REASON AS LONG AS IT'S NOT
PREDICATED UPON DISCRIMINATION.
CERTAINLY SHE SHOULD BE IN A
CLASS OF PROTECTED PEOPLE AS A
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIM.
IT'S UNFAIR.
UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK THE LEGISLATURE WOULD
HAVE TO CREATE AN EXCEPTION IN
THE LAW SO AS TO GIVE HER THE
ABILITY SHE NEEDS TO WORK.
NOT BE PENALIZED FOR BEING A
VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
>> LET ME SAY THIS TO BE FAIR,
OF COURSE.
WE REACHED OUT TO THE SCHOOL, TO
OFFICIALS.
THEY HAVE YET TO RESPOND.
MONICA, YOU SEE THEIR POSITION.
THEY SAY HER EX, WHO IS IN JAIL
NOW, HE GOT OUT, WENT TO THE
SCHOOL.
HURT SOMEONE.
I MEAN, COULDN'T THE SCHOOL BE
HELD RESPONSIBLE IF THAT WERE TO
HAPPEN?
>> I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH JOEY.
THIS IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION.
BUT IF THEY HAD KEPT HER ON
STAFF, THAT IS A DANGER TO ALL
THE CHILDREN THAT ARE IN THE
SCHOOL.
THEY ALREADY WENT ON LOCKDOWN
ONCE.
IF HE HAD COME TO THE SCHOOL AND
THE SCHOOL KNEW ABOUT THIS
DANGER AND THEY DIDN'T DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT, HE COMES IN,
HURTS HER, HURTS THE CHILDREN,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEN, YES,
THE PARENTS COULD TRY TO HOLD
THAT SCHOOL RESPONSIBLE.
WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, I
THINK THIS IS A PUBLIC POLICY
DECISION.
WE HAVE TO BASICALLY WEIGH THE
INTERESTS OF THE DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE VICTIMS IN A SITUATION