How system failed a young Chicago mother who tried repeatedly to stop her abuser
CHICAGO -- Maria Roque was just 34 years old when she was shot and killed on the steps outside her West Side Chicago home, in front of her 8-year-old daughter. Her daughter and her 14-year-old son both witnessed Roque take her last breath. In the weeks before she was killed, Roque repeatedly took all steps domestic violence victims are told to take. She got a protection order against her former boyfriend, Kenneth Brown. She also repeatedly went to the Chicago Police Department for help.
Crawford said this sent a message to Roque: 'That she was going to have to do everything on her own.' Police did the bare minimum required by law. They kept telling Roque that she could try to get an arrest warrant herself from the Cook County State's Attorney's Office.
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