      
1. January 18, 2000 Barrington, RI: Katherine Brown murdered
Katherine Brown, 20 a college student, who grew up in our
town, was murdered, allegedly by her abusive boyfriend, in his parent’s
driveway a couple of miles from my home. After
the murder, it was learned that Providence police had been called to Brown’s
apartment four days earlier for a domestic dispute with her boyfriend.
Another recent incident of domestic abuse, involving the couple was
reported in nearby MA.
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Oct,
30 2002, Ronald Posner pleads no contest, sentenced to 40 years
Katherine
Brown mourners urged to act on domestic abuse: NBC10 WJAR
The Katie Brown tragedy, in affluent Barrington,
points up to the fact that domestic violence knows no economic
bounds." Monica Karuturi Thesis
(.pdf format 88 pages) Assessing the Implementation of Mandatory Arrest Policy for Intimate Partner Violence in the State of Rhode Island
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors Department of Public Policy and American Institutions
Brown University April 2001
The murder of Katherine Brown shocked our
community. The story captured headlines in local newspapers and television
broadcasts, prompting a flurry of editorials and op-ed features on
domestic violence in the local media.
Unfortunately,
newspaper editors and television producers don’t recognize the connection
between Katherine Brown and their promotion of violent brutality as
entertainment. Where were the editorial
staffers, when their papers printed multiple page features promoting the film
Hannibal, that opened in theaters
February 9? The same local news anchors who expressed grim remorse for
Katherine Brown's death, and urged action against domestic violence were
promoting the CBS reality show, Survivor 2 which broadcast the graphic slaughter of
a pig as prime time entertainment four weeks later. Read on for more
details.
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