Amen praise God! I narrowly escaped with my life last September. Coercive control was their way to keep me. When I stood up for myself, they lied & manipulated. I'm trying to stay safe with my child but it's scary. When they didn't have their medicine, because they sold it, or when they used illicit substances, and I stood up to him, called him out, I was suddenly the bad guy because I "made him" act out physically on me. ❤️🩹
25 years here. I'm glad you were able to escape. Yes, this type of law should have been done decades ago. I think also if anyone is caught fabricating or abusing this law they should be thrown in prison as well. Because some do abuse the laws enforced now, this is why we don't get some of the support we deserve. To be clear, there are men out there that have been abused as well and there is almost nothing to help them. Although, I don't believe it on the same amount as women.
@@michellefregeau321it typically is, the common rule medical examiner’s use is always assume it was a murder until proved otherwise. I think in this case many people were paid off
Exactly! If she had a restraining order against him in life, he should not have been allowed to have her body after death! Unbelievable! There should be a law against that!
You’re absolutely right mental abuse is way worse than physical abuse sadly I know this from experience !!! The bruises , black eyes and all the other things eventually go away or can be hidden but the mental abuse stays with you for a lifetime !
This attorney sucks! She did NOTHING to protect Mica AT ALL. She is using this opportunity to gain notoriety for a Coercive law when she did absolutely nothing for her previous hundreds of clients who’ve experienced this type of abuse. Phony! She cares about her bank account & falsely claims Mica committed suicide.
My bruises and bones healed years ago, but my emotional, mental, and SPIRITUAL health has never recovered! The abuser paid NOTHING for all of this damage. 😢 Mica’s law needs to be federal/national!!
I agree with you I AM STILL HURTING 😢 from all the damage he put me through. It has been 24 years for me 😢 unfortunately but I Thank God for every breath that I have and I know that by the grace of God I AM HEALED IN JESUS NAME!!
I am in family court for all the reasons you have ADDED above. I want to do everything I can to support this law being passed, as someone who’s own life depends on it. Especially as a single mother to my beautiful daughter. I am doing my research now to contact my local representatives, please I hope everyone that is watching this does the same 🙏 I SUPPORT MICA’S LAW💗 #coercivecontrolbill #micaslaw
Yes, it definitely should be. I 1000% agree. This woman is doing a great job & extremely passionate & respectful of Mica & her family. I pray this law gets passed. #JUSTICE. ✨️✨️✨️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. This law should have taken effect decades ago. Imo.
I am from indonesia, i support MICA'S LAW, make a petition and i will fill up the form. God will make it happened. In Jesus Name, Your will be done. Amen🙏🙏 #justiceformica #prayformicafamily
My heart is heavy for this amazing family. Their love for Mica is clear. They are standing in the heat and humidity under such a heavy burden. God bless you!!!!!
She’s “performing”if she was a DV advocate why hasn’t she done anything before today when she’s had hundreds of DV clients? Why didn’t she file a restraining order against JP for harassment & illegally putting trackers & razors in Micas tires?
This is utterly BRILLIANT!! Now THIS is a lawyer who is treating her vocation as a CALLING and a MINISTRY!! This attorney is: Dialed-In; Unassuming; Deft; Principled; Calm; Unyielding; Skilled … and LAZER FOCUSED on PJP a Vindication-Suppository! She is using Mica’s tragic demise to make a much broader social-change!! What BRILLIANCE!! You didn’t live in vain, Mica, nor did you die in vain!
Mica’s Law needs to also be in North Carolina. Actually, every state. There should be no reason to let people abuse others by coercive means on any kind.
Justice for mica and her family and protection of his minor children with his first wife. I heard she won custody while he is no state of mind to take care of them.
My sister's murder went uninvestigated in Oregon County Missouri. The very thing that happened to Mica happened to my sister. No one will help me. Not one person.
Coercive control laws have recently been introduced in Queensland Australia after Hannah Clarke and her 3 children were ultimately murdered by being burned to death by Hannah’s estranged husband in 2020. “Referred to as Hannah’s Law, the new legislation criminalises coercive control and incorporates both physical and non-physical forms of domestic and family violence. This is one of the many steps that has been undertaken by the Queensland Government in recent years to address domestic violence in our community. Queensland legislation defines coercive control as a pattern of abuse designed to hurt, intimidate and scare an intimate partner. It applies to both current and former relationships, and if found guilty, a perpetrator could face up to 14 years imprisonment”. I truly hope Mica’s law is similarly introduced.
It’s a step in the right direction for us in Australia but the numbers don’t seem to be any different! We need to protect our women!! We need to educate our children!! We as a country need to do better!! 💜💜💜💜
That is a heart shattering situation. She did everything right to try to stay safe. It's so sad she passed, but how could she go on without her children!
@@duuuuude-oq3ob I don’t know if I understand your question. I’m talking about coercive control laws. The reasons why these laws may be enacted vary. The case that triggered it here is one that ultimately ended in murder. Mica’s case ended in suicide. Both cases started with coercive control and ended tragically which is why the laws need to exist.
Scrubbed phones aren't scrubbed from FBI forensics. If you noticed early on in the press conference, she said whenever law enforcement or agencies are done. So more than one agency maybe looking at it.
This is everything that I have recently been through. This bill must be passed!!! I went through the same abuse that mica went through. Lord please help this to be passed!
As a person trying to come out of the other end of this I pray strength to all of those fighting. I personally lost myself and just thank you to all those fighting for the lost❤
Yes it is, my ex husband tried to do nearly exactly what happened to Mica. I was emotionally & financially abused. Tried to have me hospitalized but it didn't work. Police told Hospital he was screwing me over. The psychologist could tell based on what I told them. They called a cab sent me to a hotel. I got spousal support and the vehicle I was driving!!! Left his sorry *** and never looked back. He stalked me through apps on my phone for a while, which was so creepy!
That's awesome! This is a law that should be nationwide. I fully believe that many states won't pass this type of bill simply because people in positions of authority (most frequently men) are often those who commit these offenses. Too many Law Enforcement Officers have these qualities, unfortunately. As a nurse, I've worked with nurses (one in particular ) who have been married to police officers that are extremely controlling and emotionally abusive. The gaslighting and threats can be highly traumatic, because it includes the understanding that it's your word against theirs, and the close community within the department is "we take care of our own". That's a very intimidating way to live. I hope Mica's Law gets the attention it deserves and is passed soon. I have been in this kind of coersive control relationship where it seems like there's no way out and no one will believe you. I was fortunate enough to work for a law firm prior to becoming a nurse, so I was able to get away unscathed. Too many women don't have that help and pay the ultimate price.
Very well spoken. #MicasLaw #JusticeForMica #MicaAcacia | South Carolina is so archaic in the laws of #DomesticViolece and Marriage. *It's mind-blowing*
Not just South Carolina : Those men who make the laws; enforce the laws.....abusers themselves. The highest court in the nation? Historically more men than women....
This attorney is wonderful. Thank God she’s handling this case. I’m so happy to hear about the agreement to have Mica’s attorney take possession of her belongings. Hopefully the Robeson County sheriff’s department did not tamper with any of Mica’s possessions or evidence at the direction of a pastor or his attorney.
So if the Senate would of signed that bill in 2020 by the senate, Mica’s Law would & should of been already signed! Maybe Mica would STILL be with us if Mica’s Law would of been signed 🤷♀️ Justice 4 Mica Miller, We all want Mica’s Law 🙌💜💜 I LOVE THIS LAWYER, SHE EXPLAINS EVERY SINGLE THING 😉🤗
Excellent. Thank you! Curious if he will abide by the law. I don't trust his attorney, Tom Winslow. He's broken the law before many times. But I believe in Mica's family. Justice for Mica💜
At 43:17, If you are married you do not have equal protection under the law. In other words, if your neighbor harasses you, you can do something about it but if your spouse harasses you, it's a matter for family court.
Marriage is considered a legal contract.. imo.. at the end, and when it ends in divorce. Make this a legal contract from jump. I call it combining financial resources.. because in the end.. it’s a P&L game.. see the expectations from jump! It’s no longer “I love you til death do us part nor in sickness or in health “.. it’s until I’m tired of you.. and I deserve and I’m entitled.. just saying
So happy to hear that a temporary family settlement agreement was reached and an Order accepting it was signed by the Court. Hopefully that, coupled with the FBI conducting an investigation, will give Mica's family some relief. Many people have compared this to the Murdaugh investigation. This is also reminiscent of the 1996 disappearance of Anne Marie Fahey. She literally vanished and her body was never found. Her former married lover, Tom Capano, who was a wealthy, prominent, and politically connected former Delaware deputy attorney general, was the prime suspect. What made all the difference in an ostensibly hopeless investigation, was that the FBI, with its immense investigative powers, joined the investigation. There was very little physical evidence. Capano was an egomaniac who enlisted other people to assist him in the murder of Anne Marie, the disposal of her body, and the subsequent cover up of his crime. One such person was his other long time mistress. Another was his brother, who had a conscience and was tormented with guilt over helping Capano dispose of Anne Marie's body. If not for the involvement of the FBI, Capano might never have been brought to justice. He ended up being convicted of his "perfect crime," Anne Marie's m*rd*r, and he died in prison. Mica has become the worldwide face of DV. She will not be forgotten. God is in control. There will be #justiceformica. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Capano
Coercive control not only happens within intimate and familiar relationships but also can happen in governmental and community settings, yet seems to follow the exact patterns.
Shame on that judiciary committee for allowing something so critically important to the health, well-being and the very lives of those victims of DV. I applaud this lawyer for shining light on this matter, even though I cannot believe in the year 2024 that not more people are aware of the devastating, debilitating and diabolical consequences that victims dealing with at the hands of these sick individuals. It's about time something changed. I am heartbroken that this beautiful young woman had to pay with her life but I do believe this could possibly be the beginning of some much needed change that is needed. Justice for Mica and may her life not have gone in vain 🙏🙏🙏
I'm dying inside. This speech is all about the justice thousands of victims, including myself, will never receive. My life essentially ended because of coercive control. She is right that it will destroy a soul and create a life not worth living. Quietly giving up over time -trudging through life alone and joyless. I pray that this crime is recognized and ends the suffering of so many people who did nothing wrong but love the wrong person too much.
Absolutely beautiful press conference by this lawyer. She answered so many questions. Most don't even know these things are already in place to assist victims. I am from California. I am appalled how uninformed we are. I pray this South Carolina bill will be signed into law swiftly. It is a lifeline and Godsend to all those affected by abuse who otherwise feel trapped and hopeless for help and change. It needs to be a law nation wide. Rip Mica Thank you for your voice. It will get better. 💓To God be the glory.
Mica had such a warm beautiful presence about her 💐🌻🌞❣️ it truly feels like the world let down the wrong one 😢❤️🩹🙏 I wish, so bad, that she didn’t have to lose her life 😪
Im about to cry... listening to her break down what coercive control in domestic violence is has made clear to me that i was abused by one of my ex's... He exerted control over me and i tried to break up with him so many times and tried to make him leave my home and he would refuse. He would take my keys and my phone and not allow me to leave my own apartment when he refused to leave. I was enraged but i was scared for my life on more than one occasion. He chose the wrong one. I would physically lash out by hitting him and then he would beat me. One night i was so terrified and enraged i hurt him badly. I took him to the hospita as he needed medical attentionl and he was ok. He used that incident to then move into my apartment the next day and we lived in hell for another year. He said that if i were to break up with him he would turn me in for hurting him. I didn't know at the time that he was holding me hostage by taking my keys and phone and physically preventing me from leaving. He was bigger than me 8 years older than me. I was only 24. He was my second boyfriend. I finally got him to leave by breaking my lease and telling him he had to find somewhere to go bc i was going to rehab. I am so so heartbroken for Mica but if I hadnt known about this case and watched this press conference i would continue to harbor the shame i have carried with me for the past 5 years. Last year he was posting about me obsessively and i had to make an entire new fb w a fake name and block him on it. My old fb had my deceased friend and dad as friends on there. 😢 Damn. God bless her soul and her family.
"Mica's Law" is desparetly needed! Our courageous warrior pioneers paved a way for victims. They'll forever be appreciated. It's well overdue for us to pass the torch of the hard work they implemented by evolving to new laws. Pyschological abuse is real - it inflicts tremendous trauma to the mind that lasts a life time! Abuse is not exclusive to physical. There are ways psychlogical abuse can be proven in a court of law. Let's get'r done!!! Thank you millions Ms. for working to pass the law. I can't thank you enough! We're behind you all the way! 💯 Mica Strong!!! 💜💜💜
As far as I know that is a punishable offence slresdy, especially done in the way it was. Cyber bullying I think it is considered. He is guilty of so much!
Even if they are posted "anonymously" as JP did. It was reported online that the authorities couldn't take the post down because it couldn't be proven who posted the image "anonymously".
We want Mica's law for people who experience or have experienced this type of abuse. We demand it to be signed into law. We are sick of having no protection from mental and emotional abuse
Absolutely!! This lady gave the best speech and voice for Mica and all abused that I have ever listened to! She in fact appears so well spoken and intelligent that I would vote her in as 2024 Presidential if the United States of America, America needs a strong woman such as she. She didn’t stumble she spoke it loud and clear and she spoke with clarity that she would not stop until it became law. Most of all she spoke with hurt and pain for Mica and all victims of Domestic Violence! Never have I listened to such a well informed Conference and one w it th such Confidence! She is far more than just an attorney in my opinion! Justice for Mica May she Rest In Peace. His rest her beautiful soul. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Thank you!!!!!! I was emotionally abused as a child!! And an adult and this will helo to end the pain some of us go through. The pain that bears no visible wounds.
Good gravy if this law were in place, JP would practically get the death penalty. What a sad state SC is for women. I really hope this doesn't go away and I pray the family has a case to sue the counties where crimes took place. Make this retroactive. JP will get his. The Lord takes vengeance on His enemies and those who shed innocent blood
I’m praying for you, Miller family. The UK introduced a coercive abuse law some time ago. This can be done. I believe members of the church had picked up on Mica’s situation but being under the control of an abuser is terrifying, it would help if the general public had awareness and withheld judgement on someone stuck in this situation. It needs to be easier to leave and stay safe.
My daughter is going through this same situation 😡 Roy Burdette has and continues to manipulate the judicial system along with Social services! What a shame that we have to with this Hell!!!! COPS AT MY HOUSE THIS AM... WE Need rights for our adult children!!!!
No marks were often not visible by my abusers; however, my behaviors, especially as a small child, should have been dead giveaways. Instead, I was treated like I was slowly developing, defiant, or disobedient.
One key fact about coercive control that this attorney missed is its potential to cause severe brain damage and PTSD, which is often misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder, BPD, ADHD, and other conditions. I suspect this was the case with Mica. After leaving my ex, I had a brain scan done that was comparable to that of a prisoner of war. I am praying that this bill comes to fruition.
Every state needs Mica Law. I was emotionally abused for 40years before I had the strength to leave. God helped me.
Amen praise God! I narrowly escaped with my life last September. Coercive control was their way to keep me. When I stood up for myself, they lied & manipulated. I'm trying to stay safe with my child but it's scary. When they didn't have their medicine, because they sold it, or when they used illicit substances, and I stood up to him, called him out, I was suddenly the bad guy because I "made him" act out physically on me. ❤️🩹
Amen
God and his angels helped me too! Without that divine intervention I would not have had the realization or strength.
25 years here. I'm glad you were able to escape. Yes, this type of law should have been done decades ago. I think also if anyone is caught fabricating or abusing this law they should be thrown in prison as well. Because some do abuse the laws enforced now, this is why we don't get some of the support we deserve. To be clear, there are men out there that have been abused as well and there is almost nothing to help them. Although, I don't believe it on the same amount as women.
Stay close to the Lord. He is your strength
There should be a law about not cremating a body when suicide is committed. All unexpected deaths should not be allowed to be cremated.
That would be a great law!!!
That is an awesome idea!!!
That seems it would be a given!!!!
No matter the “law”, they are always skirted by the evil criminals who are supposed to enforce.
@@michellefregeau321it typically is, the common rule medical examiner’s use is always assume it was a murder until proved otherwise. I think in this case many people were paid off
I agree! At least until an autopsy has been conducted.
This should have been done before he cremated her. He should have been given a restraining order on her cremation.
100%!
Exactly! If she had a restraining order against him in life, he should not have been allowed to have her body after death! Unbelievable! There should be a law against that!
Cops protect their own. They violate Gods laws and won’t escape.
God bless this well-spoken and passionate attorney!
Coercive control bill.
Mica's law...get it passed!
Yes please,it is long overdue for over I’ve control laws!
She’s awful & made some terrible comments today. This is a “performance”
Yes!
@@u.s.patriot298 how, when?
Emotional and mental abuse has longer lasting damage than most physical abuse.
Absolutely! Physical wounds can heal but mental and emotional wounds can last for years and even a lifetime.
It does , I was married for 20 years to my first husband, and the mental abuse had a longer lasting effect on me than the physical.
You’re absolutely right mental abuse is way worse than physical abuse sadly I know this from experience !!! The bruises , black eyes and all the other things eventually go away or can be hidden but the mental abuse stays with you for a lifetime !
I know this well 34 years
Facts. Bruises & physical wounds heal much faster. It's a fact, especially for people who have been thru. U just know.
That man needs to be held accountable! He's a Monster!
Well spoken, so happy the family has this representation.
Shame on the State of South Carolina's law makers for not doing their job!
This attorney sucks! She did NOTHING to protect Mica AT ALL. She is using this opportunity to gain notoriety for a Coercive law when she did absolutely nothing for her previous hundreds of clients who’ve experienced this type of abuse. Phony! She cares about her bank account & falsely claims Mica committed suicide.
Very good answers in this press conference. Very eye opening. Thank you!
@@Member007 answers?
The good people of South Carolina need to start calling their representatives ASAP!
That's me! And I will be doing that! We need to take action now!
My bruises and bones healed years ago, but my emotional, mental, and SPIRITUAL health has never recovered! The abuser paid NOTHING for all of this damage. 😢 Mica’s law needs to be federal/national!!
Same!!!
Agree
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I’m so sorry for your trauma 😢 as someone who has experienced all of those types of abuse, I 100 percent agree ! Stay strong ❤
I agree with you I AM STILL HURTING 😢 from all the damage he put me through. It has been 24 years for me 😢 unfortunately but I Thank God for every breath that I have and I know that by the grace of God I AM HEALED IN JESUS NAME!!
You can tell she's calling things out, confronting someone. I love this lady's strength!!
Those who commit coersive control don't want a bill to outlaw it. Maybe he should be investigated.
She definitely presents herself as a very strong & intelligent woman.
Why beat around the bush? She needs to just name him!! JP MILLER!! He killed Mica and everyone knows it!!
GREAT ATTORNEY LADY, YES MICAH'S LAW WILL SAVE AND HELP MANY WOMEN!!!!
Start a petition add as many names as possible. Demand Micas law be passed....not passed by
This attorney is intelligent, compassionate, and bad ass!!! We love you!
IVE BEEN THERE….I SURVIVED BUT THE DAMAGE IS BONE DEEP AND EVERLASTING MENTALLY!! THIS LAW SHOULD BE PASSED NATION WIDE!!!
Same!!!
I am in family court for all the reasons you have ADDED above. I want to do everything I can to support this law being passed, as someone who’s own life depends on it. Especially as a single mother to my beautiful daughter. I am doing my research now to contact my local representatives, please I hope everyone that is watching this does the same 🙏 I SUPPORT MICA’S LAW💗 #coercivecontrolbill #micaslaw
I absolutely agree & support this law 1000%. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
God Bless You!
She is an amazing speaker, I believe she will get #justiceformica! ❤ Well done!
100 percent. World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day was June 1st. Spreading awareness against this kind of abuse.
Psychological abuse MUST be against the law! Build a law that gives #justiceformica and DV victims everywhere protection!
Yes, it definitely should be. I 1000% agree. This woman is doing a great job & extremely passionate & respectful of Mica & her family. I pray this law gets passed. #JUSTICE. ✨️✨️✨️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. This law should have taken effect decades ago. Imo.
This lady is tough! I like her!
Facts. 💯💯
First W for Mica’s family!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I am from indonesia, i support MICA'S LAW, make a petition and i will fill up the form. God will make it happened. In Jesus Name, Your will be done. Amen🙏🙏
#justiceformica
#prayformicafamily
My heart is heavy for this amazing family. Their love for Mica is clear. They are standing in the heat and humidity under such a heavy burden. God bless you!!!!!
Call our Senators and Congress tomorrow and flood them with calls. My Senator is Hawley, he is getting a call tomorrow!!!
Tough. Strong. Passionate. Intelligent. Fierce. Brave and beautiful. A force to be reckoned with! ❤⚖️💪🏻
I echo: Pass Mica’s Law in EVERY state, NOW!!!
She is amazing!!!!! Get this done everywhere
It's been tried before and it didn't work for obvious reasons.
She’s “performing”if she was a DV advocate why hasn’t she done anything before today when she’s had hundreds of DV clients? Why didn’t she file a restraining order against JP for harassment & illegally putting trackers & razors in Micas tires?
This is utterly BRILLIANT!! Now THIS is a lawyer who is treating her vocation as a CALLING and a MINISTRY!!
This attorney is: Dialed-In; Unassuming; Deft; Principled; Calm; Unyielding; Skilled … and LAZER FOCUSED on PJP a Vindication-Suppository!
She is using Mica’s tragic demise to make a much broader social-change!! What BRILLIANCE!!
You didn’t live in vain, Mica, nor did you die in vain!
This lady's words are very powerful, i hope Mica's law gets passed, for beautiful Mica and her beloved family
Mandatory autopsy in suspected suicide with opportunity for family to obtain a second opinion.
Yes.
MICA’S LAW!!!!!!
Mica’s Law needs to also be in North Carolina. Actually, every state. There should be no reason to let people abuse others by coercive means on any kind.
Boy I never had a favorite lawyer but now I have one - she absolutely rocks!
This needs to be in every state!!!
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Thank you 🙏 this bill needs to pass asap!
IT IS REAL AND SHOULD BE TAKEN EXTREMELY SERIOUS!!
Justice for mica and her family and protection of his minor children with his first wife. I heard she won custody while he is no state of mind to take care of them.
Thank you from millions of women all over the world.
My sister's murder went uninvestigated in Oregon County Missouri. The very thing that happened to Mica happened to my sister. No one will help me. Not one person.
Coercive control laws have recently been introduced in Queensland Australia after Hannah Clarke and her 3 children were ultimately murdered by being burned to death by Hannah’s estranged husband in 2020. “Referred to as Hannah’s Law, the new legislation criminalises coercive control and incorporates both physical and non-physical forms of domestic and family violence. This is one of the many steps that has been undertaken by the Queensland Government in recent years to address domestic violence in our community. Queensland legislation defines coercive control as a pattern of abuse designed to hurt, intimidate and scare an intimate partner. It applies to both current and former relationships, and if found guilty, a perpetrator could face up to 14 years imprisonment”. I truly hope Mica’s law is similarly introduced.
Constitutional battle will happen and you will see a very stripped version if any. We have rejected many laws like this for a reason.
It’s a step in the right direction for us in Australia but the numbers don’t seem to be any different!
We need to protect our women!!
We need to educate our children!!
We as a country need to do better!!
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That is a heart shattering situation. She did everything right to try to stay safe. It's so sad she passed, but how could she go on without her children!
The case you just described is murder. 4 counts. how would that apply to someone that takes their own life?
@@duuuuude-oq3ob I don’t know if I understand your question. I’m talking about coercive control laws. The reasons why these laws may be enacted vary. The case that triggered it here is one that ultimately ended in murder. Mica’s case ended in suicide. Both cases started with coercive control and ended tragically which is why the laws need to exist.
If he agreed to give up the phone it's likeky either a decoy or has been scrubbed of anything that makes him look bad.
I agree
Does he have possession of her phone now?
First thing I thought too.
@@patriciaclark2086No
Scrubbed phones aren't scrubbed from FBI forensics. If you noticed early on in the press conference, she said whenever law enforcement or agencies are done. So more than one agency maybe looking at it.
This is everything that I have recently been through. This bill must be passed!!!
I went through the same abuse that mica went through. Lord please help this to be passed!
❤ to you I’m 2 years away from mine still recovering ❤️🩹 #world wide 🌍 #micas law
I love this lady!! Justice for Mica
As a person trying to come out of the other end of this I pray strength to all of those fighting. I personally lost myself and just thank you to all those fighting for the lost❤
Coercive control is illegal in the state of Michigan and I will wear my #justiceforMica T-shirt until this is law in every other state!
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Yes it is, my ex husband tried to do nearly exactly what happened to Mica. I was emotionally & financially abused. Tried to have me hospitalized but it didn't work. Police told Hospital he was screwing me over. The psychologist could tell based on what I told them. They called a cab sent me to a hotel. I got spousal support and the vehicle I was driving!!! Left his sorry *** and never looked back. He stalked me through apps on my phone for a while, which was so creepy!
Illegal in Australia as well!
That's awesome! This is a law that should be nationwide. I fully believe that many states won't pass this type of bill simply because people in positions of authority (most frequently men) are often those who commit these offenses. Too many Law Enforcement Officers have these qualities, unfortunately. As a nurse, I've worked with nurses (one in particular ) who have been married to police officers that are extremely controlling and emotionally abusive. The gaslighting and threats can be highly traumatic, because it includes the understanding that it's your word against theirs, and the close community within the department is "we take care of our own". That's a very intimidating way to live.
I hope Mica's Law gets the attention it deserves and is passed soon. I have been in this kind of coersive control relationship where it seems like there's no way out and no one will believe you. I was fortunate enough to work for a law firm prior to becoming a nurse, so I was able to get away unscathed. Too many women don't have that help and pay the ultimate price.
This lawyer is serving justice! Let's hope the law takes notice and we can get these bills passed
Yes! Let's hope & pray! #STOPTHEABUSE! ✨️✨️✨️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
It sounds like all the lawmakers are not doing their jobs!! Go figure!!
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God bless Mica precious family 😢🙏🙏🙏
Justice for Mica. May the Lord protect and prevent any other women or men from this torment.
The "lord" DIDN'T protect her 🙄🙄🙄
The Lord is still working in this situation.
Very well spoken. #MicasLaw #JusticeForMica #MicaAcacia | South Carolina is so archaic in the laws of #DomesticViolece and Marriage. *It's mind-blowing*
Not just South Carolina : Those men who make the laws; enforce the laws.....abusers themselves. The highest court in the nation? Historically more men than women....
This law is needed in every state. With 3 states already, maybe the rest will follow.
Keep fighting! I feel like this is a win for Mica. Love this attorney!!!🙏
This attorney is wonderful. Thank God she’s handling this case. I’m so happy to hear about the agreement to have Mica’s attorney take possession of her belongings. Hopefully the Robeson County sheriff’s department did not tamper with any of Mica’s possessions or evidence at the direction of a pastor or his attorney.
So if the Senate would of signed that bill in 2020 by the senate, Mica’s Law would & should of been already signed! Maybe Mica would STILL be with us if Mica’s Law would of been signed 🤷♀️
Justice 4 Mica Miller, We all want Mica’s Law 🙌💜💜
I LOVE THIS LAWYER, SHE EXPLAINS EVERY SINGLE THING 😉🤗
She really does. I like her. She's definitely a strong woman & she knows exactly what she's talking about. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I pray this bill will be passed. No one understands how terrible this particular abuse plays out.
Justice For Mica
Excellent. Thank you! Curious if he will abide by the law. I don't trust his attorney, Tom Winslow. He's broken the law before many times. But I believe in Mica's family. Justice for Mica💜
Stalking isn’t even a crime here in New Zealand 🇳🇿 I hope our country quickly updates this.
Can't help but think this law may have helped Gabby Petito before it was too late.
God bless Mica,s family from United Kingdom
At 43:17, If you are married you do not have equal protection under the law. In other words, if your neighbor harasses you, you can do something about it but if your spouse harasses you, it's a matter for family court.
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Marriage is considered a legal contract.. imo.. at the end, and when it ends in divorce. Make this a legal contract from jump. I call it combining financial resources.. because in the end.. it’s a P&L game.. see the expectations from jump! It’s no longer “I love you til death do us part nor in sickness or in health “.. it’s until I’m tired of you.. and I deserve and I’m entitled.. just saying
💜💜Justice for Mica Miller 💜💜
We want Mica’s Law 🙌🙌
So happy to hear that a temporary family settlement agreement was reached and an Order accepting it was signed by the Court. Hopefully that, coupled with the FBI conducting an investigation, will give Mica's family some relief.
Many people have compared this to the Murdaugh investigation. This is also reminiscent of the 1996 disappearance of Anne Marie Fahey. She literally vanished and her body was never found. Her former married lover, Tom Capano, who was a wealthy, prominent, and politically connected former Delaware deputy attorney general, was the prime suspect.
What made all the difference in an ostensibly hopeless investigation, was that the FBI, with its immense investigative powers, joined the investigation. There was very little physical evidence. Capano was an egomaniac who enlisted other people to assist him in the murder of Anne Marie, the disposal of her body, and the subsequent cover up of his crime. One such person was his other long time mistress. Another was his brother, who had a conscience and was tormented with guilt over helping Capano dispose of Anne Marie's body.
If not for the involvement of the FBI, Capano might never have been brought to justice. He ended up being convicted of his "perfect crime," Anne Marie's m*rd*r, and he died in prison.
Mica has become the worldwide face of DV. She will not be forgotten. God is in control. There will be #justiceformica.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Capano
This case is not even close to these cases. And she has certainly become a face for mental abuse but the face of dv?
Coercive control not only happens within intimate and familiar relationships but also can happen in governmental and community settings, yet seems to follow the exact patterns.
And churches
Shame on that judiciary committee for allowing something so critically important to the health, well-being and the very lives of those victims of DV. I applaud this lawyer for shining light on this matter, even though I cannot believe in the year 2024 that not more people are aware of the devastating, debilitating and diabolical consequences that victims dealing with at the hands of these sick individuals. It's about time something changed. I am heartbroken that this beautiful young woman had to pay with her life but I do believe this could possibly be the beginning of some much needed change that is needed. Justice for Mica and may her life not have gone in vain 🙏🙏🙏
Sadly the abuse went on for years. Reminds me of the Gabby P case. Wake up America 😢😮
Great advice, Yes i will contact senators house, Judiciary committee.
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜 Justice for Mica
I'm dying inside. This speech is all about the justice thousands of victims, including myself, will never receive. My life essentially ended because of coercive control. She is right that it will destroy a soul and create a life not worth living. Quietly giving up over time -trudging through life alone and joyless. I pray that this crime is recognized and ends the suffering of so many people who did nothing wrong but love the wrong person too much.
Absolutely beautiful press conference by this lawyer. She answered so many questions. Most don't even know these things are already in place to assist victims.
I am from California. I am appalled how uninformed we are.
I pray this South Carolina bill will be signed into law swiftly. It is a lifeline and Godsend to all those affected by abuse who otherwise feel trapped and hopeless for help and change.
It needs to be a law nation wide.
Rip Mica
Thank you for your voice.
It will get better. 💓To God be the glory.
Mica had such a warm beautiful presence about her 💐🌻🌞❣️ it truly feels like the world let down the wrong one 😢❤️🩹🙏 I wish, so bad, that she didn’t have to lose her life 😪
Great lawyer!!! Justice for Mica!!!
Im about to cry... listening to her break down what coercive control in domestic violence is has made clear to me that i was abused by one of my ex's... He exerted control over me and i tried to break up with him so many times and tried to make him leave my home and he would refuse. He would take my keys and my phone and not allow me to leave my own apartment when he refused to leave. I was enraged but i was scared for my life on more than one occasion. He chose the wrong one. I would physically lash out by hitting him and then he would beat me. One night i was so terrified and enraged i hurt him badly. I took him to the hospita as he needed medical attentionl and he was ok. He used that incident to then move into my apartment the next day and we lived in hell for another year. He said that if i were to break up with him he would turn me in for hurting him. I didn't know at the time that he was holding me hostage by taking my keys and phone and physically preventing me from leaving. He was bigger than me 8 years older than me. I was only 24. He was my second boyfriend. I finally got him to leave by breaking my lease and telling him he had to find somewhere to go bc i was going to rehab. I am so so heartbroken for Mica but if I hadnt known about this case and watched this press conference i would continue to harbor the shame i have carried with me for the past 5 years. Last year he was posting about me obsessively and i had to make an entire new fb w a fake name and block him on it. My old fb had my deceased friend and dad as friends on there. 😢 Damn. God bless her soul and her family.
"Mica's Law" is desparetly needed!
Our courageous warrior pioneers paved a way for victims. They'll forever be appreciated. It's well overdue for us to pass the torch of the hard work they implemented by evolving to new laws. Pyschological abuse is real - it inflicts tremendous trauma to the mind that lasts a life time! Abuse is not exclusive to physical. There are ways psychlogical abuse can be proven in a court of law. Let's get'r done!!!
Thank you millions Ms. for working to pass the law. I can't thank you enough!
We're behind you all the way! 💯
Mica Strong!!! 💜💜💜
Good video for a change.
Justice For Mica💯
This was outstanding thank you for all your doing. I will keep praying for Mica’s family. God bless
PLEASE ADD “POSTING or SHARING NAKED PICTURES OF SPOUSE!!!!”
There are already laws against this.
As far as I know that is a punishable offence slresdy, especially done in the way it was. Cyber bullying I think it is considered. He is guilty of so much!
Even if they are posted "anonymously" as JP did. It was reported online that the authorities couldn't take the post down because it couldn't be proven who posted the image "anonymously".
Any abuse is bad but emotional abuse is the worst and does so much damage and many don’t realize it is even happening before it is too late.
30 years and it took me 7 years to leave but I’m out
This attorney...what a baddie. So well spoken and determined! Pass Mica's law!!!❤
This needs to be a Federal Law!
I've gone through this type of abuse and thank God I got out alive!
This attorney is a boss!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
We want Mica's law for people who experience or have experienced this type of abuse. We demand it to be signed into law. We are sick of having no protection from mental and emotional abuse
Oh my heart. God bless this woman!
Somebody get the WD40 out & spray those dang doors!
Absolutely!! This lady gave the best speech and voice for Mica and all abused that I have ever listened to! She in fact appears so well spoken and intelligent that I would vote her in as 2024 Presidential if the United States of America, America needs a strong woman such as she. She didn’t stumble she spoke it loud and clear and she spoke with clarity that she would not stop until it became law. Most of all she spoke with hurt and pain for Mica and all victims of Domestic Violence! Never have I listened to such a well informed Conference and one w it th such Confidence! She is far more than just an attorney in my opinion! Justice for Mica May she Rest In Peace. His rest her beautiful soul. 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Funny,I was thinking the same thing 😊
This law may have saved her life if it had been in place from the start!
SO TRUE!!!
Thank you!!!!!! I was emotionally abused as a child!! And an adult and this will helo to end the pain some of us go through. The pain that bears no visible wounds.
Omg she is so right on!!
Good gravy if this law were in place, JP would practically get the death penalty. What a sad state SC is for women. I really hope this doesn't go away and I pray the family has a case to sue the counties where crimes took place. Make this retroactive. JP will get his. The Lord takes vengeance on His enemies and those who shed innocent blood
Right!!!!
Thank goodness! I support micas law. I believe I have a case also. I like this attorney.
I’m praying for you, Miller family. The UK introduced a coercive abuse law some time ago. This can be done. I believe members of the church had picked up on Mica’s situation but being under the control of an abuser is terrifying, it would help if the general public had awareness and withheld judgement on someone stuck in this situation. It needs to be easier to leave and stay safe.
My daughter is going through this same situation 😡 Roy Burdette has and continues to manipulate the judicial system along with Social services! What a shame that we have to with this Hell!!!! COPS AT MY HOUSE THIS AM... WE Need rights for our adult children!!!!
Justice for Mica
This woman needs to run for president. Well spoken
Sleep should also be considered one of the basic needs. Sleep deprivation is absolutely a tool of abuse.
Good start but how about a domestic violence register like they have for sex offenders
Yes. I agree with that
Many are talking about doing just that! It’s sad that women are still fighting to get protection from abusers and their assailants in 2024
This will save so many lives ❤
No marks were often not visible by my abusers; however, my behaviors, especially as a small child, should have been dead giveaways. Instead, I was treated like I was slowly developing, defiant, or disobedient.
Same tbh. Except I was seen as "mature"
Sounds like same tjing happened to maddie soto.
One key fact about coercive control that this attorney missed is its potential to cause severe brain damage and PTSD, which is often misdiagnosed as bipolar disorder, BPD, ADHD, and other conditions. I suspect this was the case with Mica.
After leaving my ex, I had a brain scan done that was comparable to that of a prisoner of war. I am praying that this bill comes to fruition.
Oh ty for uploading! & sharing. I will be tuning in soon. #JUSTICEFORMICA. ✨️🙏🏻🫶✨️💛💙
MICA 💜
God bless this woman.
I am Mica Miller is what we need to see happen! all of us who have survived this! we are so many and together we can make these changes