I wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for signing this petition and sharing your stories. There are power in numbers! To just start this petition and already have it reach so many, I have never been more proud of the positive impact we can make together through connection, even through extraordinarily painful times.

I wanna also address some of the comments that have been made on some of the groups where this post is being shown currently. I hope my answers here help a little bit.

Firstly, abuse does not discriminate. It doesn't discriminate by race, gender, social status, financials, etc. A lot of times it goes unreported, or even unrecognized. After all, a lot of us are trying to heal a lot of generational patterns and traumas. We all carry something, perfectly flawed, and that's okay; we're human. I have learned some of the most influential lessons in my life have come through the hardest experiences. It's not always easy to spin a horrible thing around into a positive, but I'm finding here with this today, again, it can be done.

Yes, many of us don't have faith in the justice system based on our individual experiences. Reality is, the justice system sadly is not always "just". But it's worth a shot to make any change, even a small change that could potentially affect and save someone down the line. It may not help us, or the ones we care about, or the ones we lost, but it could help somebody else. Even one person in my eyes matters. Laying down does nothing!

If an offender was actually charged with domestic abuse, assault, or domestic violence, etc., the likelihood is there is validation in that charge. Yes, there are people who abuse the system. The system is not perfect, and sometimes in a domestic dispute both parties risk getting pulled in, charged initially, etc. I feel law enforcement sometimes is limited on what they know, what they understand, and what they are legally obligated to do. Many people do not know what reactive abuse is, and a lot of times that can play very prevalent into what is happening. When we talk about the potential of "dual offenders" which yes, sometimes accurate, two people are abusing each other, many times, that's not always entirely correct. This is when things get sticky and again, lots of grey area. So when I think of this petition, I am more so thinking of final sentencing, when an offender has already plead their case, and at the end, is now fully guilty of an offense, that's what I would like to see on record/registry. Sure there are one offs'. sure some people male mistakes and change gears, however, statistically, offenders are exactly where they should be.

As hard as it was for me to accept at times, I've always realized that nothing in this world is black and white, including this. There's always going to be an exception, and for me personally, I would love to see more people rehabilitated than incarcerated. But, that work is for them to choose and do on their own. Until an abuser chooses to start working through their issues and sees a problem with their behavior and takes full accountability, nothing will matter. But that takes time and real vulnerability. So at the end of the day, all we can really do is worry about ourselves, our children if any, and with this, hopefully looking out for one another, cause we are sometimes all we got. The hope of this is to.

Finally, the goal of this petition is to make those fully, truly guilty, accountable, not to harm those that are not. This is going to be an uphill battle like anything else worth fighting for. But I believe it's something worth fighting for, for us, those before us, and those that will sadly come after us. Essentially, what this petition aims to provide is to allow someone the choice to make an appropriate decision for themselves. If we can look at a registry and see what is going on with someone, we might be able to make a more sound decision, if we want to proceed ahead with caution or not proceed at all. But going in with a clearer picture into a potential situation, whether that be a friendship, a relationship, roommate situation, whatever that might be, can only help arm us better with as much information as we can have. It's not perfect, nothing is, but this is just another piece, an important piece to a puzzle. Thanks to ALL OF YOU!! 💜