Sadly, the vigil for Sarah involved police manhandled women. My apologies I cannot seem to link to newspaper reports but "heavy handed tacticts" of the police are all over the news today.
Whether or not the Vigil should have been allowed on the Common, and whether it was illegal to be there or not, the fact that the police did this shows crass insensitivity and just adds to the horror of it all.
Now every woman in the country wakes up on Mothers day to realize neither they or their daughters are not safe at all. They are not even safe from the police who think manhandled women is an appropriate response.
This murder, as happened when Princess Dianna died, however we believe that death was caused, has triggered many women. It will have rekindled unresolved anger and fear at actions of men. The whole country did not hold a vigil when my own friend was raped and murdered years ago as the murderer was not so high profile, but of course, I think of her now.
As was said in a newspaper article I read earlier, "Every woman has a story to tell."
We cannot make Sarah alive again. But for some women this may be the catalyst that allows them to speak out, to be angry, to grieve.
For many, that anger will be about times they expressed concerns for their safety that were minimized or ignored. Some women needed that vigil not only to remember Sarah, but to speak out.
It did not take a brain scientist to see that vigil would happen whether ruled against or not, and that a socially distanced event was safer than physical police contact at an illegal one.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense would have realized this event was going to happen anyway. Allowing it to happen with planned social distancing measures would have been sensible.
Princess Diana's death allowed people to grieve for others. All untimely death is senseless and wrong, but it cannot be undone. For some IT was a resolution of mourning for a loved one. Let the resolution of Sarahs death be a speaking out that leads to a healing and greater safety for other women. There is only one thing you can do with events like these, to make the life cut short have a meaning and purpose beyond the grave.
Sorry, probably rambling but this morning, I am incensed.
As for EC, we just cannot know what her involvement was. At least while on bail the children are not also without their mother. She may have assisted an offender. She may have unknowingly assisted an offender. Spouses have duped their spouses before. Spouses have also covered for spouses before. It will come to light, but throwing her in jail at this point may just increase the ramifications of what the murderer has done and deprive children of their mother. EC cannot go far on bail. If she is guilty of anything, then she will hopefully serve her time. If naive or duped, her life has become a nightmare and she is a victim, albeit still a living one. Let's judge her when facts are known.
