“I would like everyone to know that domestic violence is real. TiMira is a product of it. There’s so much violence, we can’t solve problems through violence. Pay attention, ask questions, go out of your way to help people.”

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“I would like everyone to know that domestic violence is real. TiMira is a product of it. There’s so much violence, we can’t solve problems through violence. Pay attention, ask questions, go out of your way to help people.”

-Valerie Pullom, mother of TiMira Marchell Pullom, 28, fatally shot by her child’s father in September; birminghamtimes. Oct. 9.

Source: The Birmingham Times

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