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‘Domestic violence is never the victim’s fault’: How Tarrant County is honoring, helping abuse victims

Tomeka Garnett, 33, is the children and youth coordinator at SafeHaven of Tarrant County, the county’s only state-designated family violence center. But the organization helped Garnett long before she was employed there.  “My brother, my mom and I were at SafeHaven. My mom’s boyfriend was physically, mentally and financially abusive, and he cut us off […]