In the Nobody Wins Department, Judge Eugene Dobberpuhl has denied Patricia Black's request for a permanent protection order against her husband, Division of Criminal Investigation agent Mark Black. To make her case and justify a temporary restraining order in February,…
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Suspended Department of Criminal Investigation agent Mark Black and aggrieved ex-wife Patricia Black had a day in court yesterday. Patricia Black filed for a protection order against her ex last month, accusing him of violent, threatening behavior. Mark Black admits…
The South Dakota Constitution (Article 21, Section 9) deems same-sex marriages, civil unions, domestic partnerships, and other "quasi-marital relationships" invalid in our unfair state. But the Legislature is prepared to extend a little fairness to homosexuals in domestic abuse situations.…
Scott Waltman reports that DCI agent Mark Black is temporarily out of a job: An Aberdeen-based state Division of Criminal Investigation agent whose former wife is seeking a protection order against him has been put on administrative leave, Attorney General…
A South Dakota state law enforcement officer faces a protection order for harassing his ex-wife. On February 13, 2014, Patricia Ann Black of Aberdeen asked the court to keep her ex-husband Mark Robert Black away from her. Mark Black is…
The Legislature's Interim Domestic Abuse Study Committee hits the hopper early, offering five of the first six Senate bills for the 2014 session. These five bills would improve protection for domestic abuse victims and increase legal punishments for abusers. Senate…
I have read with interest the argument between Aberdeen city councilman Mark Remily and Aberdeen policeman and State Representative Dan Kaiser. Remily says Kaiser supports excluding homosexual partners from protection under South Dakota's domestic abuse statutes. Kaiser says that's a…
The South Dakota House killed SB 141 yesterday. The bill, sponsored by Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford), intended to recognize intimate partner violence in our domestic abuse laws. Senator Peters's intent was not some sneaky tentacle of the dreaded homosexual agenda;…