Excellent thread about both why strangulation is an extremely serious form of domestic violence, and also why it can be very difficult to prove forensically. I don't know if Cooper did it or not but if the accuser says he did, her testimony is enough evidence to support a charge.
๐งต 1/5 Update on the Jonathon Cooper case: what started as a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge after a June 4 domestic incident has now escalated. Court records show Cooper faces an additional felony charge of second-degree assault by strangulation, plus a misdemeanor third-degree assault charge. He has pleaded not guilty to the original charge and the case is pending.
As someone who spent years investigating DV and homicide cases, I want to walk through why a case can escalate like this days later โ and what it teaches us about strangulation evidence in general.
#DomesticViolence #NFL #Strangulation