She survived domestic violence, but her landlord evicted her for the ‘nuisance’

She never thought she’d be able to have kids. Then, about four years ago, she and her boyfriend became pregnant. She’d never fallen in love like this before. But looking back, she missed the signs, she said. What began as subtle emotional abuse quickly mutated to physical violence.

He hit her multiple times. In October, he hit her “full force in my jaw,” said the woman, whom we are not identifying out of concern for her safety. He shattered her phone when she tried to call the police. She ran outside and urged one of the many onlooking neighbors to call the police, while her boyfriend locked himself inside their apartment with her son. The police arrested him, and her son came out safely.