Er....why the title??

Yes, her mother, sister and neighbor knew but ignored it and what I have to say about that is if you are witnessing domestic violence, you need to report it instead of ignoring it because if you don't, you're just as guilty.

He hit her and we all saw that and we all know that he could have done something worse. During the time they were together, did we ever see Jimmy hit Katie? Yes! And what were the circumstances that would lead to his hitting her? He would hit her but because she would aggrivate him. He'd tell her to do something and she wouldn't do it. Just that kind of stuff. She'd do it to get attention even though he told her not to. I remember one day, her back was bruised really bad. So, her sister was like "That's it! That's it! I'm gonna talk to Jimmy!" I just thought that if he hurt her, she would leave him. I mean, who's gonna stay with a guy who hits you? He can't force her to stay, right? Besides, when Katie and Jimmy were dating and before their first son was born, nothing ever happened to her then. There was just no way he would hurt her then. You know how guys are always talking or what they did to a girl or what they're gonna do but everybody knows it's just talking. It's not real and Jimmy was always a hunk to her. So when her neighbor saw him hit her, I mean there was a part of him that...Okay, he should have stopped it but he's just thinking it's their marriage. "I love him." That's all she said. Whatever he did, It was like she was under his control, you know. Her sister begged her to let her tell but she was so afraid of what her father would think of her if he found out and she did not want to disappoint him, she did not want to disappoint her father, she did not want to let her father down. The moral of this movie is to all other family members and neighbors out there, if you are witnessing one of your family members or one of your neighbors being in an abusive marriage, you need to speak out. She may disappoint the family and you may be interfering in her marriage but you could be saving her life. If I were the judge in this movie and after the jury found Katie not guilty and before I adjourned the court, I would admonish the sister and the neighbor for witnessing Katie's marital abuse and not speaking up and if I were Katie, her sister or her neighbor, I would have told her father about her marital abuse because in situations like these, I can't keep a secret.

Well, for those people in this movie who could see what was going on but ignored it for one reason or another, If you know someone you care about is getting abused rather its a woman, man, or child you should step in and do something to save his or her life. I think that this story is too common and some do get away. That is sad to even thnk about! This movie does have a good msg..if you are in this situation, get out while you can. But I also soooo strongly disagree with how everyone especially, her older sister, Sharon and her neighbor, Mr. Evans handled it. If anyone I know especially, one of my family members or one of my neighbors was getting beat up by her husband every day, I would tell someone...I don't care if she said she doesn't want to let the family down or whether it's my place to say anything or not. I would much rather have her disappoint the family and butt in to her abusive marriage than to just ignore it for one reason or another.

Yes, but if you know someone who's being abused and you do nothing, you're just as bad as the abuser. You're no better and besides, when Katie was found not guilty and before Jimmy's parents apologized to her, they should have had the judge tell the witnesses to tell someone if anyone they know is being abused instead of standing by and doing nothing implying how it could have saved Katie from Jimmy's wrath.

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Could be and I was surprised that Katie's mom, sister and neighbor knew but didn't say anything to her dad who was a cop. I would have, after she asked me if my spouse ever hit me or after I saw bruises on her or after I saw the bringing the baby home from the hospital incident at least. Even if I convinced Katie to leave Jimmy or if I made her promise to leave him if he beat her again or if I saw her try to leave him, I still wouldn't take chances. They DEFINITELY should have said something before someone ended up getting shot.