In August, a victim of domestic abuse was able to alert an onlooker to her situation at a convenience store in California – ...

It really speaks to the power of this signal and the idea that we need to have something to help us make sure that people are safe, said Andrea Gunraj, the Canadian Women’s Foundation’s vice president ...

(NEXSTAR) – Last month, a victim of domestic abuse was able to alert an onlooker to her plight at a convenience store in California — all without raising the suspicions of her alleged abuser, who had ...

A hand signal for help, demonstrated on social media, is the reason police say they were alerted to a suspected domestic violence victim inside a 7-Eleven. Police say they were called to a 7-Eleven ...

ALHAMBRA, Calif. (KCAL/KCBS) - Authorities in Southern California say a good Samaritan helped a woman escape a domestic violence situation at a convenience store. In this case, the woman used hand ...

The woman gave the “signal for help” behind her back, Alhambra police said, according to The Los Angeles Times. The signal: tucking the thumb into the palm with the fingers closed on top of the thumb.

A woman secretly used a hand signal to alert a California 7-Eleven employee she needed help — leading to the arrest of her alleged abuser, according to authorities. Police were called to the ...

“People do want to help. They reach out about how they can help and support survivors, and the fact that someone understood what the message was is amazing to me,” Carmen McDonald, executive director ...