# Conflict Mediation Consultant Assaults Boyfriend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533 "2015-02-24T17:53:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fotheringay-Phipps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d9b06d/32.png) [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/1 "2015-02-24T17:53:13Z")
[Columbia University professor who teaches peacekeeping skills to cops, firefighters is charged with assaulting boyfriend](http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/columbia-professor-charged-assaulting-boyfriend-article-1.2119232) > [@](#): > > A college professor who trains city cops and firefighters how to tamp down heated situations was busted on Valentine’s Day for delivering an Ivy League beatdown to her longtime boyfriend — because he cheated on her, officials said. > [@](#): > > Baney is a staunch defender of women’s rights and an outspoken critic against domestic violence. > > Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs did not return a call for comment Tuesday night. > > “It’s bizarre,” said a school source with knowledge of the incident. “Her specialty is about communication and building relationships with the public. In reality she has a hair trigger.” ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/2 "2015-02-24T18:16:57Z")
That’s funny. Even funnier is that she attacked him when he was fast asleep. Funniest of all is: _“We believe when the facts ultimately come to light and are brought out in the court she is going to be vindicated,” Bilkis said. “She’s very anxious to have her story heard.”_ ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/3 "2015-02-24T18:25:05Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > That’s funny. > Even funnier is that she attacked him when he was fast asleep. That’s probably because she knew he was dreaming of cheating on her. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/4 "2015-02-24T18:56:12Z")
Where did she get her conflict resolution training? Cleveland PD? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/5 "2015-02-24T19:03:47Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Where did she get her conflict resolution training? Cleveland PD? Wherever it was, her former instructor is gonna be _pissed_. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/6 "2015-02-24T19:08:34Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > _“We believe when the facts ultimately come to light and are brought out in the court she is going to be vindicated,” Bilkis said. “She’s very anxious to have her story heard.”_ You know, some people are just thrashy sleepers. Thrashy, angry, violent sleepers. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/7 "2015-02-24T19:22:33Z")
That’s interesting… when you click on the arrows in the corner of her picture she blows up all out of porportion. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/8 "2015-02-24T21:50:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > that’s interesting… When you click on the arrows in the corner of her picture she blows up all out of porportion. ftw. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/9 "2015-02-24T23:40:25Z")
Gingers. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/10 "2015-02-24T23:46:30Z")
> [@Ambivalid](#): > > Where did she get her conflict resolution training? Cleveland PD? My money’s on that public relations instructor from _Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em_… ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/11 "2015-02-24T23:58:53Z")
Did you see that her boyfriend’s name is Walter Frey? And that she has auburn hair? Clearly this is a crack in the Matrix. Catelyn Stark’s ghost is avenging her death, and Rob’s. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/12 "2015-02-25T00:07:41Z")
> [@Claverhouse](#): > > … > _“We believe when the facts ultimately come to light and are brought out in the court she is going to be vindicated,” Bilkis said. “She’s very anxious to have her story heard.”_ Of course, it was role playing and rough sex. ---
**Author:** ![Ibanez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Ibanez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibanez)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/13 "2015-02-25T01:50:52Z")
“Baney is a staunch defender of women’s rights and an outspoken critic against domestic violence.” Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/14 "2015-02-25T03:21:19Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > Ouch. That’s what he said. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/15 "2015-02-25T04:32:19Z")
> [@Flywheel](#): > > That’s what he said. Ha! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/16 "2015-02-25T04:37:20Z")
she was doing curriculum development. it was the chapter “what not to do”. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/17 "2015-02-25T14:00:14Z")
He seems quite the catch. > [@](#): > > [The boyfriend’s] NYPD career was irreparably scuttled after he was arrested in 2003 for making harassing phone calls to a nurse in Suffolk County, sources said. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/18 "2015-02-25T16:28:26Z")
> [@Ibanez](#): > > “Baney is a staunch defender of women’s rights and an outspoken critic against domestic violence.” Violence against men is perfectly all right, though. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conflict-mediation-consultant-assaults-boyfriend/713533/19 "2015-02-25T16:33:51Z")
On Valentine’s Day? He probably tried to get by with a gas station bouquet and drugstore candy.