A Tennessee woman was able to escape a domestic violence and kidnapping situation by using a hand signal popularized on TikTok to alert to shoppers at a convenience store that she was in need of help.
A woman stuck in a domestic violence situation was helped by a man shopping at a convenience store who noticed her signal for help
The Canadian Women’s Foundation is widely credited for the hand signal, which has been used mainly since the start of the coronavirus pandemic as a way to alert others that you are in a domestic violence situation The man driving the truck, identified as 31-year-old Johnathon Smith, crashed the vehicle and tried to flee on foot. Authorities used a Taser to subdue and arrest him. He was charged with aggravated kidnapping and aggravated domestic assault.Streeval later reached out to her through social media to try and set her up with local domestic violence resources, he told WKRN.
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