The Backstory: Abe Lincoln, battered husband
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🗓️ 22 March 2024
⏱️ 11 minutes
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It’s hard to imagine that one of the most powerful presidents in U.S. history was the victim of domestic violence. Abe Lincoln was physically and emotionally battered by Mary Todd Lincoln, primarily due to her mental illness.
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| 0:00.0 | So no matter how great a relationship is, it should never turn violent. |
| 0:04.0 | Picture someone getting smashed across the nose with a log, |
| 0:08.0 | chased down the street with a knife, |
| 0:10.0 | or getting a hot cup of coffee thrown in their face. |
| 0:12.0 | That's just some of what happened to our great... or getting a hot cup of coffee thrown in their face. |
| 0:12.9 | That's just some of what happened to our greatest president. |
| 0:16.2 | I'm Patty Steele. |
| 0:17.5 | A peek behind the curtains of the Lincoln Marriage. |
| 0:20.1 | Next on the backstory. |
| 0:35.4 | In the 1980s and 90s, New York City needed a tough cop, like Detective Louis Scarcella putting bad guys away there's no feeling like it in the world he was the guy who made sure the worst killers were |
| 0:40.4 | brought to justice that That's one version. |
| 0:44.0 | This guy is a piece of shit. |
| 0:46.8 | Derek Hamilton was put away from murder |
| 0:48.9 | by Detective Scarsella. |
| 0:50.7 | In prison, Derek turned himself into the best jailhouse lawyer of his generation. |
| 0:55.0 | And the law was my girlfriend. |
| 0:58.0 | This is my only way of freedom. |
| 0:59.0 | Derek and other convicted murderers. |
| 1:02.0 | Started a law firm behind bars. |
| 1:04.8 | We never knew we had the same cop in the case. |
| 1:08.5 | It's gonna seller. |
| 1:09.9 | We gotta show that he's a corrupt cop. |
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