Women's rights group blasts Yankees for Aroldis Chapman deal

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Aroldis Chapman’s domestic violence allegations has fans in an uproar that the Yankees would sign the closer. 

A women’s rights group is blasting the Yankees for the trade with the Reds that will bring closer Aroldis Chapman, who is under investigation for an alleged domestic violence incident, to the Bronx next season.

“The Yankees should be ashamed of themselves for acquiring a player with pending domestic violence charges,” UltraViolet’s Nita Chaudhary said in a statement to the Daily News Monday. 

“Domestic violence is an epidemic in this country and no player, no matter how fast or well he throws a baseball should go unpunished,” Chaudhary said. 

Yahoo! Sports reported earlier this month that Chapman’s girlfriend told police that he fired eight gunshots in the garage of his Miami-area home after an Oct. 30 argument, then choked her and pushed her against a wall. Chapman was not arrested in the incident. 

Chapman could be subject to discipline under MLB’s new domestic violence policy.

“We won’t allow the MLB or the Yankees to sweep this issue under the rug,” Chaudhary said. “We demand that the MLB immediately strengthen their policy on domestic violence and take a stand in this case, because if they don’t, they’re sending a message that domestic abuse is OK in baseball.”

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