Attorney, victim's advocate say political ad showing woman screaming during robbery was retraumatizing

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Attorney, victim's advocate say political ad showing woman screaming during robbery was retraumatizing
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Meanwhile, the man behind the ad stands by it.

of a woman being attacked on a North Center community sidewalk because the robbers were wanted for a dozen other attacks.

As CBS 2 Political investigator Dana Kozlov reported Thursday, this issue has been controversial – and has been raising concerns from a victim's advocate. The victim's attorney, Tom Leinenweber, said the experience and ad have been very hard on his client – and neither Proft nor his PAC ever contacted her before releasing the ad."I think it's distressing to see a victim's trauma used as collateral damage in a political ad," said Amanda Pyron, executive director of The Network, which fights to end domestic violence and violence against women.

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