Quote of the day:
"You can [blame] a little bit of it, maybe, on the heat. People being confined in their houses, which may or may not have air conditioning."

East St. Louis Police Chief Delbert Marion on what the heat wave has to do with an increase in domestic violence, thus connecting the unconscionable assault of women with the thermometer.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/...