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[wavesofwords]

yesterday i had to call 911 for the first time in my life

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[a_new_body]

I know this is one of those situations where it seems incredibly obvious to us that the woman should press charges, but I have been observing first hand through the case of one of my co-workers why exactly it is that women don't press charges. my friend was being stalked/harassed by her ex-boyfriend, and she filed a PPO against him. Things have escalated so much since then, the police aren't enforcing it at all because they have "no proof" since he's doing things in the dark, with a mask on, or calling from untraceable pay phones, and things have gone from her tires getting slashed, and her getting a PPO because of that, to after the PPO, where he has all his friends call her and tell her she's a slut, he called up to our work himself and told the store manager "if you don't take care of that bitch I will," to her windows being smashed out in a public parking lot, as well as "stank pussy" and "wort" (because the guy is a fucking moron who can't even spell) being spraypainted on the car. But hey, the police couldn't tell who it was in

[rainy_day_woman]

good god. see...i don't know. what can you say? aside from...castration.

[prkswllflwr]

yikes. you definetly did the right thing. i actually did the same thing once, when i was living at the apartment on lejeune that you stayed at. i was the only one awake, in my bedroom working on a paper, and i heard the same kind of fight, but right in the middle of the street! (oh miami). so i called 911 and had the same voice-shaking experience. when the cops got there though, they went inside, like as soon as they heard the sirens. i felt dumb, but i didn't care. it was scary!!!

[the_asian]

i'm so glad you didn't go out to try and "help", cause you're totally right.

and this lack of action on the part of law enforcement makes me furious.

[wavesofwords]

lack of action? i think they did really well. i mean, they were telling her that they were going to arrest him, whether she liked it or not. and they brought out an ambulance to look at her, and they questioned everybody in the house, and etc., etc.

anyway. yeah.

[the_asian]

oh, no i meant about beth's comment.

[theforsakengod]

wow. yeah you did the right thing. you never know how you'll rsponde in those situations until you're in one. im glad you're ok, i just hope that lady is too, in the future. wow.

damn the system

[goomrules]

Wow, Jay, I'm glad you're okay but sorry that you had/have to endure that; your own scars will continue I'm afraid. And, it will happen again, most likely, but I think your choices then and now were/are the best ones to make at those times...those folks are quite emotionally unsteady to say the least. I also agree that the police did all that they could, and it's as frustrating for them as it is for you. We have a retarded system, not in terms of "stupid" but in terms of "slow to change" -- I'm in no way inferring Mental Retardation in my pure form of the word here

[mcpuggington]

WOW! that's rather scary,
i'm glad the lady was okay
+ nothing happened to you!!

*hugz*
~EJ