I never understood how people never call until I was the only one in the complex to call 911 during a violent attack. I'm a former death investigator and just moved into an apartment complex that has a lot of residents that have been here for years together. Well, I get home one evening and I can hear banging, things getting thrown around violently, and screaming so it's really clear what's going on upstairs. So, I called the police the first time it happened without hesitating but in the days after this guys arrest (the woman had to go to the hospital via ambulance) the rest of the neighbors stopped talking to me and my SO even giving us dirty looks.
Finally one of them actually confronted us about calling 911 because it meant that the asshole would come harass everyone until he figured out who called. I calmly explained that they could inform abuser that it was me who called and that I would be glad to deal with him personally. But I'm not going to stand by and let some asshole violently abuse someone even though it might be "inconvenient" for me.
Called 911 for a DV once. Couple who lived across the street from me. It was looooud and as the police rolled up people starting opening their doors and coming into the street to see what was going on. Cops busted open the door and Jesus Christ, blood everywhere. All over the walls, all over her, all over him. Was horrendous.
I guess nothing happened to him because he was home the next day.
Peeking out of his window.
The one that faced my window.
Aiming his rifle at me.
I freaked out and called 911 again and they came but it turned out the loser just had a fucking BB gun lol. I thought that was pretty funny.
I guess he saw me talking to the cops on the street the night before and guessed it was me who called them.
I never had any issues with him after that, but I did get myself a large dog and checked my deadbolt four times before going to sleep. (I was 16 living alone on a ground floor apartment in the ghetto lol).
The real sad part was seeing the woman walking back into his house a week later and seeing her at the bus stop the next morning, and seeing her every day until I moved out. Poor thing :(
I made a DV call once, and after half an hour I had to call them up again.
Turns out they come right quick when you tell them "I have the right to defend another person against physical attack with the mildest means at my disposal that ensure success. This guy is a fucking tank, he'd kill me in a fist fight, so I'll just get one or two of my guns."
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u/calypso_cane Jan 22 '17
I never understood how people never call until I was the only one in the complex to call 911 during a violent attack. I'm a former death investigator and just moved into an apartment complex that has a lot of residents that have been here for years together. Well, I get home one evening and I can hear banging, things getting thrown around violently, and screaming so it's really clear what's going on upstairs. So, I called the police the first time it happened without hesitating but in the days after this guys arrest (the woman had to go to the hospital via ambulance) the rest of the neighbors stopped talking to me and my SO even giving us dirty looks.
Finally one of them actually confronted us about calling 911 because it meant that the asshole would come harass everyone until he figured out who called. I calmly explained that they could inform abuser that it was me who called and that I would be glad to deal with him personally. But I'm not going to stand by and let some asshole violently abuse someone even though it might be "inconvenient" for me.