I was walking to class, when a car stopped in front of me, this guy got out - yelling - and ran up to a girl on the street. He grabbed her arm, pushed her, and then hit her, yelling all the time. She started to run away from him and he picked up a book she dropped and threw it at her! Then he chased her! By this time, I was on the line with 911 and let me just say the police are ASSHOLES!
I was at the most well-known intersection in town, and the dispatch person kept asking me "Where are you again? Where is that?" I described teh situation, and she had me go through some information, describing the two people involved and so on - meanwhile, the guy is yelling at the girl, grabbing her arm, and she has stopped running and is crying.
So, the dispatcher asked me to describe the two people, and when I said they were African-American, the dispatcher said "Oh..." and got quiet. Then she said a car was already on the way, but I saw one up the street turn down another street. And I waited there until the guy left, at least 8 minutes, according to my cell phone, and no cop came. It takes less than 8 minutes to drive from one end of this town to the other. And the police station is less than three blocks away. An officer could have WALKED. I hate Indiana. I hate police. And I hate domestic abusers. Sorry, just had to vent...
That's really awful. Stuff like this makes me so sad. There's absolutely no excuse for what happened. Who knows what else he could do/has done to her, especially if he has no qualms about acting like that in public. You did a good thing by calling for help and I agree that you should let the local news know what happened.
blubirde wrote: OMG! That's terrible. Call the newspapers. Seriously. Tell them what happened. That is inexcusable. i agree 100% Let people of the town know!!! that is awful!
That's an awesome idea! Wow, that is an upsetting story!
lynnie wrote: blubirde wrote: OMG! That's terrible. Call the newspapers. Seriously. Tell them what happened. That is inexcusable. i agree 100% Let people of the town know!!! that is awful! That's an awesome idea! Wow, that is an upsetting story!
I agree too. Ask for whoever covers police issues.
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that is just shocking. that dispatcher is going to have it on her conscience--to know that she could've sent a car and helped that poor girl and instead she chose not to. it really is appalling.
dizzy, what happened to the girl? did she get away? did the book he threw hit her? did someone comfort her when she was crying?