Tonight I witnessed my neighbors in a domestic violence incident.
The bloke was apparently drunk and ended up pushing and shoving his partner against the wall yelling, screaming, holding her against the wall. She was doubled over hysterically crying. They are young. 20 or so. The mother of one of them lives there, she has a toddler who came out in the middle of it all, then she took the toddler inside and locked the door, leaving the two outside brawling.
I called the police the moment I saw him shoving her against the wall.
It took the police 20 minutes to arrive. We are in a capital city, lots of cops here.
20 minutes.
All I could think was "no wonder women die at the hands of their partners" I called it in and it took 20 minutes to get someone here.
By that time something very serious could have happened. I can't help, I'm disabled.
All I can do is sit and wait.
It's a horrible feeling being powerless. I can't imagine how she must have felt.
But as I sit here I feel a bit scared that this violent person could work out it was me, and attack me or my babies as retribution.
I feel like I did the right thing.
I did the right thing, right?
I can't stop shaking.
Have you ever been in this situation?
Seeing domestic violence and calling 000
Seeing domestic violence and calling 000
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You did the right thing he won't know it was you
You did the right thing and i think that maybe she is thankful you did aswell. There is no way they know who called. Thank you for calling on her behalf.
Thankyou. When I was with my ex the amount of times i prayed that someone would call 000 was outragous. No one ever did.
He will not know who called them.
You are a wonderful person and more like you are needed in this world
I was in an abusive relationship and ppl witnessed it often and wouldn't lift a finger for me.
The last straw for me was being held by my throat over steps out the front of a house and not one person called the police. I left and went back to get my things the next day and he wouldn't let me in and I called the police myself and told them what happened - the prick then let me and my bro inlaw in to gather my things and I quickly left
6 hours later I got a call from the police asking me where I was and told me that I should have stayed there for them to come (6 fucking hours)
They told me they were going to visit me at my new address and then never showed up!!! Absolutely disgusting!!! Anyway the point of the story - had someone like you called the police on one of the many occasions it happened to me I think I would have terminated the relationship a lot sooner! No one wants to help!!!
I hope your help does this for this poor woman!
Don't stress they won't know exactly who did call it in, and I hope the lady has the strength to get rid of this guy!
Police are so slack, its messed up how people who have never been in that situation say you should have stayed and waited for us. I ended up getting my ex on video, the only way anyone believed me. No wonder so many people die due to dv
Thank you for calling. Im pretty sure our whole street knew my ex was mentally abusive and a drug addict but noone said or did anything ever. Having said that, i was always too scared to ring so i could understand why a neighbour wouldnt want to. The one time i did get an avo against him he forced me into dropping it.
You definately did the right thing. I have been in a dv relationship and wished that my neighbours would have called police. Good on you for helping that woman! Something as small as the phone call you made will hopefully change that woman's life forever ❤