So I recently had the misfortune of living the hypothetical we all dread. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that a man who lives in my building abuses his partner. We've all heard the slammed doors, the screamed threats, etc. Nobody has ever called the cops because my street is still lined with defund the police signs and this man is black and we all know what could happen. The shouting and slammed doors escalated to a life or death situation. She kicked him out, he came back and smashed in the window, opened the front door and dragged her out in the street. He was standing over her with a deadly weapon, threating to kill her if she didn't give him money. My options were to call the police and hope they actually show up before he kills her, do nothing and hope someone else intervenes, run downstairs and confront him with a firearm, or run downstairs and confront him with just my body. Options A and B run the risk of one or both of them getting killed and me feeling like a horrible person, options C runs the risk of me getting killed by the cops if they show up while I have my legally owned firearm drawn in public and option D runs the risk of me getting killed by someone armed with a deadly weapon when I am unarmed. I'm not saying call the cops, I'm not saying don't call the cops, all I'm saying is this country is massively fucked up, nothing means anything anymore, working people have zero faith in bourgeois institutions and we need a fucking revolution.
She had some scrapes and bruises, but wasn't seriously hurt. She's been served with eviction papers since, though, and will likely be homeless just as it starts to get cold, I'm physically fine, but psychologically I'm a mess. Obviously nobody should physically harm another person, but I can't not wonder if, in a world where they werent so broke they couldn't afford rent, would this ever have happened.
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So I recently had the misfortune of living the hypothetical we all dread. Everyone in the neighborhood knows that a man who lives in my building abuses his partner. We've all heard the slammed doors, the screamed threats, etc. Nobody has ever called the cops because my street is still lined with defund the police signs and this man is black and we all know what could happen. The shouting and slammed doors escalated to a life or death situation. She kicked him out, he came back and smashed in the window, opened the front door and dragged her out in the street. He was standing over her with a deadly weapon, threating to kill her if she didn't give him money. My options were to call the police and hope they actually show up before he kills her, do nothing and hope someone else intervenes, run downstairs and confront him with a firearm, or run downstairs and confront him with just my body. Options A and B run the risk of one or both of them getting killed and me feeling like a horrible person, options C runs the risk of me getting killed by the cops if they show up while I have my legally owned firearm drawn in public and option D runs the risk of me getting killed by someone armed with a deadly weapon when I am unarmed. I'm not saying call the cops, I'm not saying don't call the cops, all I'm saying is this country is massively fucked up, nothing means anything anymore, working people have zero faith in bourgeois institutions and we need a fucking revolution.
Unfortunately we live in the world we live in, so sometimes the cops are the only option.
That's really scary, hope you and your neighbor are doing okay
She had some scrapes and bruises, but wasn't seriously hurt. She's been served with eviction papers since, though, and will likely be homeless just as it starts to get cold, I'm physically fine, but psychologically I'm a mess. Obviously nobody should physically harm another person, but I can't not wonder if, in a world where they werent so broke they couldn't afford rent, would this ever have happened.
Was placed in a VERY similar situation early on in covid. You know how to find me if you need an ear, comrade.
Thanks, corg.
me putting on my best anglo accent and scrubbing my brain of any weird czech tics that i have so that i dont get shot for being a russian spy