Some teenagers broke into a vacant property on my block and were destroying the place. They broke all the windows were running around and smashing holes in the wall. I feel bad because acab but I didn't know what to do. I don't particularly want kids destroying my block and I talked to my neighbor who lived next door and he seemed legit scared about the situation. I don't feel like confronting them would have been safe since it would have been many of them and one of me.
Could I have done something different?
Update I don't even know if the police ended up coming but it quieted down within 10 minutes of my call. A couple cars were broken into and one was stolen.
yeah the cops are as an institution inherently perverted by their role as protectors of private property but like there is a place in society for like, people who are trained and whose job it is to deal with violent confrontations between people
but you hear somebody maybe getting beaten to death next door, you know the cops are here to protect private property, but maybe there's a chance someone won't get beaten to death tonight if they intervene
yeah it'd be better if you and your neighbors can step in but 1) I don't know my neighbors, 2) this guy is again much larger than me and I don't have a gun
It's just a shitty situation to be in and I really want to stress that because all the "cops make everything worse you dumb idiot" in the world doesn't really do much as you sit there listening to domestic violence happening as you panic over what the fuck to do
Please don't think I was being critical of you with my comment. It's better to drink the water with lead than to die of thirst. And the judgement of the person being put in the difficult position should almost always be trusted above a detached idealism.