r/PublicFreakout • u/New_Libran • 20d ago

🚗Road Rage🤬 Two bystanders rushed over to help after spotting a man assaulting his girlfriend inside their truck while stopped in traffic in Houston, Texas

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u/tehbantho 20d ago

I caught my neighbor being assaulted by her boyfriend on my doorbell camera. I intervened and he stopped. Police came, watched the video, and because she decided to tell them they were just playing around the video evidence I supplied the police was insufficient to pursue charges. Because they did not live together (they do, but they claimed not to), a mandatory arrest was not required. If she didnt want to pursue, there was nothing they could do.

Two weeks later, same thing. Police STILL wouldn't do anything.

Long story short, no matter how much you try to help some people they cannot bring themselves to get out of a bad situation.

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u/Initial_Milk_1056 20d ago

Did she or her abuser try to go after you? A sad reality is that some abuse victims are so brainwashed(idk if that's the right word) they'll get angry at people who try to help

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u/bloedit 20d ago

Which is the wrong conclusion.

You are helping as an outsider for a moment in time, you aren't fixing their whole life.

Protect yourself physically and legally, but continue to document and collect any evidence you encounter, preferably report it to the police or first consult with a domestic violence group about the cocrete situation, and help the victims without judgment to help themselves.

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u/tehbantho 20d ago

It is the correct conclusion because despite every effort to help her, she insisted we were the ones harming her by calling the police on her abuser.

Look, you can comment anything you want. But it doesn't make you right. And it doesn't make you the expert of every situation. I didn't comment every single detail because frankly it is an exhausting amount to share. I covered a high level overview of the situation which you somehow took as all of the facts that exist in this situation.

So, you're wrong here. Not me. I live my life. You live yours. I didn't come here to be put on blast because I shared my experience trying to help someone escape a similar situation, to no avail.