Quote Originally Posted by JunkYard
I think the guy was locked up after her hospital visit, but he'll be out in no time, and guess what? He'll beat her again! I would love to get her to leave this bastard, but I don't have that kind of influence. I've only known her for a short time, and we really don't talk much.

If I stomp his ass, he'll in turn beat her, and we get absolutely nowhere./shrug The cops won't hold him, so it's only a matter of time before he does this sh!t again. I think one of the reeasons she doesn't leave him, or put out an EPO is she has nowhere to go. I feel sorry for her, but it seems I can do NOTHING to help. We've all mentioned these safe houses to her before, but she shrugges it off like we're crazy...

I'm afraid he'll kill her one day, and the truth is that nothing can be done aside from ending the bastard to stop it!

Just a little frustrated...

Domestic Violence is tricky little fuck!
Do you have a female friend that could try to befriend this person? In the complex I moved from in NJ, there was this couple. The lady was really nice, I think she did secretarial work. She was always pleasent and tending to her garden. The guy she was with was an ass. Very rude and abusive, never anything good to say. Well, the nieghbor above them always used to call the cops b/c of the fighting and could hear her getting beat at times. The couple that lived next to me got real concerned b/c it was the talk of the complex. Well, my nieghbors girlfriend ended up befriending the woman. At first, the woman wasn't allowed to go anywhere. But when the boyfriend saw it was just going to be a 'womans night out' type of deal, he relented. Well, in the abscense of the boyfriend, the woman would spill the beans. I mean some nasty, horrible stuff. After a month or so, my nieghbor and his wife helped the woman to move out while the guy was at work. You want to talk about some fireworks!?!? The guy was cuffed with 3 officers trying to get him into the car and he was still fighting and yelling, "Who did it, I know one of you took her, who did it...". Asshole.

So if you have a female that your good friends with, that may be a good way to establish contact and start to get this woman some help. Sometimes people just need a leg up or just to know that someone cares.