All depends. I could have had my ex-gf’s mom arrested had I called the cops, talked and showed them the scratches. But I shut up because “men don’t do that”. I was also young and ignorant.
My roommate’s drunk gf came home and attacked him in his sleep. He tossed her out his room and locked the bedroom door. She proceeded to kick a hole through the door. Saw was a fist come out, straight Mortal Combat, “GET OVER HERE!”, she came flying out 3-seconds later, bent in half, crashing into the bathroom. Still came back to beat on the door.
By then my friend’s drama-queen gf called the cops. GF was in cuffs and he was shaking and crying. Drama-queen told the cops he touched her too, both in jail.
Punched my ex-wife twice when she attacked me asleep in my computer chair. For not coming to bed. Yanked my headphones, shook me up and spiked me on the floor. I can up swinging, hit her twice before I knew what was happening, hit her with a thrown flashlight after I knew was was happening. (Did not help that I was crashed for the last minutes of Saving Private Ryan, gunfire and violence and all.) Cops stood in my living room grilling me and I wouldn’t talk. They finally got me to admit I pushed her. Off to jail for me.
tl;dr: Cops treat self-defense like school teachers, story doesn’t count. NEVER TALK TO COPS.
All depends. I could have had my ex-gf’s mom arrested had I called the cops, talked and showed them the scratches. But I shut up because “men don’t do that”. I was also young and ignorant.
My roommate’s drunk gf came home and attacked him in his sleep. He tossed her out his room and locked the bedroom door. She proceeded to kick a hole through the door. Saw was a fist come out, straight Mortal Combat, “GET OVER HERE!”, she came flying out 3-seconds later, bent in half, crashing into the bathroom. Still came back to beat on the door.
By then my friend’s drama-queen gf called the cops. GF was in cuffs and he was shaking and crying. Drama-queen told the cops he touched her too, both in jail.
Punched my ex-wife twice when she attacked me asleep in my computer chair. For not coming to bed. Yanked my headphones, shook me up and spiked me on the floor. I can up swinging, hit her twice before I knew what was happening, hit her with a thrown flashlight after I knew was was happening. (Did not help that I was crashed for the last minutes of Saving Private Ryan, gunfire and violence and all.) Cops stood in my living room grilling me and I wouldn’t talk. They finally got me to admit I pushed her. Off to jail for me.
tl;dr: Cops treat self-defense like school teachers, story doesn’t count. NEVER TALK TO COPS.
You had that happen at least 3 separate times from 3 different people? Holy moly. I hope you have better people around you today.