...no mean no...It seems that it just is and that doesn't magically make an abuser/attacker stay away from the victim. Isn't this like a false sense of protection..?
Seems to mostly be a way to make it easier for law enforcement to take action if the abuser continues.It seems that it just is and that doesn't magically make an abuser/attacker stay away from the victim. Isn't this like a false sense of protection..?
That's good.Seems to mostly be a way to make it easier for law enforcement to take action if the abuser continues.
They obviously don't care about that until the cops stop him/her from harassing (or worse) the victim....no mean no...
No, I was thinking my sister could get one due to her junkie boyfriend (or whatever he is to her), but he wouldn't care. That asshole once tried to punch me (to make sure he'd get out of our house without causing damage to anyone) and since then I've never seen that scum again. He was also banned from ever stepping in.Lol.... Have you gotten one??
Everything is a peice of paper or a digital file and is only as dangerous as an authority wants to take it. Wether that authority is legal or not, if someone can and wants to pursue it's purpose then it's highly effective.
Precisely this. Never forget that police don't prevent crime, they only respond to it.Aren't all laws and legal documents just "pieces of paper"? Nothing in them "protects" you from anything. They are all enforced after the fact.
Devil's advocate for a second : just HOW was he banned, exactly? That's just words, isn't it? That doesn't mean it doesn't work.No, I was thinking my sister could get one due to her junkie boyfriend (or whatever he is to her), but he wouldn't care. That asshole once tried to punch me (to make sure he'd get out of our house without causing damage to anyone) and since then I've never seen that scum again. He was also banned from ever stepping in.
Devil's advocate for a second : just HOW was he banned, exactly? That's just words, isn't it? That doesn't mean it doesn't work.
Anyway : as said, it's a legally binding document that has serious consequences when broken.
That, however, also means you don't just "could get one" when calling the police. It's the result of an investigation, really. If you've got no evidence, no credible witnesses or camera footage, the best the police can do is issue a warning, note it in a dossier and go talk to the other party.
I inquired into it some years ago, but ended up not pressing charges. It was just too unlikely to go anywhere, and I had (and still have) just about the best proof of harassment possible. But all that for who knows how much explaining, talking, investigating, and so on, for in the end... Indeed, 'just a piece of paper'. It wouldn't be worth it.
Not really the answer i was expecting to my post, but that's okay. You're angry, and rightfully so. Being harassed physically in your own home shouldn't just be brushed off.The moment that shitbag tried to punch me (he already harassed another sister of mine) was the breaking point. I'm a calm, pacifist guy, but there's a limit to everything.