Angel Who Cares
If you seek an angel with an open heart, you shall
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Kat I appreciate you being honest & you brought up many good reasons on how you would decide to call or not. Thank you Kat!
Hard to say until the situation happens.
Years ago, in the space of one week, I was a witness to a murder and an attempted murder.
I wound up on the news with the murder, misquoted all over the place. This was a slam dunk, and the perp decided to not go for a trial and pled out.
But the attempted murder was another story. The attempted murder involved 2 people that I considered friends. The fella that attempted to murder the other guy pointed a gun at my head as he walked out of the building and tried to take me with him. I refused to go. Not very politely, either. The other guy was shot.
Of course I spoke to the police. But I didn't want to give them my info in this case.
I was afraid the guy might come after me (when one gets a gun pointed to their head, it gives one pause.)
I didn't want to go to court and testify. Of course, I wound up going. And because of my testimony, which was honest testimony, the perp got off! He should have spent at least a few years in jail. But he was a nice guy and the only thing I had bad to say about him was the fact that he tried to kill the other guy. Because of this, he wound up with probation. I ended up being a character witness, what I saw meant zilch.
I did not feel the sentence was fair, and if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't open my mouth - I don't think. I lost both of these guys as friends - the one who got shot because of my glowing testimony, and the perp because I opened my mouth.
Friends??????? You still want them in your life after all that? Good thing you did lose them as friends before they decided to get rid of you as a friend.... (if you get my drift - geez).
I think it depends on the crime.
When I was 16, I failed to report sexual assault. To this day I have not told any law enforcement about it. I should have though, to prevent him from hurting anyone else.
I also did not report a fight, once. (it was family related)
I think it is much harder to report your family. If I saw a crime on the street I would call 911 immediately.
Egoslayer My heart goes out to you that you had go through something so truamatic at such a young age. :hug: :blowkiss:
Even those who are an adult have difficulty reporting this type of crime.
I can understand why you didn't report what happened to you. Please remember you were only a child, so don't ever feel guilty for not reporting it.
My sister was an adult and she didn't report it till months later. It was & is one of the hardest things for her to do even as an adult. He will meet his maker one day to face what he has done & that's if he hasn't already had to face the court of law by now for the same crime. I hope he burns in :curses:!
:hug:'s from an :angel: to you!
the term for those who look the other way is called bystander apathy and it is more common than you would think. I for one, would never look the other way!