Exactly. And battered, (& emotionally abused,,) spouse syndrome would completely explain why JT didn't leave Sarah Boone. He stayed until she killed him, as happens to so many women victims of domestic violence. Experts in domestic violence understand that asking an abused woman why she doesn't just leave is not useful. I believe police are better trained in these things than they used to be but still a ways to go. Jmo
As you say, the cycle of abuse is real.moo. I think in this case JT also experienced what many abused women used to routinely experience not so long ago; a lack of support from society and ignorance of the police. It was heartening but also upsetting in one of the later body cam videos when JT was cuffed on the bed and being helped into his shoes by responding officers, to see one of them trying to connect with him:
- 'I can't help you if you won,'t say what happened. I think she may have done this before,'. (Paraphrasing).
Like many women caught up in the cycle of abuse my impression was JT hung his head and clammed up out of shame and probably misplaced loyalty.jmo
Those officers in that footage clearly knew him from previous calls and I think it was pretty clear they were beginning to suspect JT was a repeated victim of SB and wanted to try and help him. I did not see JT act aggressively once in any of the LE cuffing videos. Cops followed protocol but they weren't afraid of him. Moo
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