So recently I, well, how to write this? Recently I was attacked. Names are unimportant, but luckily I'm tall and angry, no one puts their hands on me. So I was willing to leave it at that, but all my lady friends demanded the very least I had to do was file a report so that when it escalated they said, this person could be arrested.
I hate the cops. They have only once in my life ever been of any aid to me; usually they only cause more grief. But I needed to do this so my amazing friend took me to the Police Headquarters, and we waited. Two and a half hours for an officer to talk to us. At headquarters. When we finally got any notice at all, it was the two biggest douchebags we'd seen in the entire time we'd been waiting. They walk over to us, say in a loud voice, in a room full of men, are you the one who got assulted? Are you here about the assault? Irritated, all eyes on us, I nodded, got up, and my fantastic friend accompanied me into the hall, yes, right by the door we had just walked into, where my report was filed.
I come from a neighborhood where nobody is a fink. You don't talk, especially not to the cops, and that feeling of betrayal to this code was welling up in me as these two stereotypes grilled me, and generally made me feel about as served or protected as roadkill.
And the detective that was supposed to call? Well, that was a week ago, and I'm still waiting.
Here's the deal. This isn't some boo-hoo, look what happened to me blog. I'm lucky. Nothing permanent happened; no concusion, just bruises, and a whole lot more common sense about whom I let into my life. But people get the fuck beat out of them everyday, and they need help. The system was of no help to me. Safeplace gave me the run around. The cops were offensive. Give me a couple of days. I'm gathering a list of numbers and answers. The next post I have will have any and all information I can gather. It's arrogant to think anyone will read this, but if they do, maybe it will help.
Oh, and thank you Flava Flav. 911 is indeed a fucking joke.
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