Do you think SHE was happy he was shot? In my experience having someone shot in front of your face is going to be more traumatic than the assault itself.
DV is more psychological than physical, shooting this man will not solve any of her, or her fatherless child's problems.
It's just another reason to not feel safe, never mind the abuse she was already suffering.
DV is more psychological than physical, shooting this man will not solve any of her, or her fatherless child's problems.
It's just another reason to not feel safe, never mind the abuse she was already suffering.
So she might be happy. might she be traumatized that he was shot? probably but I can't say she's definitely sitting there wishing he was alive to beat her up one last time.
If the worst thing this child faces and being fatherless now then I'd say he's ahead of the game from where he was before. Fatherless is better than having a father that beats on your mother... and possibly also the child.
I feel the opposite. I think I would feel safer knowing someone FINALLY was willing to stand up for me when I couldn't stand up for myself. Safer knowing there are people willing to help me.
I just don't know what this guy should have done. just walked away while this guy beat the tar out of this poor girl? call the police and then stand and watch and hope the girl doesn't get beaten to death in the meantime while waiting for the cops to arrive?
he definitely should have called the cops when he saw what was going down. but I'm not really of the mindset that he should have just washed his hands of it and walked away after calling. The cops don't have teleporters... they can't just appear the second you call them. it's likely going to take 10 minutes or so for them to get there. by then that girl could have been dead and that guy would live the rest of his life knowing he did NOTHING to save her when he could have.
might he just be a thug? he might be. If that guy stopped beating that girl and was just standing there then no he shouldn't have been shot. But if he came after the other guy with intent to do him harm... or kept on pounding on that girl well he got what was coming to him.
she might be traumatized.. but at least she's alive to BE traumatized and now that innocent little boy won't have to watch his mother get the snot kicked out of her everyday by his own father.
I mean if this guy had been beating the tar out of that child in the street would we still feel bad because now he's fatherless? I don't feel bad that he doesn't have that dead beat abusive father to kick him around and ruin his life
If the guy shot him to truly stop him from killing that girl then I am PERFECTLY ok with that.