My question involves criminal law for the state of: OR
Situation happened a few days ago and has been bugging me tremendously. Awoke from sleep to hear girl next door screaming and pleading (sounded like through tone of voice) for boyfriend to stop attacking her, though I couldn't make out any actual words. Sounded like girl was getting thrown against wall. Immediately went over to knock on their door, boyfriend opened and I asked if everything was alright, he said yeah. I asked are you sure you aren't beating up your girlfriend? He shows me his arms with deep defensive scratch wounds, and tells me 'I'm trying to restrain her.' Maybe I made a mistake here, but I told him "that's a felony crime and you are committing domestic violence, I'm calling the police." He say's OK, do it. So I call the police, and they show up 25 minutes later, yawning as they approach his door. Knock on the door, he won't open. I go to the store, and come back and see police leaving, without him in their car. I ask what's up, and they said he wouldn't show them his arms (I assume that he covered them), and they didn't have the elements of a crime. From my perspective, the girl was too afraid to tell police he beat her, and they also paid no regard to what I witnessed. I just think it's really sad the police just walked away from this, because it was such an obvious case of DV and they couldn't do anything to help the girl out. There was also an eviction notice plastered to their door, maybe this had something to do with things.
Can someone explain based on what I just described, if it is true that the police didn't have the elements required for a DV arrest? Is this result my fault for having gone over and confronted him about this situation, and spouting off laws?
Situation happened a few days ago and has been bugging me tremendously. Awoke from sleep to hear girl next door screaming and pleading (sounded like through tone of voice) for boyfriend to stop attacking her, though I couldn't make out any actual words. Sounded like girl was getting thrown against wall. Immediately went over to knock on their door, boyfriend opened and I asked if everything was alright, he said yeah. I asked are you sure you aren't beating up your girlfriend? He shows me his arms with deep defensive scratch wounds, and tells me 'I'm trying to restrain her.' Maybe I made a mistake here, but I told him "that's a felony crime and you are committing domestic violence, I'm calling the police." He say's OK, do it. So I call the police, and they show up 25 minutes later, yawning as they approach his door. Knock on the door, he won't open. I go to the store, and come back and see police leaving, without him in their car. I ask what's up, and they said he wouldn't show them his arms (I assume that he covered them), and they didn't have the elements of a crime. From my perspective, the girl was too afraid to tell police he beat her, and they also paid no regard to what I witnessed. I just think it's really sad the police just walked away from this, because it was such an obvious case of DV and they couldn't do anything to help the girl out. There was also an eviction notice plastered to their door, maybe this had something to do with things.
Can someone explain based on what I just described, if it is true that the police didn't have the elements required for a DV arrest? Is this result my fault for having gone over and confronted him about this situation, and spouting off laws?
Domestic Violence: Why Wasn't There an Arrest
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