Today I am thankful that other people share their stories.
Stories are the only gauge I have to prove I'm not crazy.
I used to collect stories about the City of Aurora.
I once had a running Craigslist Ad asking for stories. Back then, I was part of a citizens action group. We fought fight tax hikes.
This happened because an Ass't City Attorney was defending a Tax Audit Supervisor who stole $500 bucks from my family. She challenged me and dared me to do something about it.
So...I did.
I tended to do a lot of complaining trying to help people.
I was asked to run for office and, as a result, I let the project slide.
I still hear stories about victims being arrested and perpetrators being rewarded.
Like a rape victim arrested for saying a word that means vagina because the cop was offended and beat her up.
The cop didn't face charges. The rape victim did.
The worst part, the victim was assaulted in police custody. The woman was charged with verbal assault against an officer (or what I call Contempt of Cop).
I think I inadvertently have a story of my own now.
My ex husband would let his family stalk me. The police NEVER took reports. They'd predict with stunning accuracy what was going to happen -but- they refused to help except to tell me to go to a battered women's shelter.
The battered women's shelter connected to the City of Aurora turned us away. I was told that if I left my home due to stalking, I'd be homeless and Gateway Battered Women's shelter does not help homeless women. I believe them. In fact, I often meet homeless women who escaped abuse in Aurora.
The City of Aurora is currently paying for a place for my stalker to live.
It's not jail.
And the city employed shrink has my ex convinced that he's the victim.
Weird, eh?
Well......here is another story. A guy raking his leaves yells at a kid in a jeep to slow down. The kid was going 70 miles an hour! Then the kid in the jeep turns around and charges at the pedestrian. The pedestrian threw the rake at the jeep, probably because he was terrified and trying to ward the driver off...
Do you want to take a wild guess as to who was charged with road rage?
I won't spoil the fun.....I'll let you read it for yourself.
http://www.9news.com/news/crime/man-sentenced-to-3-years-for-throwing-rake-at-jeep-paralyzing-a-teenager/382537940
People tend to do strange things when a ton of metal is coming at them in a public roadway. They tend to go into shock when attacked (especially by a big red hunk of metal). People in shock often don't think about little things....like calling the police and fire department.
This happens with rape victims quite often so many rapes wind up unreported.
The story gets worse. A quick internet search shows a claim that the jeep had a shoddy suspension system from lack of care and that the bench a six year old child was sitting in was not securely attached to the jeep. The child is a sibling of the driver. She is now disabled.
The parents are NOT taking responsibility for the driver's behavior nor are they taking responsibility for making sure their son was driving a working and safe vehicle. If your eldest child was prone to misdeeds and too cheap to fix his car, would you let him chauffer your 6 year old daughter?
I wouldn't. My ex had a crap car. The seats were held up with bricks. That's why I took the crap car and let him use my van when he had the kids.
We have to take responsibility for our actions.
It's easy to blame an old man in shock for the misdeeds of a twenty year old boy.
It's easy.....just not honorable or fair.
Part of me wonders how the parents are connected with the city and the Adams County District Attorney's office. Someone did them a favor. I'd like to know why.
I wish cops understood fear, shock and trauma. If they did, maybe they'd take a stalking report or two.
They didn't even take a report when the joker lit a fire on my porch and put it out with a garden hose.
I should have called the fire department instead.
They didn't want to come out when my neighbors were fighting over a parking space. They didn't want to come out when a guy pretending to be my insurance agent was taking pictures through my windows.
It's crazy. They're lazy.
Understand.....we are responsible for our own safety.
Aurora needs a Nancy Grace to publicize this crap.
There is no logic in this world, is there?
Love ya,
S.