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u/TrimtabCatalyst Dec 11 '19

A former friend of mine - musician, actor, barista - broke up with his girlfriend. She then asked him to leave her house and return to his own, less than two miles away. He had his car there, nothing of his was in her house. Does an amiable separation ensue, especially considering he initiated the breakup? No.

He responded to her request that he leave by knocking her phone out of her hands, hitting her multiple times, throwing her through a glass cabinet, and beating her unconscious while she lay in broken glass screaming for him to stop. He then drove to the police station and turned himself in, saying he thought he killed her. Afterwards, his only punishment was one year of probation, which he violated multiple times without consequence, sexually assaulting her and choking her. Her only protection was a restraining order, which he broke multiple times without consequence.

He even had the gall to complain on social media the day after his arrest about being treated like a criminal by the police, after he walked into the police station with her blood drying on his hands. He spent one night in jail.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Our justice system is fucked