Thursday, August 12, 2004 AD Speaking of Domestic Violence The second verse of this Tracy Chapman song always resonnated with me:
Last night I heard the screaming
Loud voices behind the wall
Another sleepless night for me
It won't do no good to call
The police
Always come late
If they come at all
And when they arrive
They say they can't interfere
With domestic affairs
Between a man and his wife
And as they walk out the door
The tears well up in her eyes
Last night I heard the screaming
Then a silence that chilled my soul
I prayed that I was dreaming
When I saw the ambulance in the road
And the policeman said
"I'm here to keep the peace
Will the crowd disperse
I think we all could use some sleep"
I heard the police say basically that to my mother, too. How ironic that a state that assures us it's capable of raising our children "can't interfere with domestic affairs." To be fair, I think police in general are a little more willing to respond helpfully to domestic abuse calls than they were in the '70s, but it's still ironic.... Posted by Valerie (Kyriosity) at 8/12/2004 11:05:00 AM
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