Little Johnny 2
I was called to a domestic. The person who called 911 would not identify himself but did say that Steve was beating Samantha. When I arrived the whole family including Bobby and Johnny were sitting there. No one wanted to talk; everyone looked terrified. Steven, a man in his 40s, asked what I wanted. I told him that someone called 911 about an argument and possible fight at this residence. “Who called?” Steven asked. “They were anonymous,” I replied. “Well, they lied. You can leave now.” he said. “Sir, I am going to investigate this and I am going to determine when I leave not you.” I replied. After separating everyone, I was able to identify Samantha. I asked her what happened but she said nothing. I asked Steven’s mother what happened and she said “ I don’t know. I heard some fussing. I told Steven to calm down but I didn’t see anyone hit anybody. I also didn’t call.” That was a clue. An argument isn’t significant and therefore believed that Steven and Samantha were probably lying. I went to Johnny and Bobby and asked them.the same questions.
Johnny was super happy to see me. He was the same kid from the ransacked store and recognized me. He hit puberty since the last time I saw him and was now almost my height. I told Johnny that we could talk some more afterward and that I needed some info now. I asked him if he knew anything but he said no. I then asked Bobby, yes his older cousin, if he saw anything and he said no. I asked a few more people in the house but they all stayed mum and no one owned up to making a phone call. I made sure that Steven could not hear and I lined up everyone inside the house. “You guys are not telling the truth. You called because you care but unless you tell me the truth, I can’t properly investigate this and help you. I need to speak to the person who called so that I can get a witness to the alleged crime. So …Who called?” Still no one spoke. I just sighed and said “Fine. Everyone take out your phones.” They did. I then told them that I had the number and that I was about to call it from my phone.. Before I could call Bobby said “It was me. I saw Steven punch Samantha in the face. I can’t take him in a fight so I called you to get him to stop.” I nodded at him and walked up to Samantha. “Pull down your lip.” She did and the inside of her lip was cut and bloody. Samantha broke down in tears and told me that Steven and her got into a minor argument. During the argument Steven just hit her. She said it came out of nowhere.
Originally posted on my blog (https://ourstoriesfrombehindthebadge.wordpress.com/)