Last night I was woken up by screaming, initially I ignored it but look at the window when it restarted. A man and a woman were fighting, a child was in the front seat, maybe six months and the woman was trying to get the child out before the man drive off. Over quick and I returned to bed.
Then a few min later it started up again but he was massively aggressive, had her by the hair and was trying to force her in the back seat whilst the baby screamed. Beyond a row but proper lost it swearing. She ran off, he drove off. With the child in mind I called the police and gave them direction and car reg. unbelievably whilst on the phone she'd doubled back up an alley and he appeared again, he parked across pavement at speed but although I couldn't see behind neighbours hedge she was howling in terror and it sounded like he was being physical.
The police came and she tore up the road, at first he was swearing at them too but calmed a fair bit. She crept back up (I guess as the child was still there) police were chatting with him like it was fine whilst she stood six foot away.
They then called me about what i had witnessed and said "it's only a domestic" and even in a mocking tone "you can go back to bed now, no need to keep looking out the window" I wasn't even bloody looking out by then as I'd huddled back under the duvet once i had seen police were safely with all of them. They were all relaxed with him, chatting and told me she wasn't saying he'd done anything... Whilst other police were passing the day with him opposite! I didn't watch to see the outcome but it was clear she was being a silly female.
Now really, am I in a parallel universe or would anybody have called the police in those circumstances??? She'd sounded terrified and he had her baby in the car! The police did tell me he was just trying to take her home with his daughter... By the hair?? Whilst manhandling hitting and calling her a ducking whore.
I'm still livid this morning, I wish dh had called as I was also clearly another fussy female to them. I probably in most peoples eyes should have called police the first time I saw them fighting, but we get so much on the main road here I have got a bit immune at times.