What if it was your family?

Let me ask you, what would you do if you were in her shoes? Imagine, a 58 year old woman of mixed decent who loves to garden and watch WNBA. She is liked by her neighbors and likes them back. All she is doing is trying to enjoy her golden years. It's not easy though.

You see, her mother died very sudden and horrible death a few years prior. Her mother took a new prescription for managing cholesterol. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical company fast tracked the drug and didn't research it properly. It cause muscle deterioration. Before anything could be done, her mother died of liver and kidney failure. It wasn't easy to deal with the loss.

She tried but needed professional help to move on from the tragedy. She lived in a complex that helped people through these type situations. They were a lot of good people around her that cared about her. There were a few people around her that didn't. One in particular, he was kind of out of place.

You see, he was not too fond of diversity. He called her many different derogatory names. He threatened her numerous times. But it wasn't just her. He developed a reputation of a bully. He was not liked at all except a few people who had racist notions like he did. But the community tried before to have him removed. There was even a petition that was submitted. The man found a lawyer that helped him to stay. This didn't help the situation.

He became more agitated by the petition. He became more verbal. He eventually crossed the line. The woman was sitting in a car with a friend when he came raging. He was calling her a nigger spic while putting his hand through the window, slapping her twice and pulling her hair. He had assaulted the woman with his hands, as well as with hate filled words. She called the police to come and take him away.

The police arrived and of course he was gone. He jumped on a bus and split. They took a report and off they went. He didn't stay gone long though. He later returned only to return to his abusive ways. He had cornered a neighbor of hers in the laundry mat. The man had a police report only hours prior and he was back at in the same place.

She didn't stand by and watch. She had someone call the police and went to confront him. She didn't go in empty handed, after all she's a 58 year old woman barely 5 feet and he's over 6feet tall. She grabbed a bat and went to get him off of her neighbor. He ended up taking one in the dome. She didn't run or panic. She waited for the police to arrive at the scene. She told them everything. They then placed her under arrest for a felony assault with a lethal weapon.

I ask you, is she wrong? When do we cross the line from victim to criminal? If you attempted to do things by the book and the law left you naked, would you allow yourself to be victimized? We tout the right to bear arms left and right in this country, but what good is it if you are turned into the criminal when you use it in a situation it is called for?

I ask you this because this woman is my aunt and this really happened to her last week in Bakersfield, CA. She is still locked up. She doesn't face a felony but the fact remains that she is the victim, not the criminal. She defended herself when the police wouldn't.

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