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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 288189" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I'm glad you have the photos.</p><p></p><p>Don't be too hard on the neighbours or the doctor. The neighbours - they have only heard his version and as you already know, he can be plausible. Even the police beleived him to begin with, he's good. If you were in their shoes, you would probably be on his side too and beleiving him. He's probably said that SO started it and that So's bruises were from a fight he had been in before with someone else (thereby 'proving' SO has a violent disposition). As for the doctor - he/she has only got the police version, it's a doctor's job to stand by the patients and look after them. Also, a lot of doctors 'survive' by not getting involved. If the doctor had jumped in to write the report based solely on what the police said, I'd be a lot more worried about my own safety in the hands of that doctor. And if the doctor has since talked to the man and only got his version of events - what frame of reference is there/ YOU need to see the doctor, with the poice and photos if you need to, and I think you will see the doctor suitably horrified and concerned. But untuil then, I don't think the doctor will make that call. And if you wait too long, the doctor won't make thta call anyway because the man has probably said, "I'm OK now, I'm taking my medications again, it won't happen again."</p><p>The trouble is, such people can KNOW that they can use their own mental illness as a means to get away with murder, literally. They learn how to make the system work in their favour and it is very frustrating for police, for doctors, for family and neghbours when you KNOW what is gonig on but also know that legally, you must give them the benefit of the doubt because if you don't, a court will overturn your decisions.</p><p></p><p>As for having the pictures as a painful reminder - our computer screensaver uses all photos in our library as a sort of slideshow, when the computer "dozes off". IN our library are photos of difficult child 3 taken by the police and ambulance, when he had his head split open by a log thrown at him. I also have photos of the log (it's nasty). And every so often, one of these photos comes up on the screen. In the photos you can see the distress on difficult child 3's face - the horror, the pain and the despair. That hurts me even more than the sight of the blood. But I can't remove the photo, we need it on file.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 288189, member: 1991"] I'm glad you have the photos. Don't be too hard on the neighbours or the doctor. The neighbours - they have only heard his version and as you already know, he can be plausible. Even the police beleived him to begin with, he's good. If you were in their shoes, you would probably be on his side too and beleiving him. He's probably said that SO started it and that So's bruises were from a fight he had been in before with someone else (thereby 'proving' SO has a violent disposition). As for the doctor - he/she has only got the police version, it's a doctor's job to stand by the patients and look after them. Also, a lot of doctors 'survive' by not getting involved. If the doctor had jumped in to write the report based solely on what the police said, I'd be a lot more worried about my own safety in the hands of that doctor. And if the doctor has since talked to the man and only got his version of events - what frame of reference is there/ YOU need to see the doctor, with the poice and photos if you need to, and I think you will see the doctor suitably horrified and concerned. But untuil then, I don't think the doctor will make that call. And if you wait too long, the doctor won't make thta call anyway because the man has probably said, "I'm OK now, I'm taking my medications again, it won't happen again." The trouble is, such people can KNOW that they can use their own mental illness as a means to get away with murder, literally. They learn how to make the system work in their favour and it is very frustrating for police, for doctors, for family and neghbours when you KNOW what is gonig on but also know that legally, you must give them the benefit of the doubt because if you don't, a court will overturn your decisions. As for having the pictures as a painful reminder - our computer screensaver uses all photos in our library as a sort of slideshow, when the computer "dozes off". IN our library are photos of difficult child 3 taken by the police and ambulance, when he had his head split open by a log thrown at him. I also have photos of the log (it's nasty). And every so often, one of these photos comes up on the screen. In the photos you can see the distress on difficult child 3's face - the horror, the pain and the despair. That hurts me even more than the sight of the blood. But I can't remove the photo, we need it on file. Marg [/QUOTE]
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