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suthdj wrote:I have to question a few replies here, for me to stand and do nothing while another human being is being forced against their will into a car or being beaten is plain out wrong, if you are able to help you should. Yes you can be a good witness but when he drives away with her in the car and puts a bullet in her head a few blocks away and you did nothing to stop it how are you going to reconcile that ?

As for what I would do, I don't know I have never been in that situation. I would not stand by and do nothing. I would do what I could to prevent further damage.

I'd say that you need to do what you feel comfortable with. Just know that you might also need to reconcile yourself to the fact that you inadvertently escalated a routine domestic situation between a father / daughter, or Girlfriend / Boyfriend, into a situation where some one was killed. Also, know that even if it is a legitimate domestic violence situation, you might still end up in jail after the abused wife / girlfriend testifies that you shot her boyfriend for no reason.

I would approach to reasonable distance and then loudly ask what was going on. Respond accordingly from there. Likely response might include calling 911, probably would not include any use of a weapon.

I visited my brother last Thanksgiving. One morning, he took me to play golf with my wife and his teenage daughter who has always been the most well behaved child I've ever known. We took separate vehicles, and when we both got there, it was clear that he had been in a disagreement with his daughter during the drive. He got out and told me that he needed to deal with her, and wouldn't be joining my wife and I for our round. About then, his daughter got out and started screaming at the top of her lungs that she hated him and that she wasn't getting back in the car, and she was calling her Mom to get her (along with calling her dad several words that are not allowed on this forum). He physically picked her up and put her back in the car while she was kicking and screaming. Turns out that her response was due to him telling her she couldn't see her older (by 2 years) boyfriend and the facat that he took away her cell phone. I should also say that I have never witnessed my brother commit any type of violence against anyone, even when we were kids. He is one of the most non-violent people I know.

That scene got a bit ugly, and to a third party it may well have looked like some type of an assault.

They were able to resolve their disagreement somehow, because they ended up joining us on the 9th hole and finishing the round with us.