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Ok, I just want to get this out because I am still on edge.

I was sitting in my apartment, watching my DvD of QI when I suddenly heard a woman screaming. Not the playful type of scream, but a scream of abject terror. It sounded like it was coming from the parking lot outside of my apartment. I looked out, but saw nothing immediately. I could still hear her, though. After a few seconds, I see a man dragging a woman across the parking lot. When I say "dragging" I mean it in the very real, her legs were scraping along the ground, DRAG. This man then proceeds to try and stuff the woman into the passenger side of a dark colored car. She struggled with him and got away briefly. He caught her again, though, and then picked her up and carried her off. They went through the walkway of the building behind mine and the screaming stopped.

I started getting dressed in order to go down and investigate or at least get the license plate number of the car. I was not fast enough, though, as when I looked out my window again, I saw him back at the car, this time succeeding in stuffing her into the passenger side. He was able to get to the drivers side and start the car.

At that point, I saw my neighbors across the street start chasing after him. I joined. By the time we got out to the entrance to the complex, a police car was there and was directed towards the car. The cops were able to pull them over and got the woman out. Both of them had bruises and marks on them, but I can say with fairly good certainty that anything he had was from her trying to defend herself.

It turns out that these two are dating and have gone through this sort of thing before. Only last time, she dropped the charges. The cops separated them and eventually let the man go. We all wrote out statements for the police. She swears she won't drop the charges this time, but only time will tell on that.

MoJo wrote:Call the cops and be a good witness. Intervention in third party conflicts can be a slippery slope.

cougartex wrote:Call the police.

AndyC wrote:Grab my pistol and mags, call 911 and get in my car and follow discreetly, passing info along to the police. The point being to pass acurate intel to the cops in real-time so they can pull him over, and if it turns out to be a harmless incident of some kind, so much the better.

Y2bad4u wrote:You have the right to protect a third person and keep in mind that if you just stay a witness, how would you feel if she was killed as he was kidnapping her or after he got her in the car and left? What you you lost sight of the car while waiting for the LEO to arrive? What if after that, you find out he killed her and dumped her? She could possibly be alive if you had intervened. I think the situation resolved in the best case possible, but I fear people get the mind frame to just watch, be a witness, and wait for LEO. EVERY SITUATION IS DIFFERENT, and must be analyzed every time, but please don't assume we should always be a witness.

CrimsonSoul wrote:Now what would you do in this situation?

MoJo wrote:OK here we go - - - You put on your good guy hat grab your good guy gun and mount your white charger and rush into something you know nothing about. As you are running up to the alleged kidnapper you shout for him to stop, he pulls a gun and - - - you get killed - - - you shoot an undercover police officer - - - you shoot a dad trying to get his daughter away from a bad situation - - - you shoot the girl - - - you miss and kill a 3 year old playing across the street. I can't say this loudly enough CALL THE POLICE! We have a Concealed Handgun License not a Dick Tracy Crime Stoppers badge.

tarkus wrote:Call 911. I'm not getting involved in domestic disputes.