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hello, ill say more clear, my mom is mad because i told the cops that a couple family members tried to bully me. she is acting as if i am supposed to just stand there and not say nothing or take up for myself. if no one is going watch out for me then i have to right? she was saying why am i bringing issues around by bringing this up, when i did nothing to anyone !
You have to tell us what the family members did to you, if you want us to answer. If it wasn't illegal, the cops can't do anything. There are ways to stand up for yourself without involving the police.
hello, ill say more clear, my mom is mad because i told the cops that a couple family members tried to bully me. she is acting as if i am supposed to just stand there and not say nothing or take up for myself. if no one is going watch out for me then i have to right? she was saying why am i bringing issues around by bringing this up, when i did nothing to anyone !
You MUST be more clear. "Tried to bully" HOW exactly? And you called the cops?
If someone is physically assaulting you, it is OK to call the cops.
However, if they were "picking" on you, not ok to call the cops.
So WHAT exactly were these family members doing to you?
You live with your mom, right? It's not like you live alone and they broke into your house to yell at you or tell you what to do. If it's your mom's house and she is OK with them being there, they are doing nothing to break the law, as long as they are not physically assaulting you. Therefore, the police cannot do anything. Behavior has to be illegal for the cops to intervene.
I hope the OP's first language is something other than English.
OP called the police because someone tried to tell him/her what to do? Because someone yelled at them? LOL, this is so awesome. I'm going to call the police on my kid.
being told what to do like a child, yelling bossing me around. not one has the right to try to tell me what to do
Unless someone is ordering you to do sexual things to them or they are hitting you or physically hurting you it is not a police matter.
Please discuss it with your mother and she can help you figure out what to do. Sometimes adults do need to tell other adults "what to do" to keep them safe and keep them from getting hurt.
My husband is an adult who is 64 years old but has brain damage. I need to tell him many, many things to keep him safe. I am not "bullying him" by telling him what to do, I am protecting him from getting lost or getting injured.
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Originally Posted by hertfordshire
Sorry, but your mom was right. This is no reason to involve the police.
Talk to your mom or a social worker or your case manager or your teacher but do not call the police.
Last edited by germaine2626; 04-13-2016 at 08:07 AM..
Talk to your mom or a social worker or your case manager or your teacher but do not call the police.
This is absolutely spot on. You need to ask someone (like your mom, a counselor, a case manager, a teacher, a doctor, whatever) what is and isn't appropriate as a response if you find yourself in this kind of situation again - your reacting by calling the police was completely and totally inappropriate.
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Absent any physical altercation, I'm siding with your mom.
