This sucks Wrote:
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> I was abused by my alcoholic boyfriend but when I
> went to the cops about it, they didn't do
> anything! I clearly had bruises on my face and I
> tried to get a restraining order because I was
> scared my boyfriend would try and attack me but
> the magistrate rufused to grant me one. They said
> not much could be done because it wasn't domestic
> violence. Serve and protect my ass!
So why wasn't it domestic violence? Usually that would be a given in a boyfriend/girlfriend fight, What else was going on? Are you also business partners or something? Does the guy go around punching out everybody? And theoretically a protective order is available to anybody who is being threatened by anybody. Something's missing here.
http://www.womenslaw.org/laws_state_type.php?id=10047&state_code=VA