Thugz 'n' Yobz- What Would You Do?
I live in usually quiet Chester. Nothing much really goes wrong. It's a bit noisy at 3am sometimes when the alcohol has been flowing, but apart from that, everything flows quite well.
So when I heard loud noises just before 1am the other day, I was concerned. I was too afraid to look out of the window, so I was not sure what was going on. It sounded as though someone was being kicked or punched several times, and there was a lot of shouting.
I really didn't know what to do. As my boyfriend reached for the phone, the noises got less, and the shouting was quieter. Probably, the right thing to do would have been to call the police. Everything ran through my head: "What if someone's been stabbed?", "What if someone's lying on the floor and needs help?".
Unfortunately, these thoughts were mixed with the worry that if we did call for assistance, would the police come to our house, and make it obvious that we called them? It shouldn't have crossed my mind, but it did. I am one of those people who would love to help others, and feel a duty to if they are in trouble, but I am also over ruled by the though of someone seeking revenge.
This is wrong, I know, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm also sure I'm not the only one who heard the commotion on that night, and nobody else called for help.
Last night, I found out that someone was going around the streets banging on people's doors. My housemate said that he heard people banging on doors the previous night, so the two incidents could have been related. After hearing this, I spent the night with the door locked, and the light on. I was genuinely afraid that someone would bang the door down, and come into my room.
This is wrong. As much as I am wrong to not call the police, it cannot be as wrong as terrorising people in their own home. What would you do in the above situations?
So when I heard loud noises just before 1am the other day, I was concerned. I was too afraid to look out of the window, so I was not sure what was going on. It sounded as though someone was being kicked or punched several times, and there was a lot of shouting.
I really didn't know what to do. As my boyfriend reached for the phone, the noises got less, and the shouting was quieter. Probably, the right thing to do would have been to call the police. Everything ran through my head: "What if someone's been stabbed?", "What if someone's lying on the floor and needs help?".
Unfortunately, these thoughts were mixed with the worry that if we did call for assistance, would the police come to our house, and make it obvious that we called them? It shouldn't have crossed my mind, but it did. I am one of those people who would love to help others, and feel a duty to if they are in trouble, but I am also over ruled by the though of someone seeking revenge.
This is wrong, I know, but I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'm also sure I'm not the only one who heard the commotion on that night, and nobody else called for help.
Last night, I found out that someone was going around the streets banging on people's doors. My housemate said that he heard people banging on doors the previous night, so the two incidents could have been related. After hearing this, I spent the night with the door locked, and the light on. I was genuinely afraid that someone would bang the door down, and come into my room.
This is wrong. As much as I am wrong to not call the police, it cannot be as wrong as terrorising people in their own home. What would you do in the above situations?
Labels: chester, crime, lucy, police, terror, thugs, woolford, yobs, youths
2 Comments:
Hmmm, i'd have looked out the window to see what was going on, then phoned the police if i thought they were needed. You CAN call them and give all your details over the phone, so they don't have to come to your door. You have to specifically request that they don't though.
nice blog btw Lucy. :)
This happened to me a few days ago. Some guy was hammering our front door down at 3.30am and woke us (four girls) up terrified. We were seconds away from calling the police when the fifth girl awoke to tell us it was her boyfriend. He was drunk and found the situation amusing.
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