Perhaps some good would come of it. My experience tells me that merely reporting these situations to the authorities is not enough. Still, I will continue to do so, even though it scares the hell out of me. The battered and batterer who wish to remain anonymous will hate you for publicly announcing their disease. These players are much more dangerous and harder to detect than your casual DUI, pot smoker or high school kegger.
Domestic violence leaves deep and lasting wounds.
The tragedy that occurred one warm and starry mid-summer's night 5 years ago will never be forgotten by the families, children, deputies, SAFV or the community at large. Big Piney and Jackson have had their own tragedies as well. As long as governments tax their citizens to manufacture the weapons of war, there will be good guys, bad guys, ying and yang, and domestic violence will remain part of the human experience. About 2000 years ago the authorities washed their hands while people crucified perfection. I swear there are times when this grown man just sits down and cries.