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I was beat viscously in my own home and no one was punished?

Alright, this is my story, and it is kind of long so first off thank you to any one who takes the time to read it in full. I am going to start from the beginning March 13th I went to the birthday party of my wife's grand-father. Where I saw a man I haven't seen in nearly a year, who has lived in Ohio for basically my wife's entire childhood, that I've met once or twice on family holidays who just moved to Jacksonville less then a month prior to this. He is wearing a pistol on his side I ask him why he is carrying it and and he jokingly reply's "To use on you if you don't treat my niece well." (his niece is my wife, who he doesn't know at all as he lived in Ohio practically her entire life). I took this as a joke as I barely know the man, and thought nothing of it. ^ No big deal right, well here is where my story really starts 10 days later on march 23rd I got in to a argument with my wife, a stupid argument where she kept asking me what I wanted to eat while I was working on a computer, and regretfully I snapped at her and yelled I don't know. she then got upset, I felt bad and went up to her and tried to hug her and tell her I was sorry. She then began to yell in response: "Don't touch me! Leave me alone!" One of our nosy neighbors heard her yell at me, and proceeded to go over to her grandmother's who lives two trailers down from me to inform her we were arguing,(which is no one elses buisness as we are adults) where at the time her uncle (the man who threatened me with the gun) was at. Me and my wife stopped arguing and decided to have some time apart, I went to the bed room and laid down and my wife stayed in the living room with our daughter. Roughly three or four minutes later I hear a pounding on the door. My wife yells "Go away!" after which her uncle reply's What?!Open the damn door!" She then opens the door and while standing in the door way, explains to him that we had a stupid fight and it was none of his business and he needs to go home. He then proceeds to tell my wife no, and that I must be beating her because her face is red, (Which was actually from her crying during the argument) . he then proceeds to shove her out of the way while she is holding my 16 month year old daughter, and forces his way into my house. where he storms through our hallway breaking our baby gate, and my bed room door till he gets to the bed room. Where he proceeds to jump on top of me as I lay on the bed. He then wrapped his hand around my throat and started cussing at me, threatening to kill me, and punching me in the face which smashed my glasses on my face as I struggled. He then drags me off the bed, slams me into the floor, (banging my head against a desk and breaking it in the process), where he hits me in the back 6 or so times he then kicks me, puts his knee on my chest, and continues to choke and beat me. Some point during this my wife had followed him to the through the hallway and screamed at him to leave the house. When she saw what he was doing to me, and that he had no intention of leaving, she ran out of the house and down the road screaming for help: "Grandma help! Call the police! My Uncle broke in and is beating up my husband!" (Her gradma is the the man who was beating me, mother.)She comes over and he gets off of me he then proceeds to yell hes going to kill me several times as he's leaving and i am trying to get up and use the phone to call 911. He makes statements such as: "If you press charges you're dead! Call the police you ***** I don't give a ****!" etc. Well here is the part that really makes me sick to my stomach the cops arrive a few minutes later and put him in the back of their car in hand cuffs for about 10 minutes, and then they proceed to let him go even though I told them very clearly several times, that I wanted to press charges and I was afraid for me and my family's safety. After I found out they were letting him go I asked the cop "ok so I can just go into anyone's house, force my way in threaten that person's life, break their stuff, and not go to jail for it?" She then proceeds to tell me "Yes but you will likely get shot if you do, now stop being a smart a**, the law won't let us arrest him because it's a misdemeanor. If you want to press charges go down to the annex office and file this paperwork". I argued with the police officer, "How can he trespass in my house, threaten me, beat me, and break my stuff then not go to jail for it?!" (just wanted to add this in here the man is 6'2 200 pounds Iam 5'5 and 110 pounds). And all she said is he didnt commit any crimes they could take him to jail for, he has to trespass more then once. So he can beat you, break your stuff, threaten you, push your wife while shes holding your child, hold you down against your will, and force hi his way into your house and they won't put him away because these are all misdemeanors. So later in the night my wife calls her mother (who is the man who beat me, sister)and she lets us know that both she and his other sister (my wife's aunt) listened to him brag about how he was going to kick my a** the same day he threatened me with the gun at the birthday party, even though I've only met the man maybe 5 times in my entire life and spent maybe 10 hours with him altogether in that time. ^ now what does that mean to me, and my family? It means the viscous attack against me was all premeditated. Well the next day I go down to the paralegals office, where I proceed to press charges I asked "was it not a crime when he forced his way into my house by pushing my wife out of the way. Isn't that breaking an entering?" she then tells me "no that's not illegal because by opening the door even partially your wife was inviting him in". Well after talking with her and telling her the above s nd telling her the above story she says it can take two weeks or longer before they actually arrest him if not longer and that's IF a big IF they do. Well after finishing with the paralegal I go file a injunction against him to keep him from coming within 500 feet of me and I have to wait for tomorrow for that to get approved. What did I learn from all this? 1.Florida residents can break into any ones house and it will not be a crime as long as you open the door first. 2.You can beat the hell out of some one, break there stuff, threaten their life, and not go to jail for it. 3.If some one proceeds to break in your house, beat the hell out of you, break your property, and threaten your life, if you want if you want any sort of justice you better put a bullet in their head because out of the cops mouth that's the only thing you have to fear when you do it. Because its just a misdemeanor. 4. Last but not least Florida residents, a warning for you and your children according to Florida law if you or your child opens a door, and some one forces there way into your house and hurts you, rapes you, or anything else its your fault cause you opened the door which means you invited them in to do it. -------------------- Now the current result of all this is Night one I sit at home my face to swollen to eat and in to much pain to sleep while in fear for my life while my wife tries to fix my glasses so I can see He gets to go home and be safe with his wife and kids while I suffer in pain. Night two I'm still in pain and in fear for my life because hes still on the street with his handgun and all I have is the knowledge that he wont be able to come within 500 feet of me with out it being a cri crime, woopty doo! Hes already shown he has a complete neglect of the law. Hes still at home sleeping well with his wife. Day 3 My Injunction was approved but he wont go to jail for coming around me until he actually gets served. My back is in so much pain I intend to go to the hospital tomorrow. Hes still at home safe and happy, probably laughing now. April 6th 2010 two weeks after the incident I went to my injunction hearing the judge was about to approve the injunction he turned to the man who beat me and said is there any legal reason I should not grant this he said because it would interfere with his class D license the judge said fine give me your word you wont go near them I will dismiss it. He did Case dismissed I live in fear so he can get a job hell never actually apply for. I called the attorney that I went to, to files charges she said the case was that they would not be filing charges. he got away with he got away with this completely while I live the rest of my life in fear and no trust in the law. --------------------- Now I ask you, do you feel safe in your home knowing people will not go to jail for doing the above crimes? How would you feel if this happened to you? Do you think if I was any one of importance, or some one with a substantial amount of money, that this man would be walking free on the street atm? So much for the same laws for every one. If I was a cop, or a judge, or even a mayor this post would of never been made because he would be in jail. Is there any thing else I can do to get this man behind bars so I can feel safe in my on house again that I haven't already done? No I pressed charges, but the attorney stated they weren't going to follow through with it. ^ addressed to Kirk S Get pictures here http://www.firstcoastnews.com/life/community/forums.aspx?plckForumPage=ForumDiscussion&plckDiscussionId=Cat%3affb22467-a346-47a8-b0ef-9c891bdda855Forum%3aeae071ae-0210-4dd7-88fa-d2cfc8139506Discussion%3a75d1012d-7e69-4b27-8cec-baaf126f4f47&plckCurrentPage=0 where else can I go to get my story out ?

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So they told you how to press charges and you chose not to do it? You have no one to blame but yourself.
That is your question? How would I feel? After that entire rant, that is all you want to know? If you have a meaningful question feel free to ask it.
sorry I got tired after 2nd line, sorry but it looks so bored
I was surprised by the answers this post received, but the poor spelling in them never surprises me anymore. This fellow took a hell of a beating and the man who did it should have been arrested. It's not a boring story. However, some people just can't pay attention long enough to read more than 2 lines. He plainly stated that he did press charges, so I don't understand why anyone would think he didn't. He did ask several questions (none really answered) but, I think the point was to try to get his story heard by someone. Well, I'd also be scared if a man twice my size threatened me. Yes, I think if you were someone with money, or someone important, the man would have been jailed. This may sound insulting, but I'm guessing from the way you write that you don't present yourself very well. Having been beat up and pissed off, my guess is you also pissed off the cop. Tell your story to the local paper. Don't talk to the crime reporter. They eat doughnuts with the cops.