[glasseye]

“There is no situation so bad it cannot be made worse by the presence of a policeman”.

This girls mistake was thinking the police actually help anyone.....and it cost her life.

If she had tried to protect herself....then the police would have arrived....to arrest her.

Makes you wonder who the real criminals are.....

[Aliska]

This is horribly tragic, but much information is missing. We don't know if the police responded to how many prior calls. It sounds like she didn't take serious measures to protect herself by getting him out of her life. So many women just won't, there's some word for the syndrome, can't think of it now. Then some become stalkers. Again, we don't know.

That doesn't excuse the police not responding, they should have come, but beyond that, they can't force him to stay away from her or vice versa absenct attempted murder, assault (could have jailed him for that), except by restraining order.

She should have gotten a restraining order for starters. They are worthless, especially when the person getting it keeps letting the person back in their lives, or the other person keeps forcing their way back in their life. The State of Illinois arrests any party who breaks the restraining order.

After having gotten one, yes, she should have done something to protect herself, get away from him. She was young, may not have understood the seriousness of how these things can escalate. It isn't clear if she was still living in her family home or what here. Being 17, and a minor, one might think her parents could have done something, too.

[FormerACLUmember]

Here is a young Constitutional scholar studying her Second Amendment protections. Her weapon is nicknamed "Restraining Order" and the bullets are nicknamed "911 Calls."