[HairOfTheDog]

it's difficult to understand the motives of a woman who fears a man, gets a restraining order, and then breaks the restraining order herself by agreeing to meet him in a parking lot.

The reason for the meeting was to exchange kids from a visitation, in a very busy parking lot, not a secluded one, just FYI.

[firewalk]

David Brame had maintained he was the real victim of domestic violence during his 11-year marriage. He said he reported the assaults to police -- first to his boss, then-interim Chief Ken Monner and to an officer who photographed his bruises; then to police in Gig Harbor, where he was living at the time.

Both times David Brame insisted that police not arrest his wife or even investigate his allegations - even though a state law requires officers to arrest anyone accused of domestic violence if the complaint is credible.

[FITZ]

The case that happened here was a secluded parking lot ---but with a restraining order on the husband, I would doubt that exchanging the kids face to face would be the way the law required it done. A restraining order should mean the woman (or man) has real reason to fear physical harm ---and it should not be broken by either party ---certainly not the victim.