Brennin Magalus
First Post
While waiting for my condo to close (supposed to occur next Monday) I have been renting from my realtor. Unfortunately, this place is not a good area, and I will be glad to leave. Today, I was dragged into the domestic dispute of my neighbors, which had started when the guy confronted the girl about some drug paraphernalia she had. Anyway, while I did not see any violence, there was shouting and some pulling (he was trying to pull her back to the unit to confront her). One of the three children was genuinely frightened by this and came to my unit asking for my help, so I went over there and I saw the man grab the woman's bag and leave the unit. I called my manager to let him know what was going on but he was not concerned (he said they were "off"). I was not too concerned at that point either, since I had not witnessed any physical abuse, except where the emotional state of the children was concerned. The man saw me talking on the phone with my manager and produced a pipe from the bag and told me that was what the dispute was about through the window. A little while later he confronted her about the drugs and then there was some shouting and or screaming (I'm not sure if it was her or one of the children) and then I didn't hear anything.
Since I was still concerned for the children and I did not want to have the situation escalate, I called the police and left my name. Later they came and arrested the man, but they didn't question me. However, I figured I should probably make a statement so I approached the police and shortly thereafter I was questioned by one of them. However, before the officer questioned me he asked for an ID and my social security number. I was caught off guard by the later request, so I did not object at the time, but later I was uncomfortable about that sort of intrusiveness. I called the department later and inquired why an officer would ask for my social and was told that it was to verify my identity. Still later, I talked to my grandfather who is a retired police officer about it, and he cited a federal law that prevents people from requiring your social security number for identification (which I'm sure I've heard before). Anyway, I will be glad when I don't have to deal with this garbage anymore (this is actually the second time I've experienced an incident here, the first being an encounter with a crackhead who "needed to get home to her children.")
Since I was still concerned for the children and I did not want to have the situation escalate, I called the police and left my name. Later they came and arrested the man, but they didn't question me. However, I figured I should probably make a statement so I approached the police and shortly thereafter I was questioned by one of them. However, before the officer questioned me he asked for an ID and my social security number. I was caught off guard by the later request, so I did not object at the time, but later I was uncomfortable about that sort of intrusiveness. I called the department later and inquired why an officer would ask for my social and was told that it was to verify my identity. Still later, I talked to my grandfather who is a retired police officer about it, and he cited a federal law that prevents people from requiring your social security number for identification (which I'm sure I've heard before). Anyway, I will be glad when I don't have to deal with this garbage anymore (this is actually the second time I've experienced an incident here, the first being an encounter with a crackhead who "needed to get home to her children.")
