This ought to put paid to the idea that "The police will protect you."

sounds like her husband failed her to me. why women are not all dikes is beyond me.

Assholes are everywhere, and without blaming the victim here, if you fail to protect yourself from a known asshole, you have failed yourself and, by extension, your kids.

That's why I don't trust or rely on the system. If I knew a relative that was being abused, I would take things into my own hands and "resolve" the problem.  I don't believe in the judical system. The judical system exist so lawyers can make money and to please the ACLU. It's one big sad joke. Cops mainly do two things, writing tickets and showing up after a crime has been commited. It is a thankless job because there is nothing to thank them for most of the time. Anything they can do I can do, more efficiently. The problem is that the system also works against the people who are trying to do good. I say get rid of the system and impose the death penalty to include much lesser crime.

Oh, if the French don't believe in the death penalty, why do they have a military?