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The police officer stood tapping his foot as the woman, beaten so severely that a welt had formed on her forehead, picked her way through shattered glass to search for her vape.

“You can’t help someone who won’t help themselves,” he muttered.

Late last year, I witnessed a police response to a domestic violence incident first-hand after a woman on my street was nearly murdered. I was there as a neighbour and did not identify myself as a journalist until after the incident concluded.

With knowledge of how the…

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