> This may seem like I'm being pedantic, but I've seen fake DV calls before (unfortunately, more than once, though none directed at me), and officers are generally sympathetic to whoever is the most charismatic.
They're often more sympathetic to the female unless there's significant evidence to overcome that bias.
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by betsydupuis on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:36PM
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McClane et al [6] report that 50% of victims surviving strangulation had no visible neck signs and 35% had minor injuries. ...
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/10695143_Strangulat...
The way that guilt works in the US is to prove beyond a reasonable doubt. Hearsay is nothing to convict a person with, especially not of something so serious as domestic violence.
It's better safe than sorry when it comes to throwing someone in a prison. If his tactic is strangulation, I'm sure someone has documented wounds he caused, if true. With the volume of people you say were abused by him in this thread, 50% odds are bound to show results eventually.
Evidence is needed for accusations to be taken as more than warnings, generally.
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by betsydupuis on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @10:30PM
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A deposition to the police is not hearsay, it's evidence.
If you're going to play armchair lawyer, get the facts straight.
A deposition without evidence quite literally is hearsay, under the proper definition of hearsay. I'm not playing a lawyer, I'm pointing out that "He said, she said," is literally nothing for a court of law to use.
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by betsydupuis on Friday January 07, 2022 @11:21AM
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Testimonial hearsay, such as depositions to the police, is evidence. You have no idea what you are talking about. Stop mansplaining
The document mentions no evidence of anything, let alone wounds, and even Techrights, everyone's favorite anti-GitHub conspiracy blog, hasn't posted any document mentioning any evidence, despite basically salivating over this story. It's all just anecdotes from officers saying she was claiming she was hurt.
This may seem like I'm being pedantic, but I've seen fake DV calls before (unfortunately, more than once, though none directed at me), and officers are generally sympathetic to whoever is the most charismatic. This isn't to say that she's probably lying, but it's a bit too early to come to a verdict as an internet court, here.
I think Graveley has done terrible things to the industry as much as anyone (doubly so for GitHub in general); he's obviously morally deficient. But we shouldn't go and harass GH and Microsoft employees without evidence.