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The original was posted on /r/twoxchromosomes by /u/Mel-bakerson on 2023-09-22 02:59:55.
Original Title: My Manager (who was my Ex) gave the cops fake information and they came breaking my window. All because he was jealous of another co-worker, mistakenly thinking we were in a relationship when we were not. I’m scared and not sure what to do
(Previous thread broke the media so reposting again)
I’m facing an issue with my Manager who I broke up with a few weeks before he got his current position, for treating me like garbage, putting it bluntly. He would make advances I didn’t want, curse at me, and treated me like property.
Awhile after the breakup, I was hanging out with a male co-worker and things were fine until one day he gave me a hug while departing for his new job on his last day, which I gave back (he was a good friend), in the view of my manager. He got jealous, and asked me to come into the back storage room where he insulted and yelled at me as if I was HIS. I tried to tell him it wasn’t a relationship but he kept cutting me off making assumptions. He then kicked down a stack of chairs in anger, and after that I quickly clocked out and went home because I was afraid he’d hurt me, then submitted the complaint to HR. But HR said it would take a few days to look into the complaint despite it’s urgency, showing HR is useless.
Today in the morning I heard noises and woke up to see what it was, then I saw my window break right in front of me with a pole outside,. Police were trying to break into my apartment! Apparently, I wasn’t answering the door so thinking I wasn’t there they were preparing to break in, a neighbor got some of it on camera before he was stopped:
Video of police breaking my window due to my managers fabricated "report"
Eventually after I went outside and clarified things, I found out they were told that I had weapons and planned to harm people in the neighborhood, and the “evidence” was apparently given to them by my manager from a “concerned customer in panic” who knew me (?) and it was enough for them to not take any chances.
But because the police were said to be acting in good faith, they are not paying for the window, and a couple legal attorneys told me the same which terrifies me. The cops did say they would investigate the report, but said it may take up to a MONTH in some cases, and they were so relaxed about it (I hope it wasn’t because of my skin color, but I’m concerned by the complete lack of urgency)!
The window costs $129 to replace and I don’t get paid until next week. But I quit my job because I was scared what he would do to me at work if he was making fake police reports. The only other thing the police suggested was file for him to not get within a certain distance from me, but the cops aren’t patroling so why would that matter? I don’t have credit for a loan or creditcard so I’m not sure how to afford a window replacement as 129 is a lot here
I already live in a rough low-income neighborhood in a rural town, break-ins happen on occasion, so now I don’t know what to do. I got no window anyone can climb in, even my manager. He’s already showed violence toward me so who knows what he’s capable of, and he knows where I live, and I just had to send HR my resignation because I can’t risk going to work and him doing something to me. I didn’t feel safe.
I’m still rattled and am having trouble calming down. I don’t know what to do. I’m thinking of just staying inside until I can get my previous job back rarely leaving my apartment, but I’m concerned about my apt not being secure. Cops are taking it slow on dealing with what’s clearly a fake report and won’t repair the window, and HR is taking their sweet time to investigate a violent manager who was kicking chairs at work. I’m trying to avoid anything that could bring me harm.
Was quitting after the police were falsely called the right thing? I don’t know anymore.