But turns out the building I just moved into has a rotten apple kid that beats his mum up all the time
Witnessed some **** and had to make a statement
Well, kids tend to grow up and mature...sooner or later...with or without, well, "help" from the outside.
Apparently everyone at the police station knows this guy and have been dealing with him for the last 3 years
Multiple assault charges but never seem to stick because his mum (who he beats up all the time) comes to his defense
I had exactly the same problem with my younger brother, he had couple years long phase of stealing money from parents and being violent to mom / yelling to our paralyzed dad (I was some 200 miles away each time...), and whenever I mentioned some extreme measures (say, police) - mother was there to stop me. Always, she didn't want to even hear about that. No reason, just emotions.
Talking to him had zero effect, he would just silently stare at the floor or pretend that he didn't hear - when I arrived and talked to him (I mean, there is not much arguing about what he did really...) or avoiding to answer phone calls otherwise.
I will spare you details (of course, it's much more complicated and messy than just what I wrote) but eventually he grew out of that phase, into a ( more-less
) normal human being for quite some time now.
