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Someone is threatening to hurt my family, sortof?

glithertglithert Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
So About ten minutes ago my brother woke me up asking if I was okay because of something something whatever I thought I was dreaming. But then He started pacing downstairs, and all the lights are on. For reference it's about 11:45 where I live.
Apparently somebody he knows just threatened to break in and "injure" him/us because he and my brother got into a fight. Normally I would write this off as stupid teenagers being stupid but my brother is an idiot who hangs out with the wrong sort of people and apparently (according to my brother) this guy knows where we live.
I am very tired and probably not thinking clearly, so...
What should I do? Just stay awake a few hours?

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  • ChubblyChubbly Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Most likely this is idiots being idiotic and would write it off as such. But if you're sure it's a credible threat (did he really say "injure"?) then calling the police on this guy is the next step.

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Lock all doors.
    Stay up a few hours.
    Anything fishy? call cops.

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  • Monolithic_DomeMonolithic_Dome Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    oh yeah and now would be a good time to turn any outside lights on that aren't already on motion sensors

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Call the damn police. Better safe than sorry. Be sure to explain that you do not know how serious the threat is. They can't get upset with you for "making it up" if you say from the get go that you just aren't sure what's going on. Maybe they can have a patrol car do a drive by. If someone is watching your house that might be enough to scare them off.

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  • Regina FongRegina Fong Allons-y, Alonso Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Also, how old are you? I mean, this would fall under any reasonable justification for "time to call the parents" if they are away from the house or something, you need to keep them informed.

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  • wasted pixelswasted pixels Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    glithert wrote: »
    And I thought I was going to stumble onto my brother's corpse or something because he disappeared while I was asleep, but it turns out he went for a bike ride. at 1:30 in the morning.

    Your brother is mixed up in something here, that's some pretty erratic behavior. I don't know you / your brother / your situation or anything, but this whole thing...

    "Oh hey, some people might be breaking into our house later and killing us over something I did. Don't mind me, though, I'm going somewhere at 1:30 AM without telling anyone that I'm leaving."

    ...sounds a lot like a kid who is mixed up with drug abuse in some way, shape, or form.

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Or he could just be trying to calm down.
    I've gone for runs in the middle of the night when I have a lot on my mind.
    Of course, this is an odd time for a midnight cycle.

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  • SeldomSeldom Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    given the circumstances, i'm with the crowd that thinks that's a really odd thing to be doing at 1:30am.

    with that said, i'm not sure if there's anything you can do now that he's off doing his thing. i'd be curious tomorrow morning about what he was doing and why the fuck there was a threat on him and yourself that night..

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  • wasted pixelswasted pixels Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    RubberAC wrote: »
    Or he could just be trying to calm down.
    I've gone for runs in the middle of the night when I have a lot on my mind.

    Sure, but do you go out alone at night -- without telling anybody where you're going, or even that you're leaving -- when you fear for your safety?

    The whole thing is pretty fishy, IMO.

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  • DrFrylockDrFrylock Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    glithert wrote: »
    but it turns out he went for a bike ride. at 1:30 in the morning.

    Bullshit.

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  • RNEMESiS42RNEMESiS42 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Hey, I do that. But, I generally go to bed anywhere between 6 and 11 am...

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  • RubberACRubberAC Sidney BC!Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    RubberAC wrote: »
    Or he could just be trying to calm down.
    I've gone for runs in the middle of the night when I have a lot on my mind.

    Sure, but do you go out alone at night -- without telling anybody where you're going, or even that you're leaving -- when you fear for your safety?

    The whole thing is pretty fishy, IMO.

    Yeah I don't really do the whole 'fearing for my safety' thing
    Your broseph is not just going for a bike ride.

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  • SamSam Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    how deep do the gangs at your school roll? i.e are there tales around the schoolyard about people getting hurt more badly than the usual fistfights?

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    How old are you and your brother?

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  • TL DRTL DR Not at all confident in his reflexive opinions of thingsRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    glithert wrote: »
    He is 18 and I am 16.

    That kind of makes it hard to put your foot down. I'm really really doubting the 1:30 AM bike ride was innocent though.

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  • An AngelAn Angel __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2008
    The next time this happens, call the police. An officer might watch your street for a few hours.

    Do not fuck around with drug gangsters who threaten to kill your whole family. Do you know what it's like to wake up with your throat slit? Here's a hint: You don't.

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  • NoelVeigaNoelVeiga Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    glithert wrote: »
    He is 18 and I am 16.

    In my experience, at that age the more you pay attention to the issue, the longer it takes to go away.

    Of course, that might wildly vary depending on where you live and who's the guy causing the trouble.

    But, really, the one piece of advice there for your brother is to stop getting into fights. I've never heard of one that solved something like this. One way to spend these waking hours is probably to go shout at him for bringing crap like that back home.

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  • Luke11Luke11 Registered User new member
    Help! There is 8 teenagers threatening to harm my family! We live in the UK so we can't hurt them with weapons. Any tips?

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