It really sucks that you got hurt and I wish the police could do more.
However, stranger on stranger crimes (particularly where nothing was stolen/DNA left at the scene etc) have a solving rate of about 1/100 so yeah, it probably isn't worth their time. The only times they're solved is when the victim or witnesses have information leading to the identity of the person beyond a physical description. Most departments don't even do police sketches anymore because of how inaccurate they are.
Gotta say, I'm not sure why you stopped your car either. I would've just kept driving. Hell in driver's ed class they specifically tell you not to do that. It can even be a question on the driver's test to get a license. At least in my state, and nearly all of them, you stopping and yelling at drops their aggravated assault down to assault. Federally and in most states what you did constitutes [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words] Fighting Words[/a] by stopping your car after a tense situation it could be considered that you instigated or at least exacerbated the situation. In truth it'd be very very unlikely for them to lose the case even with witnesses. It's your word against theirs on how the fight started and in cases like that the defendant is usually who the law sides with (innocent until proven guilty) When you add all that up the police are unlikely to help you much. It's good that you reported it though in case say, you see the guy again somewhere.
My two suggestions are that I hope you learn to control your anger in traffic better and be more cautious. Most people driving don't psychologically register that the other cars have people The same way people will be really nasty to someone on the internet. Being territorial about road space does no one any good.
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Second if you really feel mishandled you'll need to figure out what department you got a hold of (county, city, or state) find their departmental website and see what it lists to lodge complaints. Most larger departments are regulated by a separate entity usually controlled by the mayor's office or county board. Smaller one's do handle complaints internally.
The best thing you can do is try to talk to them. Local news stations actually get calls like yours all the time and usually don't care, least my sister-in-law who is a producer has said as such in the past.
However, stranger on stranger crimes (particularly where nothing was stolen/DNA left at the scene etc) have a solving rate of about 1/100 so yeah, it probably isn't worth their time. The only times they're solved is when the victim or witnesses have information leading to the identity of the person beyond a physical description. Most departments don't even do police sketches anymore because of how inaccurate they are.
Gotta say, I'm not sure why you stopped your car either. I would've just kept driving. Hell in driver's ed class they specifically tell you not to do that. It can even be a question on the driver's test to get a license. At least in my state, and nearly all of them, you stopping and yelling at drops their aggravated assault down to assault. Federally and in most states what you did constitutes [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting_words] Fighting Words[/a] by stopping your car after a tense situation it could be considered that you instigated or at least exacerbated the situation. In truth it'd be very very unlikely for them to lose the case even with witnesses. It's your word against theirs on how the fight started and in cases like that the defendant is usually who the law sides with (innocent until proven guilty) When you add all that up the police are unlikely to help you much. It's good that you reported it though in case say, you see the guy again somewhere.
My two suggestions are that I hope you learn to control your anger in traffic better and be more cautious. Most people driving don't psychologically register that the other cars have people The same way people will be really nasty to someone on the internet. Being territorial about road space does no one any good.
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Second if you really feel mishandled you'll need to figure out what department you got a hold of (county, city, or state) find their departmental website and see what it lists to lodge complaints. Most larger departments are regulated by a separate entity usually controlled by the mayor's office or county board. Smaller one's do handle complaints internally.
The best thing you can do is try to talk to them. Local news stations actually get calls like yours all the time and usually don't care, least my sister-in-law who is a producer has said as such in the past.