Seriously though, it was frightening enough that time only one off-duty cop just about broke our door down, shoved his way in, hit my mother in the face, and threw her on the floor. Obviously looking for my biodad, who wasn't at home.
That one didn't point a gun at anyone (though he did pull it), and he at least had the decency to look a little ashamed once he realized she was trying to block for a screaming toddler and not the adult he was coming for. Faint praise, right? 😩
Anyway, that was a disturbing enough experience that I remembered it, even if I had no way of knowing what was even going on at 2 or 3. (Beyond "random bad man busts into the house and attacks Mommy". More explanation as appropriate later, of course.)
(ETA: Not just remembered the incident, but getting triggered by even slightly similar stories this many years later.)
I can only imagine how much more traumatic a situation like that recent case might be. Bad enough for the adults, but a 3-year-old? A settlement is better than nothing, but that really doesn't do much about the situation leading to shit like that happening at all. As usual.
