When it's clear a woman is making a false allegation of domestic violence, should the man be arrested anyway?

Last night I was watching a rerun of COPS and they showed an interesting segment from San Antonio, TX.





The police were called out on a domestic violence call, finding a man sitting outside a house. Entering the house, the male officers found the wife. She had hand shaped bruises on her arms and around her neck. She said he tried to strangle her.





He told the police that he never entered the house or touched her. While handcuffing him, a female officer arrived. She entered the house and spoke to the wife. When she came out, she asked the male officers if they noticed the hand prints were the same size as the woman's own hands, and not the man's?





She next talked to the neighbors, who told her that the wife was the violent and aggressive one, not him.





The problem was, San Antonio had a mandatory arrest law when a woman makes a complaint of domestic violence, so they had to arrest him, anyway.When it's clear a woman is making a false allegation of domestic violence, should the man be arrested anyway?
No I don't believe he should of been arrested. Unfortunately a lot of states have this domestic law, when there is a call one or the other or both can be arrested.When it's clear a woman is making a false allegation of domestic violence, should the man be arrested anyway?
Something doesn't smell right in this story... Who called the police? Why was the man even there, if he never went in the house and never touched her? It is also possible that the bruises were her own hands, used in defense.





Those laws are in place because, in general, a man is a lot stronger than a woman. And, in general, men are more violent than women.





Also, there's a lot of domestic violence that goes unreported, so when a woman reports it, they HAVE to take it seriously.
The police were correct. they were doing their job. But hat he does is important to his innocence.





He should obtain a report from the police including a statment from the neighbors and the police officers who figured it out.





He should go to full trial and fight it, also he should hire an attorney and file his own TRO.
The female cop was sharp. What you witnessed is a case where 'the law is an ***' and assumes that every complaint is legitimate and every male is guilty. The law needs to be changed. If it happened to me I would consider a lawsuit........and ponder a divorce.
Depends, the laws differ from state to state. Women are the dumb, violent ones anyways, it's hardly ever the men.
policemen are not judges or juries.their job is to uphold the laws of the state. let the prosecutor sort it out.
What they failed to mention, was that he could file charges against the police department for false arrest and can also file charges against the one who accused him. So yes he was arrested, but he can get the charges dropped off the public record and he will get his revenge for the false allegations. Many departments have that policy, but they have to have evidence to support the claims. In most cases, if the evidence is not there, they will have one of the parties leave for the night.
Been there, seen that! Almost the same thing happened to my brother when his crazy ex beat her own a**. And he spent a month in jail. Case was dismissed thank god!
A police officer is to act upon evidence he observes at the scene unless the victim presses charges themselves. Now once arrested its up to the DAs office to sort out the facts and crime scene evidence if charges should stick and a case filed into the courts or dismiss the charges based upon lack of evidence to prosecute on.The officers probably arreste him on the facts that something occurred there but that the evidence didnt actually match said allegations so they did probably to preserve the peace and let the DAs office or police detectives sort it all out. Hope this makes sense
with so many women and children dieing this law there to help stop men from going further than they maybe mean however it sicken women when other women abuse this for it take away from the serous of real domestic violence.I feel for these guys but many real men do pretend to be nice when police arrive and bluff there way out of trouble,the next time the cops come it usually Alto more severe and the guy not so nice,let face it only a few years ago the men got to go back time and time again if the women was to afraid to press charges,it was taken very serous until fatal
I think if two couples are having any heated words, the man should leave and go somewhere. Then the emotional woman can calm herself down. If the man goes back to this woman, then shame on him. And if she did lie about the deal, shame on her. He will be booked into jail, but she has to press charges and go through allot of paperwork and reports, which most couples do not do. We were not there, so if she is a nut case and hits herself... well who knows what really went on there. This sort of case makes the really battered female look bad. It takes two in a relationship, so sounds like this has happened before with this couple.