What is Wrong in America!!!

Antonio Torres beats up his girlfriend and drives off with his daughter. An Amber alert is issued.

Torres has a criminal record. An incident remarkably similar to the above listed events. His estranged wife Deanna Torres says she feared for her life when Torres beat her and forced her and her two children into his car.

“He told the kids that he was going to kill me, that they would never see me again," Deanna told TODAYS TMJ4 reporter Lauren Leamanczyk.

Torres served prison time in 1998 for beating Deanna and threatening her two children. A kidnapping charge was later dropped.

His family says that police where not justified in shooting and killing Torres. “Maybe if they would have told us what was going on, maybe we would have had a different outcome," Torres sister, Rachel Abarran, said.

The problem is - Our court systems don't hold criminals accountable and lock them up for near long enough. The Families know there are problems, but tend to turn a blind eye to them. Lastly, the victims, particularly in domestic cases, always seem to think it will just be ok. It is a tragic shame that these things happen. It seems it has become a part of our culture.