A simple and powerful Hand signals are popular on tiktok Police said helping a woman escaped 7-11 domestic violence in Alhambra.
A bystander named 911 saw a woman sending a “help signal” behind her back in the store, a gesture involving tucking her thumb into your palm and tying it with four fingers. Alhambra police responded quickly and found the woman and the suspect on August 19 in 2150 S. Fremont Ave.
Images from police station camera footage show a man suspected of being in domestic violence, and the woman sent help in 7-11.
(Alhambra Police Department)
The suspect was identified as John Palombi of Glendora, who tried to escape from the scene after officials asked to speak with him outside the store. Recent release Body camera lens The 38-year-old Palombi was shown, abandoning two plastic bags and a big biting hot dog box, and then fleeing the police, who grabbed him in seconds and loaded him in a police car.
Police said that domestic violence was later determined, Palombi had an active arrest warrant for the arrest, and the stun gun he possessed. He was booked at Alhambra City Jail and is currently detained at the Men’s Central Prison in downtown Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Prison Information Center.
He will be in court on September 11, but information on the allegations brought against him has not yet been available.
He was arrested three times last year on alleged violation of parole terms.
The signal of help was created by the Canadian Women’s Foundation in April 2020 Domestic violence surges During the quarantine pandemic.
The organization designed the signal as a widely recognized but discrete way for survivors to seek help for video or in person. The signal is all the rage on social media and has been attributed to Help rescue women Gender-based violence from countries including Spain, Syria, Italy and the United States.
one Missing 16-year-old girl was rescued In 2021, use the hand signal inside a Kentucky car. A Tennessee man charged with serious kidnapping and aggravated domestic assault after his ex-girlfriend Hand signal was used Help the gas station staff, she needs help.
