he was upset because my mom had died two weeks earlier and since then I had been spending a lot of time with my father. She started an argument and when she got angry enough she threw her cell phone to my head. Then she grabbed a knife and came at me. I wanted to run out of the house but my daughter was upstairs, so instead I grabbed her wrists to restrain her. We struggled, I received a few cuts, she finally dropped the knife, took the house phone and locked herself in the bathroom.
The cops arrived shortly after, since she was still in the bathroom I talked to them first and gave them my version of the events. When they asked her, she told them I punched her in the face multiple times and tried to strangle her. She denied attacking me with a knife or even touching it, until they pointed out I had cuts on my arms - then she admitted, but said she was defending herself. She also said I broke her cell phone to prevent her from calling the police (it broke when it hit the floor after hitting my head).
She had red marks on her wrists but no other injuries. The cops believed her and arrested me. Since my cuts weren't deep and they were so convinced I tried killing my wife, they didn't take me to a hospital, just straight to the station and then to a cell.
The worst of it all was right before they handcuffed me and took me away, my daughter (who I found out had seen part of the events from the stairs) told the officers "Mommy cut daddy with the knife". One of the officers responded with "Daddy was angry and tried to hurt mommy, mommy was just protecting herself".
It's been almost six months and my daughter is still afraid of me
The cops arrived shortly after, since she was still in the bathroom I talked to them first and gave them my version of the events. When they asked her, she told them I punched her in the face multiple times and tried to strangle her. She denied attacking me with a knife or even touching it, until they pointed out I had cuts on my arms - then she admitted, but said she was defending herself. She also said I broke her cell phone to prevent her from calling the police (it broke when it hit the floor after hitting my head).
She had red marks on her wrists but no other injuries. The cops believed her and arrested me. Since my cuts weren't deep and they were so convinced I tried killing my wife, they didn't take me to a hospital, just straight to the station and then to a cell.
The worst of it all was right before they handcuffed me and took me away, my daughter (who I found out had seen part of the events from the stairs) told the officers "Mommy cut daddy with the knife". One of the officers responded with "Daddy was angry and tried to hurt mommy, mommy was just protecting herself".
It's been almost six months and my daughter is still afraid of me
my streak bout to end in NY 
