I am one of those people you wouldnt think in a million years I would be the one that has no contact orders where Im the one restrained. I have always had a good balanced head on my shoulders who would never hit anyone or be abusive. I was that way to an extreme most my adult life and now in my 40s I dont want to put up with peoples shit, but its not like I go around getting into fights. In washington state if you merely put your finger on someone, they could call the cops to have you arrested. Chances are alot greater of getting arrested for not bringing harm to someone if the police have motive, whether its you are homeless, near homeless, disabled, or they just dont like looking at you, maybe even political, who knows. when it comes to no contact orders- the same type of people who have people arrested for TOUCHING them without committing crime, are the same types of people who have emotional disturbances that may get them to actively seek out people to have put away for a year or years. Their brains lack adulthood to put it lightly. These type of people have atleast some likelyhood to live in poverty as uneducated self centered bitches and surround themselves with similar worthless individuals that believe they dont have to participate in adult society/behavior but get to have people put away for anything they dont like(aka those fake accounts on nextdoor dot com lol). Unfortunately for me- Ive been forced into these peoples presence. You wouldnt think these people COULD exist, BUT they do, and their numbers are growing in Bellingham as the uneducated self centered people come here from out of state in waves. The chances of someone being stalked, and the police and others successfully convincing the "victim" of your finger touching them, to "go after you" successfully (meaning force no contact order violations when you dont want to see them, is MUCH greater if you reside in shelters, or outdoors, ride buses, go to certain places to be healthy, go to foodbanks, or ride a bicycle. And if you were raised in an abusive family and dont have anything to do with them, the court PURPOSEFULLY brings your past abusers in that you have been determined to keep away from you for the last 20 years (atleast in Whatcom county this is routine, because the police and judges, lawyers and prosecutors ABSOLUTELY RELISH IN THEIR LOVE FOR CRIMINALS AND LOVE ABUSERS LIKE FUCKING CRAZY HERE.)