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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:10 AM Mar 2015

About nobody entering the fray when 4 girls were attacking one kid...

Some of it was the bystander effect and some of it was just plain enjoyment of the violence.
However, unless you are ready to try to break it up with an equivalent amount of force, you will just become another casualty. Girls can be as brutal as guys.

If there was a fire hose rolled up in one of those cabinets, get it out and blow everybody out of the door. If not, get every fire extinguisher on hand and blast away. Don't stop.

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About nobody entering the fray when 4 girls were attacking one kid... (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Mar 2015 OP

I'm wouldn't suggest touching anyone's kids especially in such a unpredictable situation GOLGO 13 Mar 2015 #1

True, especially minors. Forget lawsuit; jail time is more like it. JaneyVee Mar 2015 #6

They arrested the most brutal attacker. cwydro Mar 2015 #2

That doesn't explain leftynyc Mar 2015 #3

It also doesn't explain cwydro Mar 2015 #4

It's Chinatown, Jake. geek tragedy Mar 2015 #7

I'm not trying to explain the motives of those who obviously didn't give a shite. Are_grits_groceries Mar 2015 #5

GOLGO 13

(1,681 posts)

1. I'm wouldn't suggest touching anyone's kids especially in such a unpredictable situation

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:25 AM

Mar 2015

You could become another target in seconds. Who knows what the fight was about? The victim might have committed a crime against one of the other girls & things just escalated from there.

You risk getting seriously hurt & y'know a lawsuit is coming. Total no-win situation. If it's not my kids involved, I would step back & 911.

JaneyVee

(19,877 posts)

6. True, especially minors. Forget lawsuit; jail time is more like it.

Reply to GOLGO 13 (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:00 AM

Mar 2015

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

2. They arrested the most brutal attacker.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:27 AM

Mar 2015

16 years old. Very sad.

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)

3. That doesn't explain

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:34 AM

Mar 2015

why nobody except the employees called the police and all the witnesses are refusing to talk.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

4. It also doesn't explain

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:42 AM

Mar 2015

why so many found it amusing to tape the whole thing.

It's horrible.

geek tragedy

(68,868 posts)

7. It's Chinatown, Jake.

Reply to leftynyc (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 10:02 AM

Mar 2015

People don't call cops in that neighborhood, and they certainly don't tell cops anything.

Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts)

5. I'm not trying to explain the motives of those who obviously didn't give a shite.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2015, 09:47 AM

Mar 2015

I am trying to explain why anybody there who wanted to help may have been unwilling to step forward.
As for not talking, you try living in a neighborhood if you are known as a snitch. Nobody is gonna give a shite about you or a medal. That's why the cameras are vital. It is a huge hindrance to stopping crime, but there it is.

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