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In reply to the discussion: Passengers watched killing on Metro car. Should they have intervened? [View all]Rex
(65,616 posts)49. Me personally, I would rally people to help me stop the attack.
Something tells me nobody stepped up to the plate.
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Passengers watched killing on Metro car. Should they have intervened? [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
OP
yes... i would... and i would expect some of those other dozen or so to help
ProdigalJunkMail
Jul 2015
#4
It's not a disturbing statement about our culture; its a phenomenon of being human.
Brickbat
Jul 2015
#5
We are a herd. When you're in a herd, it creates something called the diffusion of responsibility.
Brickbat
Jul 2015
#11
I'm sure that you'd reach right through the internet and grab the knife from his hand.
Orrex
Jul 2015
#19
Since his claims are contrary to my experience of reality, I require evidence to believe him.
Orrex
Jul 2015
#44
That's exactly what the bystander effect covers. Kitty Genovese was a prime example that
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#55
Yes, back in the 60s there was a case where an elderly man was murdered on the street while
jwirr
Jul 2015
#21
The attack took place between the Rhode Island Avenue and NoMa-Gallaudet U Metro stops.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
#52
That's the right name, but the story is more complex than initially presented, I have heard.
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
#6
with a madman flailing away with a knife? I'd keep my distance. I value my carotid artery too much
geek tragedy
Jul 2015
#12
The linked article lists two of the witnesses as a 52 year old woman and her 76 year old father
Bluenorthwest
Jul 2015
#17
yes I did in fact ask you if you'd ever been on a subway because it seems your knowledge is limited
msanthrope
Jul 2015
#90
so there you are on the subway with a.22 sport gun that isn't made for self defense
msanthrope
Jul 2015
#114
And when you get within 5-10 feet in a shaky enclosed space, gun advantage is almost negated
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#115
I think she is asking because its often so shaky in a moving subway car you can't stand up without
stevenleser
Jul 2015
#92
"Almost always a gun is going to make the perp stop and run away if possible."
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
#139
Be 18+ yoa, get approved through "District of Columbia Self-Defense Spray Registration Form," and
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#75
In DC watching is the most you can do since they've disarmed all but cops and criminals.
ileus
Jul 2015
#40
The truth. Once legally disarmed, does an atmosphere of impotence prevail....
Eleanors38
Jul 2015
#67
As someone who took public transportation in L.A. quite a bit, it's not anywhere that bad
AZ Progressive
Jul 2015
#71
There is cell service in the tunnels, but this part is above ground. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
#57
It's probably hard to get a mob going when everyone just watched a man butcher another man
Rex
Jul 2015
#74
Then the suspect likely would have attacked whoever it was that swung the backpack.
LisaL
Jul 2015
#86
It's a classic ethical excercise - when does a bystander have responisbility to intervene?
haele
Jul 2015
#63
Connecticut congressman speaks out on slain American University graduate
mahatmakanejeeves
Jul 2015
#80
I intervened once in a mugging, because I thought the 20-30 people nearby would back me up.
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#77
I would have intervened, but I also worked as a bouncer in one of the roughest biker bars in
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#84
Not always... there were times that I would be a real a$$hole just because nobody could do anything
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#125
Thank you... I am so laid back now that I tell people that if I were any more laid back, I'd be like
Ghost in the Machine
Jul 2015
#127
I would hope if I was with several other healthy people, men and Women, that we would all
randys1
Jul 2015
#104
This would be a good time for people to read up on the "Good Samaritan" laws...
roamer65
Jul 2015
#105
Should they have intervened? Yes. Should they be condemned for not doing so? No. n/t
Gormy Cuss
Jul 2015
#121