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Put every single one away on Depraved Indifference. Maybe the next bunch of “teens” will give some thought to helping instead of videoing.

Of course, this is SOP for New Yorkers. Kitty Genovese was a young New Yorker killed by an assailant early on the morning of March 13, 1964. Up to 38 people had heard her screams for help and did nothing, not even call the police, allowing her assailant to stab her repeatedly until she died.

That was over 55 years ago.

[Of course, this is SOP for New Yorkers. Kitty Genovese was a young New Yorker killed by an assailant early on the morning of March 13, 1964. Up to 38 people had heard her screams for help and did nothing, not even call the police, allowing her assailant to stab her repeatedly until she died.

That was over 55 years ago.]

This was the New York Times impersonating a tabloid - sensationalism wins out over the dreary facts in their reporting once again. Most witnesses thought it was a lovers’ quarrel. She was stabbed in the lungs, so the amount of screaming would have been minimal, as she drowned in her own blood.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese#Accuracy_of_original_reports
[Because of the layout of the complex and the fact that the attacks took place in different locations, no witness saw the entire sequence of events. Investigation by police and prosecutors showed that approximately a dozen individuals had heard or seen portions of the attack, though none saw or was aware of the entire incident.[64] Only one witness, Joseph Fink, was aware she was stabbed in the first attack, and only Karl Ross was aware of it in the second attack. Many were entirely unaware that an assault or homicide had taken place; some thought what they saw or heard was a domestic quarrel, a drunken brawl or a group of friends leaving the bar when Moseley first approached Genovese.[7] After the initial attack punctured her lungs, leading to her eventual death from asphyxiation, it is unlikely that Genovese was able to scream at any volume.[65]]

“Of course, this is SOP for New Yorkers. Kitty Genovese was a young New Yorker killed by an assailant early on the morning of March 13, 1964. Up to 38 people had heard her screams for help and did nothing, not even call the police, allowing her assailant to stab her repeatedly until she died.”

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You don’t know what you are talking about.

Instead of just believing the Fake News put out by the NY Times 55 years ago, watch this and learn something

http://www.thewitness-film.com/

Doubt has been cast on the whole Kitty Genovese story.

In the racial climate of today, I couldn’t imagine stepping in to stop something like this unless I am the same race and gender as those fighting - I’m not kidding. Cops seem to be taking the same approach, and with good reason. I won’t be dragged into “hate crime” BS because of a well-intentioned act, and while I wouldn’t want to film it, that is evidence to help collar the perps. Who knows what is involved in these incidents?

The Kitty Genovese story was likely an early run of fake news. Her younger brother had his legs blown off in Viet Nam. From his wheelchair, he made a recent investigative documentary, and found a neighbor who had actually run down to the street and cradled Kitty in the hallway where she died...the bloody handprints in the hallway were actually the witness's, not Kitty's. Also, several neighbors had corroborating accounts in which they said they called police and the dispatcher said they had been called and were already aware of the incident.

Furthermore, some of the journalists were found and they basically admitted to doing little if any legwork, and omitting some of the witness accounts they received in order to senstionalize the apathy angle of the story...because it would sell more papers.