Woman raped on train as bystanders did nothing, police say

The Associated Press ^ | October 16, 2021

[Maris Crane]

If I remember correctly, having sex is an activity that requires much action and much loud “noises.”

Has it changed so much that people don’t see or hear anything?

[Wallace T.]

People not intervening in ongoing crimes well predates our time. Over a half century ago, the nation was shocked at the Kitty Genovese case, when neighbors failed to contact the police when the woman was assaulted and killed in the street. And that was before cell phones and when PC culture was in its infancy.

The example of the passengers in taking on Muslim terrorists on the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on 9-11 temporarily revived direct action However. that was 20 years ago.

[Lurkinanloomin]

Not allowed to carry a gun or use force, what were they supposed to do?

[Navy Patriot]

A woman was raped by a stranger on a commuter train in suburban Philadelphia in the presence of other riders who a police official said “should have done something...so we could prosecute and fine the Good Samaritan for Excessive Force and Hate Crimes.

After all, we ain't gonna get a dime for the City Treasury from the Rapist.

[Navy Patriot]

Ignoring a rape? Who do those people think they are? The Loudoun school board?

Good one!

[proust]

When does the rapist get a statue?

[Skywise]

Why should they interfere? So they can be attacked by BLM or AntiFa for interfering with an oppressed race?

They were smart people...

[SmokingJoe]

Yet another BLM terrorist in action:

The next thing is for the BLM crazies to start another spate of mass riots, arson and murder like they did over the arch criminal George Floyd.

[Spktyr]

The sad part is that that now is literally the only safe thing for a bystander to do in many US cities and states now, ridicule aside.

If you intervene, one or more things will happen:
1. You get killed by the perp and his friends. Okay, this is always a risk, but the next ones are relatively new.
2. You are arrested and taken to jail on various charges - no credit will be given to you for attempting to stop a crime.
3. You will be sued into poverty by the perps for any injury caused - and sometimes even by the *victim*.

Most likely is a fun combo of 2 and 3.

Facing lengthy jail times (isn’t zero tolerance policy fun?) and bankruptcy, what incentive does anyone have to get involved? Especially when the government constantly tells you to “leave it to the police?”

[gitmo]

I consider myself a soft spoken gentleman in public. If not for all the “laws” on the books, and witnessing such an act first hand myself, I would have no problem walking up to said rapist, pulling him off his victim, and blowing his brains out the other side of his head.

I watched one of the first Blue Bloods episodes yesterday. A man did exactly that, stopping a rape. They arrested the gunman and he went to prison.

I think I would do the same thing, myself. Is PA a gun-friendly state?

[Spktyr]

Used to be true, but see the above.

[gitmo]

I’m sure all of the other riders were recording the rape on their cell phones.

Some offshore porn sites will pay big bucks for a good rape video. Sick buzzards.

[Spktyr]

Also the laws are different now than when Kitty Genovese was killed. They have further disincentivized people from taking action in many states.

[bgill]

See something, do nothing.

[libh8er]

He was just turning his life around when out of youthful indiscretion he decided to commit one last rape.

[Pontiac]

Ngoy, who police believe may be homeless, has been charged with rape, incident assault, sexual assault and numerous other charges. He is being held at a Delaware County jail on a $180k bail.

[Rusty0604]

Yep. I’m just an elderly woman but my purse is usually pretty heavy, I would like to think I’d at least hit the guy on the head or something. Then again, people are so violent these days it’s scary to get involved.

[Rusty0604]

Was it an Afghan “translator”?

[MayflowerMadam]

“$180k bail.”

Way too low for rape.

[Vaduz]

It speaks to where we are in society

Indeed cowards die a thousand deaths