Not one person helped the cop.
Yeah, I noticed that too. But we did have the usual guys with cell phones recording it.
In 1975, I was returning from deployment and I had bought an M1 Rifle from the ship as the navy was getting rid of them. I didn't have a case for that rifle and even though I was wearing my uniform on the bus, I was feeling pretty self-conscious. I arrived at the LA bus station - which had just been renovated - and stood in a corner to be less obtrusive as I waited for the next bus to San Fernando
All of a sudden, a big commotion started in the middle of the station and I saw it was a young LAPD cop fighting on the floor with a skinny black man. The crowd in the station did what crowds always do and stood and watched. I walked up and saw the perp trying to grab the officer's pistol and his partner was nowhere around. I also saw that a a couple of other young black men were moving towards the fight to support the guy fighting the cop.I opened the breech of the M1 and loudly opened my ammo box and started one clip into my rifle.
The fight stopped, mid-punch. The officer realized that I was on his side and quickly cuffed the perp.
I removed the clip and put it back in the ammo box and his partner finally showed up and arrested two more men who were trying to intervene on the perp's behalf.
When the first cop got his breath back, he asked me if I would have shot the guy he was fighting with - and I told him, yes I would have. I was recently back from combat in Vietnam, so the only issue I had with shooting the guy was who else might be in the path of the bullet.
He then offered to carry my rifle and the ammo box to my bus.
A different time.