It may even be worse today. Now, not even the politicians seem to care.
wasnt she the woman who screamed out but folsk just shut their windows?
The NYT created a narrative of citizens watching indifferently as Kitty Genovese was raped and murdered.
It was largely myth. People did call the police, and most of them had no idea how bad the attack was, or where exactly it was.
https://nypost.com/2014/02/16/book-reveals-real-story-behind-the-kitty-genovese-murder/
But two men did watch and do nothing, one out of indifference, the other out of fearful indecisiveness. Their moral heirs live on.