I have to agree with you...I was shocked at the number of people, just standing around and watching the assault, and did nothing to break it up, and help those who were being assaulted...the video tape that was shown on TV, also shows another person video taping...so there were two folks, busy video taping, this assault...seems like they were more interested in taping than they were in actually helping someone...I hate to be judgemental, but all I could think of, was that those videotaping this incident, did so, ,with hopes of a financial gain(by selling this tape)...this is the bad side of me coming out....
I dont know if there is a Good Samaritan law in Seattle(a la Seinfeld), or not...it just seems out of common ordinary decency, someone should have wanted to help...surely the number of people in that crowd that had gathered should have been able to subdue those punks...
they could sell this vid for 19.95 at the sheehan camp
If you were alone or even with one buddy and you both were unarmed, what could you do to a gang? The other two didn't fare well.
Break it up? This wasn't a bar fight, it was a gang. You would be in it for the duration.
I'd like to think that I'd jump in to help. But its hard to say since I wasn't there.