The sad story of GZ, among many other things that are wrong.
Did you watch that reenactment that GZ did with the police? He said that several neighbors saw him being beaten, on the ground, but did not help him, outside of calling 911. This is what the current justice system wants them to do, and nothing else. Try to be proactive, and they will destroy you. The system wants to keep the monopoly on violence.
re: “The sad story of GZ, among many other things that are wrong.”
Look, I get that not everyone could physically take on 5 thugs at once (unarmed anyway), but what got me most was even after they left, no one immediately went to check on her. Obviously someone must have called 911, but to not even go to her side - that is without excuse.
The “not willing to get involved” thing has been around a long time, so I don’t think blaming GZ’s experience accounts for it. I think it is “big city” morality. The cold, heartless violence is matched by the cold, heartless apathy of those who live there with the “I’m just glad it wasn’t me” mentality.
I keep forgetting this isn’t your grandparent’s USA anymore.