Posted on 10/16/2021 9:50:26 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — 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.”
Superintendent Timothy Bernhardt of the Upper Darby Police Department said officers were called to the 69th Street terminal around 10 p.m. Wednesday after the assault on the westbound train.
SEPTA police waiting at the next stop found the woman and arrested a man. The woman was taken to a hospital.
The entire episode was captured on surveillance video that showed other people on the train at the time, Bernhardt said.
“There was a lot of people, in my opinion, that should have intervened; somebody should have done something,” Bernhardt said. “It speaks to where we are in society; I mean, who would allow something like that to take place? So it’s troubling.”
Fiston Ngoy, 35, has been charged with rape, aggravated indecent assault and related counts, according to Delaware County court records. Bernhardt said he is known to both SEPTA and Upper Darby police.
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In praise of gun control.
Too bad Paul Kersey wasn’t there.
probably afraid they’d be called racists if they intervened in the “culture”.
Your CCW permit was not recognized there.
That was overturned by our leftist SC.
Even they said city law cannot preempt state law.
Of course, they have a Soros DA in Krasner and you'll probably get the Zimmerman / Rittenhouse treatment if you do intervene.
I believe in Texas you can shoot the perp in the act.
No description of the woman.
I’m sorry that she went through that.
Exactly.
Read Bonfire of the Vanities…..we are back there again. It’s a long road and tough enforcement to rid us of these criminals. Let’s go Brandon will just make it far worse for the next 3 years.
The Kitty Genovese story was another New York Times article that was grossly exaggerated and had key facts wrong. It gets quoted a lot and people claim that there were 38 witnesses to the crime, but it’s not true. Unfortunately, the incorrect NYT story is repeated in many psychology books.
LOL
One of the best books I ever read……the movie was dreadful.
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If he is homeless as they say elsewhere in the article it might as well be a million.
The Bystanders should have castrated him , that’s what they do in India
“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.”
― William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
You would then be arrested for assault and unlawful detention in many US locales these days.
The bail number could be on paper only. Zero enforced bail is a thing
Remember Bernie Goetz? If you’re old enough...
After he “took care” of his assailants on a NYC subway car crime took a very unusual path, it totally plummeted. But they DON’T tell you that, do they?
What would happen when the Police got there if you did is that they would had let the guy go and arrested you, locked you up on a bunch of charges.
We need a country of Kyle Rittenhouse’s instead of what we have.
Terrible
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