I’m sure all of the other riders were recording the rape on their cell phones.
The sad part is that that now is literally the only safe thing for a bystander to do in many US cities and states now, ridicule aside.
If you intervene, one or more things will happen:
1. You get killed by the perp and his friends. Okay, this is always a risk, but the next ones are relatively new.
2. You are arrested and taken to jail on various charges - no credit will be given to you for attempting to stop a crime.
3. You will be sued into poverty by the perps for any injury caused - and sometimes even by the *victim*.
Most likely is a fun combo of 2 and 3.
Facing lengthy jail times (isn’t zero tolerance policy fun?) and bankruptcy, what incentive does anyone have to get involved? Especially when the government constantly tells you to “leave it to the police?”
Some offshore porn sites will pay big bucks for a good rape video. Sick buzzards.
Yep. I’m just an elderly woman but my purse is usually pretty heavy, I would like to think I’d at least hit the guy on the head or something. Then again, people are so violent these days it’s scary to get involved.