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What a shame that people actually just "stood" by and did nothing to help this woman. Typical "not my problem" attitude by alot of Americans. Shame shame. What ever happened to help thy neighbor.
1 posted on 11/12/2004 7:05:47 AM PST by rd1tx
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Would you have approached these gansta punks without being armed?


2 posted on 11/12/2004 7:08:32 AM PST by TexasCajun
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What a shame that people actually just "stood" by and did nothing to help this woman. Typical "not my problem" attitude by alot of Americans. Shame shame. What ever happened to help thy neighbor.

Before you condemn the people around the scene, you should find out what happened. My guess is that things happened very quickly and the people didn't even realize what was going on.

3 posted on 11/12/2004 7:09:40 AM PST by mikegi
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In this photo released Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, by the Corona Police, a woman, in the upper right corner of the image, is seen running from a vehicle as others look on. The camera captured the apparent kidnapping of a woman Sunday, Nov. 7, who was chased through a Corona, Calif. shopping mall parking structure by two men, grabbed and stuffed into the trunk of a car as shoppers seemed to notice but took no action. (AP Photo/Corona Police)
Thu Nov 11, 9:35 PM ET
AP

In this photo released Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, by the Corona Police, a woman, in the upper right corner of the image, is seen running from a vehicle as others look on. The camera captured the apparent kidnapping of a woman Sunday, Nov. 7, who was chased through a Corona, Calif. shopping mall parking structure by two men, grabbed and stuffed into the trunk of a car as shoppers seemed to notice but took no action. (AP Photo/Corona Police)

8 posted on 11/12/2004 7:14:07 AM PST by OXENinFLA
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I dare to say this....but we should protect women more. Walk with them, insist they do not go alone anywhere with out a male friend or two. I hope that doesn't sound too conservitive....or other...


9 posted on 11/12/2004 7:14:59 AM PST by Dallas59 ("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
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I saw that tape and the female DEFINETLY knew the kidnappers because she recognised the car EVEN BEFORE IT STOPPED and started running. My guess, they were her pimps or she owed them drug money. What's odd is so many bystanders have cell phones today and could've wrote down the car license plates and phoned it into authorites and this incident would be solved asap.


12 posted on 11/12/2004 7:16:18 AM PST by SunnySide
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He said investigators had not yet ruled out the possibility that the incident was a hoax.

Bump

14 posted on 11/12/2004 7:17:46 AM PST by RGSpincich
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A lot more older people would probably help ...if they were allowed to carry firearms...

When you are older and unarmed you most likely don't want to be shot trying to help out...
Pretty much guaranteed the gangsters were armed and under no compunction to shoot anyone who waded in...

Not too mention we are always being conditioned to believe the Police are there to protect us and we are not responsible for even our own protection let alone our neighbors..

If more citizens were armed...there would undoubtedly be less violent crime

imo
28 posted on 11/12/2004 7:32:30 AM PST by joesnuffy ("The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it." Horatio Seymour)
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BLUE STATE Bump!


31 posted on 11/12/2004 7:41:13 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (Troops! Repudiation of Senator Specter is our remaining "Electoral Vote" outstanding.)
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"All that is necessary for the forces of evil to take over the Earth is for a few good men and women to do nothing."

Edmund Burke

39 posted on 11/12/2004 7:58:32 AM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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This sounds like a gang matter, pimps or drug dealers.

I don't blame people for not interfering, but it would have been a good idea if someone had gotten the plate number at least. I wouldn't even venture to write it down with two gangsters looking on, but I would repeat it until they were leaving and then write it down.

I don't know how much that would help, but even if they changed the plates or ditched the car it might give the police a lead.


43 posted on 11/12/2004 8:10:14 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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I witnessed something similar several years ago in a parking lot across the street from my house. It also appeared that the young woman knew the men, and probably had arrived there in the vehicle with them, and gotten out, before being forced back in. I saw it from 20-30 yards away and there was no way I could have intervened, it happened VERY quickly. I couldn't even get the plate number, since the two young men were standing in front of it as they put her in the back (it was a Jeep type vehicle). I called police as the vehicle was pulling out of the lot, but they weren't able to find it. The sad truth is that probably even if they had, the woman would have refused to press charges, and would be voluntarily hanging out with the guys again in no time.


46 posted on 11/12/2004 8:22:42 AM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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I posted this on another thread about the same story before isa w this thread so i though iwould repost it here

the people stood by and did nothing becasue that is exactly what they have been trained to do by the police who want the glory for themselves.The cops really really hate it when lowly peons stop and solve crimes to the point where some of the civies get arrested themselves everyonece in awhile for daring to try to think and act for themselves because what started out as a stalking or assault now is a kidnapping because no one prevented it.So now the cops have a major felony they can arrest someone on instead of a misdemonor or minor felony and in six months to a year the y go to thier bosses and say. "Golly gee boss man lookie here I got all these major felony arrests in my carreer dont you think its time I get a substancial raise and a gold shield for it ?"

53 posted on 11/12/2004 10:17:55 AM PST by freepatriot32 (http://chonlalonde.blogspot.com)
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The feminization of Amerika continues.


55 posted on 11/12/2004 4:02:27 PM PST by Mulder ("The price of freedom is the willingness to do sudden battle anywhere and any time"-- Heinlein)
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