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Re: Woman set on fire in NYC Subway, people did nothing about it
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on 04/01/2025, 18:24:32 UTC
Quote from: virasog on January 03, 2025, 05:08:46 PM
Quote from: Face_lex on December 27, 2024, 06:45:32 PM
It is bad that we watch things go wrong without any action to prevent it. Touching part, there were persons who could intervene but they prefer to record and spread it online. We should focus more on saving lives than on filming.

There can be a number of reasons why no one interfered in this situation and tried to help the women. First, she was on fire so people were afraid that they do not get themselves in the same situation. The second reason maybe that people were afraid that if they tried to help the lady, the investigation agencies might ask questions from them and put them on suspect too.  Shocked
There have been some situations where people who try to help are arrested by the police and incarcerated until after investigations. That's why most people don't want to get invoked in such situations. They don't want to become victims of a crime they didn't commit. Some of them had to pay for bail or even hire lawyers to get themselves out of these problems.

There was a particular issue when two good Samaritans helped some accident victims. Instead of receiving praise for their selflessness, the police accused them of stealing from the accident victims. They had to pay for the items they never saw. Anyway, these challenges shouldn't stop us from assisting when we have the privilege.