Video Shows Woman Being Beaten While Crowd Watches

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  1. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Geez!

    Video Shows Woman Being Beaten While Crowd Watches - Fox Nation

    Man! I can understand being concerned for your own safety, but Jesus, the guy beat her for 20 or 30 minutes. What is disturbing is there are two or three big dudes standing around just watching. I have intervened in two of the cases in my lifetime. I once stopped my car mid traffic, jumped out and told a dude beating a woman "Hey puto, stop that or I am going to f*ck you up". He took off running. The worst thing that happened is that I had to take some time off work to testify. Another time, i was casually having some coffee from Circle K, when i noticed a dude beating on a woman inside a parked car. She honked the horn. I threw my coffee down, and it just so happened that three big scary looking Hispanic brothers were walking along the side walk. I said hey "a women is getting beat or raped inside her car as I was running, let's get him". They ran up to the car with me, and I told him to open the car window or we were going to break it down. The guy, seeing that he was surrounded by what he may have thought were Mexican gang members quickly complied. His faced turned shades of pink like he had seen a ghost.

    I can see being concerned for your own safety, but come on man!
     
  2. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    I've heard of the bystander effect and diffusion of responsibility. It's nothing new for humans. What's most disturbing is how people were standing around laughing and smiling. They have no sympathy for the victim. They're either desensitized or have dehumanized the woman. There is a lot of dehumanization going on in the comments section of the story also, which is equally appalling. Instead of expressing outrage or sympathy for the woman, commenters are calling black people animals, chimps, and the n-word.
     
  3. apriltrainer

    apriltrainer New Member

    This same situation happened in my apt building. I was the only one who got involved and was threatened to stay out of his business or he'd smack me too.until

    Why did none of my neighbors help?

    "That's his girlfriend. That's their business."

    So what?

    I wouldn't be surprised, not ONE bit if this is actually domestic. Men say they will get involved. I have seen ENOUGH men not get involved when a man is beating his wife or girlfriend. We need to start taking domestic violence seriously. When we don't, what happens on this video occurs.

    Again..not the first time I have seen people not get involved.

    Heck, I remember my dad whaling on my mom in public and not one man helped her. Not one. I did. And in that case it was white men so it's not a color thing. Unfortunately there were no cameras around or there would be proof. I still remember being 6 and watching my dad beat her with our neighbors watching.
     
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    The problem with this world is that humans are too much like chimpanzees and not enough like bonobos.
     
  5. Abner

    Abner Well-Known Member

    Boy, I am sorry you had to see that, and that nobody stepped in to help. I find it disgusting, and I just can't understand the fact that someone would stand idly by while witnessing an act of injustice. These type of bullies always pick on smaller or weaker targets. When they are confronted by someone who could put up a good fight, they usually cower, like the typical school yard bully. They are cowards.
     
  6. apriltrainer

    apriltrainer New Member

    Men say they will help...until said man says, "this is my girlfriend/wife" and then men who say, "I'd help!" walk away because it's man's wife or girlfriend. Too many times. I've seen it way too many times. With my mother. With my aunt. With not one but two of my neighbors. Men say they will help and protect but these "potential superheroes" are MUCH less likely to step in if it's domestic.

    Luckily seeing this type of treatment has made me great at picking men that are good. Although in my 20's and thirties, I tended to be abusive mentally and manipulatively. I realize it, recognize it and am trying to correct it because I don't want to repeat my father's mistakes.

    All I can say is...he is old and frail now and what goes around, comes around. I'll never put my mother in a nursing home. But when the time comes...he is going into a nursing home. I will not waste my time caring for a man who treated my mother like S**T and made my childhood a nightmare.
     

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