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Homeless man left to die after saving woman from attack

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If I saw blood I'd call. But I'm sorry, I will not believe anything a homeless person says since the other 99% of the time they're full of shit.
 
you really think people stopped, thought to themselves "man, I should help but what if he sues me, I'd better keep walking."?

it seems far more likely to me that they figured he was just another homeless guy and either didn't see him at all or were worried about getting hurt themselves (see: my story earlier in this thread about a girl who tried to help a guy in a wheelchair and ended up getting robbed)

but camera guy is just a straight up douche.
 
mugs said:
No, but I don't take pictures of them either. It must have been clear (at least to the guy who took the picture) that he wasn't just sleeping.
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Its sort of a sad commentary on modern society isn't it? Buzzing around like little robots, snapping pictures to file away for later while remaining completely divorced from situations happening right in front of you.
 
loki8481 said:
it seems far more likely to me that they figured he was just another homeless guy and either didn't see him at all or were worried about getting hurt themselves (see: my story earlier in this thread about a girl who tried to help a guy in a wheelchair and ended up getting robbed)
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I think it is more the general attitude people have developed that the world is all about them and if it doesn't directly affect their world they don't care. It is happening more and more. Look at all the incidents where people were being beat down by students and on buses or people were raped and people just sat back and watched or took phone pictures.
 
loki8481 said:
I didn't see any blood in the video, unless I'm just totally blind.
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According to the Post video, the pool of blood was only seen after the body was moved. If I saw a body and blood, I would call for help. However, if I didn't, I really don't know how I'd react. I'd love to say that I'm better than that and I would call. But it's easy in hindsight.
 
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I walked past a guy in Seattle laying on the sidewalk. After observing that he wasn't moving I walked over and called to him. No response. I noticed he had a bit of blood on his forehead (assault? drunk and hit his head as he fell?) I called 911 but didn't touch him because I wasn't sure about blood-communicable diseases.

911 said "thanks, we're sending someone, go ahead and leave him there." WTF???

Maybe that happened for this guy too. Somebody obviously called the ambulance or they wouldn't have shown up.
 
JeffreyLebowski said:
That has nothing to do with it. Our society has spiraled into collective attitude of Not my problem or Someone else will tkae car of it. Occasionally, someone does the right thing, but it really is getting worse in that respect.
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worse?

do you remember kitty genovese? she actually cried out asking for help to no avail.

that happened in 1964.
 
I'm assuming this guy was in the ghetto or somewhere like it? Maybe around a lot of illegal immigrants? Either way this is sickening.
 
AreaCode707 said:
I walked past a guy in Seattle laying on the sidewalk. After observing that he wasn't moving I walked over and called to him. No response. I noticed he had a bit of blood on his forehead (assault? drunk and hit his head as he fell?) I called 911 but didn't touch him because I wasn't sure about blood-communicable diseases.

911 said "thanks, we're sending someone, go ahead and leave him there." WTF???

Maybe that happened for this guy too. Somebody obviously called the ambulance or they wouldn't have shown up.
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911 response was mainly for your own safety - as you said - "communicable diseases".

NYC and people just walk by someone who looks homeless and "passed out" on the sidewalk - it's probably the norm in that city.
 
coloumb said:
911 response was mainly for your own safety - as you said - "communicable diseases".

NYC and people just walk by someone who looks homeless and "passed out" on the sidewalk - it's probably the norm in that city.
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Yep, good ol NYC
 
MJinZ said:
That's what Individualism does to you.

Funny thing, this weekend. I went out to Lunch with my family to a big chain seafood restaurant, and of course, they tried to order dishes "to share" amongst everyone. I tried to get the waitress to understand, and she was very patient. But you can tell a lot based on even food ordering on the fragmentation of people amongst cultures.
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actually, no, if you have taken pysch 101 you would know that people have a hard time dealing with situations like that and tend to just walk off

its not anything to do with "bad" people..its a defect of humanity that can only be countered by education
 
irishScott said:
I'm assuming this guy was in the ghetto or somewhere like it? Maybe around a lot of illegal immigrants? Either way this is sickening.
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i know that area. its pretty ghetto yeah. at the pathmark close by to there someone was shot and killed also awhile back.
 
Jamaica's full of bums. It's the ghetto in Queens. when you are used to seeing bums sleeping on the street, you kinda of tune them out mentally.
 
Well if he was smelly and dirty, I personally wouldn't have wanted to go near him. I'm sorry but thats just how I am. I don't like to get smelly and dirty or touch smelly and dirty things unless I'm paid. I'm sure thats how most people are.
 
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