If you witnessed an assault in a public place, would you take action?
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(By "violent" I mean that everything turned around and cops had to arrive to stop a lynching.)
Experience. Here is the story (as usual) for those who speak Spanish and have nothing else to do: http://kaeso1979.blogspot.com/2008/12/hroe-por-unos-segundos.html
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M$Actions: Ask what's going on, if they become confrontational toward you inform them you will be calling the police for the assault that you just witnessed. If it was very violent I would make a citizens arrest and detain them until police arrived. If the situation calmed I would probably not call police.
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M$First, I'd call the police with an exact description of the person and what had occurred.
Then, I would walk up to the couple and politely inform them that I had called the police because I felt their actions had gotten out of hand and they needed someone to intervene before they do something even more regrettable. If they tried to walk away, I would follow at a distance and get their license plate number.
I'm not a big person, so I'd try to be as polite and quiet as I could in the hopes that the other person follows my lead. I'd call the police first, because the incident should be reported. If it is happening in public, much worse has happened in private.
I would focus on trying to de-escalate the conflict and keeping the people within sight until the police arrive.
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I could assemble a few people to help right away..
put a space between them right away... and help out with the police if nessesary.
It's important NOT to be afraid of "getting involved" THAT's LIFE -- join IN
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There was a "made for tv" movie based on the event as well.
After this, psychologists really wanted to know why this happened. Why didn't anyone do anything? Their studies found that the more people there are, the more likely everyone is going to assume that someone else is going to do something. This results in everyone doing nothing.
Hopefully I can respond soon with some sources, but I should be studying for finals tomorrow.. someone else is encouraged to respond with sources before I do.
The bottom line is that although most people would like to believe that they would do something, most people would not.
I'm a psychology major and I'm aware of the social behavior in this setting. Being aware of this would help me think beyond the normal response. Knowing me, I would immediately call 911 and I would describe the situation to the officers to ensure that the assailant went to jail.
Worse comes to worse I do have some martial arts training. Don't take that the wrong way. I am no "tough guy". I would avoid any physical confrontation if at all possible. I've done open sparring before though, and I've been hit hard enough to get a cracked rib. Psychologically and physically I've already been there to some degree and could probably react better than, say, a woman who's getting beat on by her boyfriend or husband.
This is not what I would want to do though. For both legal reasons as well as reasons of personal safety I would prefer to let the officers to take care of the situation.
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M$Oprah performed this experiment to see if people would intervene if a couple was fighting in the park.
Read about it here: http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/oprahshow1_ss_20080423/11
And also here:
http://oprah.about.com/od/oprahshowrecaps/p/whatwouldyoudo.htm
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Now if a child was involved then that is a whole other story!
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M$It would be a bit difficult for me to decide whether or not to try to fight them off the victim -- if the victim isn't fighting back, it's unlikely they would return the favor if the aggressor were to start to overpower me. Probably I would look to grab some nearby instruments of pain :) in order to try and scare off the assailant, rather than risk personal injury.
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There are some situations where I would be too scared to get involved though. If I am outnumbered, I won't help anything by getting involved.
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if someones being beaten and your outnumbered.... grab a sick and start whacking them off one by one. then finally hit the aggressor. i am not scared of numbers or size... to be honest im scared of short guys... they tend to be alot more high paced and active and like most, can throw a damn quick punch.
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Defending those who cannot defend themselves has been my lifes work.
And i don't care if you are 5 feet taller than me and are armed and dangerous. I'll take it to you .
Ofcoars calling the authorities would probably be the best thing to do first seeing you are of no use to the person if you are blind, bleeding, dieing or dead already.
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If either of the combatants is sufficiently larger than his/her victim, I'd probably be perfectly ok with actually going on the offensive to subdue the larger combatant, but then, I'd be preventing a possible maiming or murder.
Before anyone takes any action, they should consider both the legal ramifications and the possibility of injury. I would recommend not getting involved unless you know how to handle yourself and know the situation actually presents a risk of serious injury.
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M$almost everything depends on the situation.
if theres jus a punk who thinks hes a bad ass picking on someone then by all means, ill accept a challenge. im physical myself.. highly active, always been into sports, I hit the gym almost every day, stretchs on the regular and am an ex muay thai fighter... so im always up for the option of defending the helpless.
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That means while stepping in that you have a friend call the police using a cell phone and that friend be ready to file the police report.
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