I think this video is Kitty Genovese all over again. It’s easy to watch the video, which you know is of a stabbing, and be confused about why people didn’t spring into whatever action you think was appropriate. Especially if you’re already arriving at the story on your authoritarian crusade parade.

For the people in the moment, I think it was probably a LOT more confusing and I don’t think they acted with indifference. They were normal people in a totally unexpected, very weird situation and I doubt anyone on the train knew what had happened right away.

Anonymous wrote:This is why I avoid the metro and do not let my children ride the metro.

Public transportation is not safe anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:This incident is horrific. How many of us do exactly what that poor young woman was doing every day - sitting on public transportation, minding her own business, surrounded by strangers, just trying to get home after a day at work?

We need to do more in this country to get the mentally ill off the street. This could have happened to any of us.

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Anonymous wrote:How would the National Guard have prevented this, OP?

Not OP but if National Guard was on that train I guarantee this would never have happened.

That seems unlikely. It happened pretty fast. Even if there was someone in the same train car it is unlikely they could have stopped it in time.

I disagree. Have seen security personnel and policemen take down (pull to the ground) in seconds men who are acting strangely and uncooperatively around Atlanta's downtown and GA Tech areas.

It would have taken more than a few seconds to simply get to the man, even if they were in the same car. And they probably wouldn't have been.

There are situations where trained police could help, but this wasn't one of them. There aren't a lot of situations where untrained national guard can help.

I still disagree. His agitated movements and demeanor indicated he wasn't okay mentally.and a trained eye would have noticed and a security person could have moved closer to him. On a daily basis, our church feeds hundreds of homeless men who wouldn't hurt anyone. Some individuals just stand out.

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Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

Actually there is video that no one helped for a considerable time after the killer walked away. Finally people from the other end of the car did but she bled out.

+1 One woman just turned her head and looked away with indifference.

Everyone thinks they would 'do' something but, it is really easy to be an armchair quarterback. You are safe at home and you have no idea how you would have reacted so stop judging so harshly

If we're supposed to refrain from judgement of the bystanders who could have helped, does that mean we're supposed to refrain from judgement of the murderer, too?

Anonymous wrote:My heart breaks for this poor girl escaping a war torn country only to get brutally murdered on public transportation by that monster.

My heart breaks too. Why on earth was he running around free? The justice system in this country sucks.

This incident is horrific. How many of us do exactly what that poor young woman was doing every day - sitting on public transportation, minding her own business, surrounded by strangers, just trying to get home after a day at work?

We need to do more in this country to get the mentally ill off the street. This could have happened to any of us.

This is why I avoid the metro and do not let my children ride the metro.

Public transportation is not safe anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:"Deafening silence" LOL, sure.

This. The incident has been widely reported. The man was arrested quickly and is held pending trial. Other media reports that people rushed to the victim.

It was an awful crime, but your news source is laughably bad.

Actually there is video that no one helped for a considerable time after the killer walked away. Finally people from the other end of the car did but she bled out.

+1 One woman just turned her head and looked away with indifference.

Everyone thinks they would 'do' something but, it is really easy to be an armchair quarterback. You are safe at home and you have no idea how you would have reacted so stop judging so harshly

Anonymous wrote:There was another pretty blonde girl her age murdered on the subway in Chicago a couple months back too. Media silence.

Does the victim being a pretty blonde girl obligate the media to report on it instead of the other murders that happen?

OP’s selective outrage is nauseating.

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Anonymous wrote:How would the National Guard have prevented this, OP?

Not OP but if National Guard was on that train I guarantee this would never have happened.

That seems unlikely. It happened pretty fast. Even if there was someone in the same train car it is unlikely they could have stopped it in time.

I disagree. Have seen security personnel and policemen take down (pull to the ground) in seconds men who are acting strangely and uncooperatively around Atlanta's downtown and GA Tech areas.

It would have taken more than a few seconds to simply get to the man, even if they were in the same car. And they probably wouldn't have been.

There are situations where trained police could help, but this wasn't one of them. There aren't a lot of situations where untrained national guard can help.

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Anonymous wrote:How would the National Guard have prevented this, OP?

Not OP but if National Guard was on that train I guarantee this would never have happened.

+1 Charlotte's leadership and policies had reduced the number of armed security personnel on their "safe" transit system.

Nothing is safe if it’s free, easy to bypass ticket, and/or allows vagrants, drug addicts, ex cons, sex offenders, and mentally ill to loiter on it all day.

You would not ride in a car with 1 of the above but we’re supposed to pretend a train full of dozens of the above is “safe”?

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Not OP but if National Guard was on that train I guarantee this would never have happened.

That seems unlikely. It happened pretty fast. Even if there was someone in the same train car it is unlikely they could have stopped it in time.

The presence alone would have stopped it. The same way parked police cars deter speeding in the immediate area.

??? Did you watch the video or read about the situation at all? This wasn't done by someone intending to get away. He told people what he did.

Let's test pilot it and see how it goes. Things are looking pretty good in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:How would the National Guard have prevented this, OP?

Not OP but if National Guard was on that train I guarantee this would never have happened.

You could not possibly guarantee that.

But is your plan now to deploy the military to public transportation?

If cities won't do more on their own, then yes.