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TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in Social Entropy++
Story.
New York - Investigators say neighbors waited more than a half hour to call police after hearing a woman's screams for help as she was being stabbed to death at a New York City apartment.

Police found 21-year-old Ebony Garcia lying in a pool of blood at about 2:10 a.m Saturday. She was stabbed about a dozen times and died two hours later at a local hospital.

Witnesses say neighbors ignored the woman's screams for more than 30 minutes before someone called the police. One neighbor says she ignored the cries because she thought the victim had been drinking.

Police want to question Garcia's boyfriend. She had obtained a restraining order against him.

Does this sound incredibly familiar to anyone else?

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    War. War never changes.

    Oh wait.

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited August 2008
    PISTOLERO!

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  • DouglasDangerDouglasDanger PennsylvaniaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    i can't say i am surprised by the inaction

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Something about Rorschach

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  • QuetziQuetzi Here we may reign secure, and in my choice, To reign is worth ambition though in HellRegistered User, Moderator mod
    edited August 2008
    Oh hey Kitty Genovese

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    psychology 101

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  • NotASenatorNotASenator Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    something something boondock saints

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    more details

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/08242008/news/regionalnews/neighbors_ignore_cries_of_slain_gal_125868.htm

    to be fair calling someone in florida instead of 911 is immensely retarded

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    One would think that someone could have at least investigated, themselves.

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  • Synthetic OrangeSynthetic Orange Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That's a pretty silly thing to think.

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    seriously. you know the type of people that rush headlong into the scene of a violent crime? silly white people.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    arse if i am ever getting stabbed by a violent ex-boyfriend i'm going to call you, okay?

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    lostwords wrote: »
    seriously. you know the type of people that rush headlong into the scene of a violent crime? silly white people.

    Silly? If you're NOT going to call 911, then I would ASSUME that you think there isn't a real problem, so why not check it out just to be sure?

    Plus you might save someone.

    Edit: Sure thing, Fari.

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  • 2 Marcus 2 Ravens2 Marcus 2 Ravens CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I wish I was shocked and disturbed by this.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I thought this was going to be about Fallout and/or war.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    This and that story where the man was hit by the car and people just walked by as he laid in the street make me sick.

    Most people have a fucking cell phone. Is it that hard to dial 911 and say, "Some guy just got hit by a bus on 5th street, I think he needs an Ambulance."

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    its awesome that you wanna play white knight and all. hope it works out like in the movies

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You know, you can't expect everyone who witnesses something like that happen to stand around and wait for help. That's unnecessary and even counterproductive sometimes.

    But you CAN make sure that that person has help on the way or that at least ONE person has it covered.

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  • DrezDrez Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I don't understand the complaint here. You know how long it takes to roast a good gourmet popcorn on the stove? At least five minutes. Then you have to lug your good chair over to the window, find your binoculars, maybe a nice scotch from downstairs and a clean glass, pour that, settle in, start drinking, and focus your binoculars. All told, 25-30 minutes. So that the neighbors waited for about that long before calling is unsurprising.

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  • Me Too!Me Too! __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Do you know what one pisses me off?
    A year or two back, a woman hit a homeless man with her car
    He got lodged in her windshield
    She just pulled into her garage and left him there for a weekend while he slowly died from his injuries
    She just kept apologizing to him
    I mean at least she said sorry
    But what the fuck people

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Screw playing "White Knight." I'll play "Neighbor Across the Street Calling the Cops."

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  • DynagripDynagrip Break me a million hearts HoustonRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    30 minutes really isn't that long for this sort of thing. it'd be another thing if it was in a public place and they waited that long but she was in an apartment.

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Lol! wrote: »
    Do you know what one pisses me off?
    A year or two back, a woman hit a homeless man with her car
    He got lodged in her windshield
    She just pulled into her garage and left him there for a weekend while he slowly died from his injuries
    She just kept apologizing to him
    I mean at least she said sorry
    But what the fuck people

    Dementia behind the wheel is a slightly different problem than this one, here, I'd think.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    As7 wrote: »
    lostwords wrote: »
    seriously. you know the type of people that rush headlong into the scene of a violent crime? silly white people.

    Silly? If you're NOT going to call 911, then I would ASSUME that you think there isn't a real problem, so why not check it out just to be sure?

    Plus you might save someone.

    Edit: Sure thing, Fari.
    if i think there isn't a real problem, why would i go and check it out?

    man, this is new york. you don't go knocking on random doors.

    also

    new york has a pretty major case of diffusion of responsibility, what with 11 million people and all

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited August 2008
    I watched a dude get chased by a horse cop yesterday
    Its not unimaginable that I could have impeded the presumed desperado

    but i mean, he was being chased by a man on a horse
    you don't run from a horse unless you just did some serious shit

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    "Police Dispatch - how may I help you?"

    "Yeah, I'm trying to get some sleep and my neighbor is screaming her head off, I think she's saying 'Help!' or 'Why are you stabbing me?' but I can't be sure. My address is..."

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Remember that video where the crazy man opens fire on the Whitehouse and the dude with the baby carriage and the cowboy hat spear tackles the guy?

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  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Being chased down by someone no a horse would be a pretty frightening experience. I mean, you know you aren't going to just out run the thing, and when it catches up to you it will probably just trample your shit up.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    The secret to outrunning a horse is cheetah legs.

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The secret to outrunning a horse is cheetah legs.

    And to throw Oats behind you like chafe.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Remember that video where the crazy man opens fire on the Whitehouse and the dude with the baby carriage and the cowboy hat spear tackles the guy?

    LINK. NOW.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    you could just run into the subway

    would the dude abandon his horse

    i don't think so

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The horse is trained to buy a ticket and get through the turnstile.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    What if it was a Deephorse?

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  • Threadbare SockThreadbare Sock regular
    edited August 2008
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIxd4S5sR5Q

    ahaha this transcends langauge

    i was looking up horse chases
    this has no horses in it

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  • MagicPrimeMagicPrime FiresideWizard Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    MagicPrime wrote: »
    Remember that video where the crazy man opens fire on the Whitehouse and the dude with the baby carriage and the cowboy hat spear tackles the guy?

    LINK. NOW.



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJu_UswXWtw

    Not exactly how I remembered it, but all the elements are there.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    it won't fucking fit

    also the hooves would not be able to operate the touchscreen metrocard machine

    HOWEVER

    if the cop was riding a shetland pony

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    The Cowboy hat flew off uselessly. What a disappointment.

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  • ascotascot Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Diffused responsibility is dangerous, but i'm pretty sure we've all been guilty of it at one time or another.

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    awesome.

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