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*Trigger warning* As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say
DumplingsAndStew · 19/10/2021 20:59
Apologies if this has already been posted, I just read it
The SEPTA train car near Philadelphia had several passengers aboard but none called 911 while the woman was sexually assaulted, the authorities said.
As a woman was being raped while on a train near Philadelphia on Wednesday night, riders watched, failed to intervene and did not call 911, the authorities said.....
www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/riders-watched-woman-raped-septa.html
The police seem to be taking this extremely seriously - the sceptic in me believes they might not have had he not been caught in the act. That poor bloody woman 
MavisMonkey · 19/10/2021 23:14
My god I hadn't seen this. It is horrific. At least 10 people could have intervened and apparently some of them decided instead of calling 911 they would film it?!
What is going on in society- it scares to think of sending my DD off into the world like this. Reading this makes me angry about the doubles response of NAMALT and makes it hard for anyone to deny that there isn't an increasing normalisation of violence against women.
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