This is HORRIBLE!!

[Tigger&Belle]

What the mother did was horrible--what the bystanders did (standing by and watching) was shocking.

If you were talking about the mother spanking the girl on her tush, that would be one thing, whether I agreed with spanking children or not, but beating a child is a totally different thing. These people could have pulled the mother off the child and protected her until police arrived. Very sad indeed!

Hollister, good for you for your fast thinking!

 

[curiouser]

I, too, can't believe no one did anything. Especially seeing as Target parking lots have survelliance cameras that would've been monitored by in-store security/internal departments.

 

[SplshMtn99]

And you didn't jump between the two to shield the blows from the woman?

The OP of this thread is only a 14 yr old boy.

 

[jenny2]

Oh this just makes me so mad and sick!! Good for you Hollister for having the brains and compassion for that poor child to do something about it! Those bystanders should be DISGUSTED with themselves.

 

[DVC Sadie]

Sorry, but I have a hard time believing this happened while a crowd of people just stood around and watched. I'm not sure this is a true story.
No one I know would just stand around and watch a grown woman/person beat the crap out of a 4 year old.

 

[Hollister]

I'm not sure this is a true story.

If you dont believe the story, thats ok. Just I wouldnt lie about something like this.

 

[ducklite]

Simply put I would have cracked that crack ho mutha in the head so hard that she'd be lucky her brains weren't splattered to China. I am not kidding. There would be no mercy. One shot with the tire iron aimed to kill.

Then I would have scooped that little girl up and told the onlookers to find something to do with their lives, because the show was over.

Hopefully someone would have had the common sense to call the police by then, if not I'd use the cell and do it myself.

If the mother was simply acreaming at the child I would have calmly asked her if maybe she'd like me to watch her daughter for a few minutes while she got control of herself. I have done this before. The mother didn't take me up on it, but it did make her stop for a minute and compose herself. It was all that was needed for her to realize how poorly she was reacting. In that case I don't believe the child was in danger, or I would have called the police.

Anne

 

[poohandwendy]

For those saying they do not believe this would happen...years ago a man stabbed his ex wife or girlfriend to death in the street while she screamed for help (I think somewhere in California) while a large crowd looked on. Grown men, able bodied people just watched her stabbed to death. It wasn't one stab, he stabbed her over and over and over again over a period of a few minutes. I think someone finally threw a rock at him or something to get him to stop. But there is something about people watching something they just cannot believe they are seeing that causes "some people" to just freeze or something. I can't really explain it.

Maybe someone else will remember more details about the story I am talking about?

 

[WDWfan36]

It's disqustiing to know what happened to a poor little kid

 

[ducklite]

For those saying they do not believe this would happen...years ago a man stabbed his ex wife or girlfriend to death in the street while she screamed for help (I think somewhere in California) while a large crowd looked on. Grown men, able bodied people just watched her stabbed to death. It wasn't one stab, he stabbed her over and over and over again over a period of a few minutes. I think someone finally threw a rock at him or something to get him to stop. But there is something about people watching something they just cannot believe they are seeing that causes "some people" to just freeze or something. I can't really explain it.

Maybe someone else will remember more details about the story I am talking about?

I remember that one, but don't recall any other details either.

How about the lady that got stabbed to death on her wedding day by her ex-suitor in NJ about ten years ago while a crowd watched?

Sometimes I think people are afraid to get involved, sometimes I think they are dumbstruck, and sometimes I think they just don't care. I saw two guys fighting and one pulled out a knife in NYC about 15 years ago. There was no way I was getting in the middle of them, but I did call the police.

Anne

 

[poohandwendy]

LOL, thanks Anne...I was starting to think I just made it up in my mind. I do remember they made a TV movie out of the story and for some reason I think there was litigation or some sort of uproar about the crowd not doing anything...re laws about civic responsibility or something.

I don't remember the bride story, that is awful.

 

[NJDad18]

For those saying they do not believe this would happen...years ago a man stabbed his ex wife or girlfriend to death in the street while she screamed for help (I think somewhere in California) while a large crowd looked on. Grown men, able bodied people just watched her stabbed to death. It wasn't one stab, he stabbed her over and over and over again over a period of a few minutes. I think someone finally threw a rock at him or something to get him to stop. But there is something about people watching something they just cannot believe they are seeing that causes "some people" to just freeze or something. I can't really explain it.

Maybe someone else will remember more details about the story I am talking about?

Not for nothing but I would have confronted the woman beating her child, I'm not going anywhere near some nut with a knife. Flame me all you want but I don't want to be killed.

 

[poohandwendy]

Not for nothing but I would have confronted the woman beating her child, I'm not going anywhere near some nut with a knife. Flame me all you want but I don't want to be killed.

The issue with the crowd I was talking about is that they did NOTHING...didn't try to help in any way, didn't cal the police...nothing (until one person finally distracted the murderer)

I can't blame you for your response, but I couldn't do NOTHING. I would have to intervene in some way to try to get others to help me intervene. I could not watch someone get stabbed over and over again and live with myself.

 

[simpilotswife]

Kitty Genovese

 

[wdw4us2]

Maybe someone else will remember more details about the story I am talking about?

There have been several of these cases in the past. The first one that was brought to national attention was the Kitty Genovese story which happened in 1964. For more details, check out this link:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/kitty_genovese/3.html

 

[sajetto]

What a SICKO! That poor little girl, I can only imagine what she goes through at home if this is what happens in public

 

[simpilotswife]

Oh and I woulda pulled that woman away from her kid and kicked the crap out of her.

 

[HaleyB]

Good for you Hollister for doing the right thing.
You are clearly the sort of young man this world needs more of.

 

[poohandwendy]

There have been several of these cases in the past. The first one that was brought to national attention was the Kitty Genovese story which happened in 1964. For more details, check out this link:

http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/kitty_genovese/3.html

Thanks for posting this. What a horrible story. But that is not the case I was talking about. The only details I am sure of is that it was in broad daylight, there was a relationship between the attacker and victim and I think it was on the west coast in the early 80's maybe?

 

[chell]

That poor, poor child! Hollister thank you for getting help!!!