JumpinJesus

This is somewhat lengthy, so bear with me.

I live on the 13th floor of a high rise which gives me a good view most of the time. However, I witnessed something last night that has me wondering just what the hell is wrong with people.

Sometimes when I have trouble sleeping I look out our window and watch people on the street below. Last night was one of those nights. It was around 3:30 and I couldn't get to sleep so I wander over to the window and look down.

I see a group of 6 guys walking very slowly down the street, stopping every few feet and looking around. I immediately begin thinking that these guys are up to no good and so decide to continue watching. They cross the street and start heading up the street away from me. Approaching them is a woman walking alone. At this point, the group of guys form a line and block the sidewalk. Suspecting something is about to go wrong, I grab my phone, just in case.

The woman walks out into the street and one of the guys walks out to block her path. I flip my phone open and put my fingers on the buttons.

The girl walks further out into the street and 2 other guys walk out to further block her path. She turns and runs and one of the guys starts running after her. Just as I decide it's time to call, a police car turns the corner with it's strobes on. I breathe a sigh of relief and close my phone, assuming someone else was witnessing this as well and was less hesitant than I to call. The guys don't run but instead walk over to the police car. My view is now blocked by trees but after a few minutes, I see 4 of the guys start walking back the way they came. From my vantage point, I can see the woman they were chasing. She had walked around the block and was now walking down the street about to run into the group again. I think everything is fine, though, because I can still see the police strobes about half a block up.

The 4 guys stop, apparently not seeing the woman, who crosses the street and begins to hurry up a bit. Apparently the 4 guys now see her and start walking towards the corner. They stop at the corner and look around the building they're standing beside. 2 of the guys look back towards the police car. After about 30 seconds, the other 2 take off running full speed toward the woman. She turns, sees them, and takes off running too, yelling, "Somebody help me! Help me!"

The 2 guys chase her into the middle of the street and catch up to her. They knock her down and begin kicking and beating her. They're in the middle of the street doing this as a car approaches. I'm thinking, "Thank God, someone else is seeing this and will help her."

No.

The car slows down, swerves around them, and keeps driving. At this point, someone runs out of the McDonalds and chases to 2 guys away who begin running back in my direction. At this moment, 4 police cars come from each direction and block the guys at the corner. The woman is laying in the middle of the street, not moving, and cars are just driving by her. No one stopped.

No one stopped. They just fucking drove around her and kept going. 3 cars.

The only person who helped her was the man who ran out of the McDonalds.

Now, I tried to justify why the first car didn't stop. It's reasonable to think that this person didn't want to become a victim, either. But the other 3 cars? After she was alone in the street? What kind of fucking cowards were they? Will it ever bother them that they didn't stop to help?

I try to think about what I would have done if I were a driving by when this happened. I honestly wish to believe that I would stop. Only 4 cars were on the road at this point and all 4 drove by without stopping, so I have to wonder...is everybody like this? And if so, just what the hell is wrong with people?

The good news - I think - was that I don't think the woman was hurt badly because she was able to walk away.

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