Brute kicks elderly woman on Bronx train; bystanders take cell phone video and don't help

[Demovictory9]

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-brute-subway-elderly-attack-20190322-kku6m7fw7bdpnk25lenut5neza-story.html

Someone eventually called police and when the victim got off the train at the next stop an EMS crew was there waiting for her. She was treated for bleeding and swelling from the cuts on her face.

Outrage spilled on social media at the man behind the attack and the man behind the cell phone camera. The user who posted the video said he did not take it, but it was not clear how he obtained it.

“Why was the person taking the video and the people around him NOT WILLING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT THEN?,” one Twitter user asked. “Don’t pull out your phone folks pull out your fists! Stand up and protect life!”

[912gdm]

1. that makes me SO MAD.

god I hope they catch the guy

[area51]

2. +1 n/t

[Demovictory9]

3. They will. Mug shot soon

Makes me mad too

[Demovictory9]

11. Man arrested after kicking woman, 78, in face multiple times on subway in the Bronx POSTED 1:05 PM,

https://pix11.com/2019/03/22/man-sought-in-horrific-attack-of-78-year-old-woman-on-subway-in-the-bronx-police/

[Demovictory9]

12. The victim was treated & released from the hospital & is getting the care, advocacy & support neede

Chief Dermot F. Shea
✔
@NYPDDetectives
The subject wanted for the brutal subway attack of an elderly woman IS IN CUSTODY. The victim was treated & released from the hospital & is getting the care, advocacy & support needed. Thank you to the worldwide community for the tremendous assistance. Add’l details to follow.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. Think of it this way.

At least they took video which means the man will be identified. Unlike poor Kitty Genovese, who was stabbed to death while neighbors looked on, did nothing, not even calling the police.

[Mariana]

5. The person who took the recording did the right thing.

Anyone jumping up to "DO SOMETHING RIGHT THEN" with such an obviously dangerous person has a good chance of winding up dead.

[customerserviceguy]

6. Yeah, like what happened on that light rail in Portland, Oregon

I wouldn't want to get in that guy's face. And nobody in NYC is permitted to have any defensive weapons.

Unless a black belt is riding on mass transit with you, nobody's going to do anything in that city. Glad I moved away from NY.

[Mariana]

8. I assure you, that isn't unique to New York.

There's no need to denigrate the residents of that city.

[customerserviceguy]

10. Sure there is

I used to live a half hour away from NYC, I hated going there, usually only at the insistence of my lady (who thinks the place is no big deal), and I'm glad I moved away.

Besides, I was responding to a post about the Kitty Genovese case, and that happened in NYC, so my response was pertinent.

You can keep all the big cities for yourself, I don't really need them anymore.

[VOX]

7. Problem: You don't know who's packing heat in this "compassionate society."

I’m 6’ 5” and would have the impulse to defend the defenseless, but how does one know if the crazy S.O.B. assailant has a junker pistol in his jacket pocket?

And NO, arming everyone is NOT a solution. Bullets zinging around in a train car? How many innocent folks would be hit (and killed) by trying to be a hero using a “2nd Amendment solution”?

[Wabbajack_]

9. They were afraid

[Blecht]

13. Three guys were attacked by a knife-wielding MAGAt in Portland just less than two years ago

It happened on a MAX train (local light rail). Two died.

All they did was object to the MAGAt's racist tirade directed at two girls.

It's easy to get outraged at the inaction, but physical altercations are best left to the professionals.

[jcmaine72]

14. Typical sleazy click bait headline from the NY Daily News.

I'm not defending this guy. He should be arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. However, the term "brute" is dehumanizing. There's enough racism in this country without the MSM feeding red meat to the bigots. Typical.