What would you do?

The young man's name was Derrion Albert. I'm not sure who taped it, either, maybe a freelance journalist? I wouldn't jump in, because it's pointless for a girl my size to jump into a fray like that; I wouldn't be able to stop it. I hope I would call 911. I say hope because there's something called Bystander Effect that at least somewhat explains what those people did--or didn't do. It's also called Diffusion of Responsibility, and is under the umbrella of what we consider "groupthink" or even "mob mentality." When a group of people watches a crime taking place, often no one calls for help. The primary three reasons are that 1. you automatically assume that someone else must have and your 911 call will just clutter things and get in the way, 2. you second-guess what you're seeing and you don't want to be the person who cried wolf, 3. the first thing we all do in a situation like this is to monitor the reaction of everybody else watching to see if *those* people are reacting as if the event is a crisis--since everybody is doing that, nobody picks up panic from anybody else. Bizarrely, the findings state that the more bystanders there are, the *less* likely it is that any one of them will help. I hope if we all learn about this, then maybe if we're in a situation like this one, we'll call 911 even if we think call 911 even if we think somebody else already did. Here's the Wikipedia article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect

of course I am willing to help others, ah but it is also within the capacity of their own

that's sad. i might do the same thing. stay in the car and call for help. i'd rather not watch it though, i guess if i will for sure i won't be getting any sleep for days. i hate gangs. i mean what for? brotherhood? you can just have friends anyway. if you want fun or someone to look after you, you can get that without joining a some sort of killer group. that's so low.

I guess most of us would choice to call the police as soon as we confront such situation,as of me, i 'm a girl, all i can do is that what i'm saying.If i were in a can near by,I'd like to shut at the killer to distract him may be the boy can escape and i drive away. and i think nowadays , people are so indifference.if we all do what we can do ,those gansters . how dare they did this?

Yeah, i will do the same thing as you, because if you help, all of the question will be ask on you. because my friend help a man before who got stub from the back and the police get all his information and his drivers license. He wasted his time answering all the question and getting his drivers license on the police station. So i think its better to call a 911. :)

If I'm in that situation, first : I call 911. second: I stop my car and I screaming so much people can hear my screaming then they will be stop the car.more people the we can win.we not be scared if so much people in our site.Many people want help but they don't want be the first, so we must be first to help so the people will come to join to help.But I must have something in my hand for fighting if its have to.this is my way maybe.

That is so sad. Did one of the gang members tape it? I would for sure call 911, but I wouldn't jump in to help. If it was just me I had to worry about then I would, but I have 3 kids that depend on me. I couldn't risk my life and leave them without a mother.

Personally, i will help that boy... Maybe his still alive but critical... So i think if i help him and take him to the nearest hospital, perhaps he wouldn't lost his life... Poor boy... I think that time he was standing in a wrong place...

Well that's life! Unfortunately, the young boy was at the wrong place at the wrong time. I have wondered the videotaper should call 911 before the killing was happened or make a noise to distract the killers. I donot know only God knows. You are not bad for not helping because nowadays it is better not to help sometimes when your life is in danger. You care by sharing your thoughts here. So it depends on the situation whom to help.

i do not wish to be in the area where any criminal act happens. it would surely scare the wits out of me and thinking about it now, i feel i am more inclined to secure my own life first. i won't create a situation that would also bring my life to danger. i will, however, do everything to get help from the police or call someone to call the police. i had been a victim in one criminal act in the past and i had experienced how people react. i now understand that i may be wrong in my judgment that they were uncaring people... they must be like me who are also feeling "scared" to help because of risks endangering my own life.

Hi, I would also call emergency services, but i would not like to think i would risk my own life, by wading in there, and maybe being killed, leaving my children motherless. I don't think it is selfish, just human nature to want to help, but maybe hold back, from getting too involved. I would do everything i could, but to a degree i think.

yes i would risk my life for that. imagine if that would happen in your love ones. and no one helped them. and i don't want to have that regret. you must have the courage to destroy that kind of menace. we shouldn't allow this kind of violence anymore.