Callous disregard for one's fellow man

[seamusTX]

Residents of a apartment complex in Bethany, Oklahoma (OK City area) ignored a man who was lying on the ground unconscious. One stated that he thought the man was drunk.

Police eventually were called hours later and found that the man had been shot in the head. He was brought to a hospital in critical condition.

http://newsok.com/bethany-shooting-vict ... le/3380442" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[M9FAN]

Sad commentary on the state of our society. I guess the "Don't ask. Don't tell." mentality applies to more than just our military...

[joe817]

Talk about a "I don't want to be involved" attitude!

A resident wakes up at 3am, sees a man lying on the ground..."I thought he was drunk"...then goes back to bed. What thoughtlessness. I would have called PD just because having a man laying in my front yard is just not a good thing.

Inexcusable. it's a wonder the man shot survived at all.

[seamusTX]

In Marina Del Rey, Florida, a man apparently shot himself in the head on the balcony of his appartment early this week. His body was draped over the railing for four days. Neighbors thought it was a Halloween display.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-m ... 1861.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[LostInAustin]

In Marina Del Rey, Florida, a man apparently shot himself in the head on the balcony of his appartment early this week. His body was draped over the railing for four days. Neighbors thought it was a Halloween display.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-m ... 1861.story" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

OMG

[juggernaut]

And the winner of this year's contest!

[Oldgringo]

....Residents of a apartment complex in Bethany, Oklahoma (OK City area) ignored a man who was lying on the ground unconscious. One stated that he thought the man was drunk....

Does this say a lot for the residents AND the neighborhood or is it just me?

[seamusTX]

Yeah, when people say, oh, just another drunk passed, out and keep walking, it's not a good neighborhood.

- Jim

[bdickens]

No kidding. Around here someone lying on the ground passed out would certainly be unusual and worthy of investigation.

[seamusTX]

Incidents rarely pass the threshold required for posting to this thread (thank God).

In Houston early this morning a deputy constable stopped a car moving with the headlights off.

The officer observed that the windshield was shattered and the driver had blood on his face.

The officer then observed...

stop here if you are squeamish ...

"a body in the passenger seat, partially underneath the dashboard and with a severed leg."

The driver claimed to have no idea what happened.

The driver was arrested and charged with felony failure to stop and render aid involving a fatality and driving while intoxicated.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/met ... 30000.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

- Jim

[chasfm11]

I suspect that this is not Mr. Onark's first DUI. If that is true, 2-10 years is not enough for this one, IMHO. Why wouldn't this be vehicular manslaughter?

[paulhailes]

I thought he was drunk is no excuse, you can still die from alcohol poisoning. Shame on them.

[Medic624]

Although inexcusable.... Unfortunately this is not a new or isolated societal reaction to someone who is hurt or dying.

We like to think we would ALL step up and do the right or civilized thing but sadly this is the exception and not the rule.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[texanron]

If one does this they forfeit their right to interact with the rest of us ever again.

[sjfcontrol]

A few years ago (well, probably 10), when I lived in Kalifornia, I found an unconscious man lying partially in our shared driveway. The gentleman in question was drunk, and appeared to be on "vacation" from a, um, state to our south.

Anyway, when I couldn't rouse him (by shouting only, no physical contact), I called the police. When THEY couldn't rouse him, they called the paramedics. As the medic was working on him (mainly just shouting and shaking), he woke up. Took one look at the medic, and the cop, and took off down the driveway toward the undeveloped park behind us. Get this, the cop takes off after him, and the drunk OUTRUNS the cop. My guess is that that's the most exercise that particular officer had had in many months. We never saw the gentleman again, though we were serenaded with singing coming from that area of the undeveloped park for several evenings after that.

In a separate incident, I saw a similar gentleman, also drunk, riding a bicycle down our street, swerving badly. As I was trying to avoid him with my car, he blindly cycled across a major divided roadway, and got nailed by a van doing about 50. This one didn't run off. Though once he woke up, he did want to leave. The paramedic restrained him, though he was in no condition to run off.