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8. Security guards and surveillance cameras protect property and sometimes rich people.

Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:04 PM

Apr 2021

They aren't there to protect people, bystanders, or even customers.
A security guard that gets involved will be fired.

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Why do bystanders fail to intervene when they see others in pain? [View all] Nevilledog Apr 2021 OP

Most common answer, fear and shock bottomofthehill Apr 2021 #1

See Philip Zimbardo's Ted Talk jmbar2 Apr 2021 #2

"What did these security guards think they were securing in that moment?" WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #5

The attack was over in two seconds. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2021 #7

Maybe not just shut the door? soothsayer Apr 2021 #9

They would have been exonerated by public support soothsayer Apr 2021 #10

Unfortunately, it's nothing new. Reference: Kitty Genovese, 1964. Buns_of_Fire Apr 2021 #11

I'll never forget that incident... 2naSalit Apr 2021 #13

My wife and I are both the sort who jump in... hunter Apr 2021 #12