No Proof Anyone 'Callously' Took Video of Rape on SEPTA Train, DA Says

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#BREAKING: Passengers didn't sit around and “callously” record video of a rape aboard a SEPTA train for their own gratification without contacting authorities, Delco DA says, reversing police narrative.

No Proof Anyone ‘Callously' Took Video of Rape on SEPTA Train, DA Says
Passengers did not sit around and record cellphone video of a rape aboard a SEPTA train for their own gratification without contacting authorities, Delaware County’s top prosecutor said Thursday.
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10:35 AM · Oct 21, 2021

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Passengers did not sit around and record cellphone video of a rape aboard a SEPTA train for their own gratification without contacting authorities, Delaware County’s top prosecutor said Thursday.

The revelation from District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer runs counter to the police narrative of the rape on a SEPTA Market-Frankford elevated train at the 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby. Police said in that case that passengers took cellphone video without calling 911 before a SEPTA employee called police.

“There is a narrative out there that people sat there on the El train and watched this transpire and took videos of it for their own gratification,” Stollsteimer said using the nickname for the Market-Frankford line. “That is simply not true. It did not happen. We have security video from SEPTA that shows that is not the true narrative.”

In fact, Stollsteimer said, SEPTA security video shows that a “handful” of people who were getting on and off the train as it traveled from Philadelphia to the 69th Street Terminal had observed different parts of the rape, possibly without knowing what exactly was happening.

*snip*

[MenloParque]

1. Sure! We believe you Jack!!

[The Magistrate]

2. Always Safest To Assume Police Lie, Ma'am

If you can see their lips moving, that's the tell.

[Act_of_Reparation]

3. Kitty Genovese

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese

The apparent lack of reaction by numerous neighbors purported to have watched the scene or to have heard Genovese's cries for help, although erroneously reported, prompted research into diffusion of responsibility and the bystander effect. Social psychologists John M. Darley and Bibb Latané started this line of research, showing that contrary to common expectations, larger numbers of bystanders decrease the likelihood that someone will step forward and help a victim.[62] The reasons include the fact that onlookers see that others are not helping either, that onlookers believe others will know better how to help, and that onlookers feel uncertain about helping while others are watching. The Genovese case thus became a classic feature of social psychology textbooks in the United States and the United Kingdom.[7]

[Hekate]

6. No ****. That was seared in my memory.

[riversedge]

4. geez. how can people not know what was happening??

He obviously made this up. IMHO.


In fact, Stollsteimer said, SEPTA security video shows that a “handful” of people who were getting on and off the train as it traveled from Philadelphia to the 69th Street Terminal had observed different parts of the rape, possibly without knowing what exactly was happening.

*snip*

[BumRushDaShow]

7. This supposedly happened late at night

Meaning you have night shift people on that line, so there probably weren't that many.

Plus the local news here said that some "narrative" was also being put out there that people "could be 'prosecuted'" if they came forward to provide info.

So all sorts of crap going on here.

[riversedge]

8. yes, all sorts of crap and none of it good.

[Deuxcents]

5. Not getting help or staying silent

Is the callouss part.