Kitty’s murder supposedly led to the development of the 911 emergency line (operators were still used back then), the “Good Samaritan Law” and Neighborhood Watch Groups like the Guardian Angels. Yet no one came to her aid – or at least that’s what was reported.ĭue to the public’s lack of assistance, the murder made the news – repeatedly, for decades – and has been studied in sociology courses to this day as an example of social or bystander apathy. In an era long before the “see something/do something” awareness plea, it is assumed that anyone who watched or heard transpired outside their homes were afraid to get involved. The random attack and her shrill cries for help were heard and supposedly seen by residents who resided in the nearby Mowbray apartment building. Solomon that goes over the details of one of the most famous murders in New York City and the lives that were affected when no one responded to a cry for help.Īt 3am on the night of March 13, 1964, Kitty Genovese, a 28 year-old second-generation Italian woman was brutally murdered when she was stabbed by Winston Moseley near her Kew Gardens apartment in Queens. But, what about blood-curdling screams from outside your door late at night? Do you run out and check or look out your window to see if anyone needs help? Or do you just dial 911? Could your action save someone’s life or is it best to stay out of it? These questions and more are posited in “The Witness”, a documentary directed by James D. The sirens, the alarms, the honking and the sounds of seemingly endless construction may still be annoying, but all city dwellers get used to these sounds – even gunshots. When you live in a big city, you get used to its loud sounds and go about your life in the comfort of your own home. release date: Octo(New York Film Festival), J(limited), June 22-27, 2016 (Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL) Written by: William Genovese, Russell Greene, Gabriel Rhodes & James D.
0 kommentar(er)
