Yes. It is mainstream media -- as in one of the CBS affiliates in the San Francisco area. Like NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN -- that level.
Actually, President George W. Bush's administration got an exception piece of legislation so the feds could respond in cases of emergency like Katrina, but President Obama's administration reversed that. :angel:
Sorry. Martial law could be the alternative. We don't want that. The military needs to be under the civilian authorities. Local law enforcement, state law enforcement, the FBI and the US Marshal Service are really well trained and funded for most things. The federal military resources have enough on their plates and resources are more scarce there than you think. They have enough tasks to do. The jurisdictional reaches and areas of responsibility have been crafted through long history and experience -- not years or decades, but centuries. It works the way it is. It is a long topic and too much to go into here -- the doctrines.
It didn't used to be like this where neighbors would do nothing even if they knew. It is a relatively new social psychological phenomenon in our human experience that has been dubbed the "Genovese Syndrome" or "Bystander Effect." Let me tell you a story. I'll make it as short as possible because this effect was the subject of much heated debate in psychological and sociological classes in the 1960s. It was shortly after President John F. Kennedy was killed. I remember reading the news stories -- at that time we read newspapers.
It was on national television and Huntley and Brinkley reported. There wasn't any CNN, HNN or FOX news then. Before this event, which I am about to tell you, people did report things and get involved. Neighbors knew each other. We had parades on Main Street. Housewives got together for coffee about mid-morning. We had church events and youth organizations like Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts and every kid in your class (almost) was involved. Divorce was rare. It was really the Age of Camelot in the United States. Then, after President Kennedy's murder, things started to change. The nation was shocked. People started to retreat. Kitty Genovese was a 28 year old young woman of Italian American descent. She was stabbed to death in Queens, New York. It wasn't a silent murder. She was screaming for help. It was reported that numerous neighbors saw it or were fully aware but most were nonresponsive. There was a "diffusion of responsibility" and this reaction shocked the nation. The trend continued and today it has become the norm. People don't want to "get involved."
It didn't used to be like this where neighbors would do nothing even if they knew. It is a relatively new social psychological phenomenon in our human experience that has been dubbed the "Genovese Syndrome" or "Bystander Effect." Let me tell you a story. I'll make it as short as possible because this effect was the subject of much heated debate in psychological and sociological classes in the 1960s. It was shortly after President John F. Kennedy was killed. I remember reading the news stories -- at that time we read newspapers.
Just a heads up for those interested ~ Geraldo is talking about the case right now on Fox News Channel.
It didn't used to be like this where neighbors would do nothing even if they knew. It is a relatively new social psychological phenomenon in our human experience that has been dubbed the "Genovese Syndrome" or "Bystander Effect." Let me tell you a story. I'll make it as short as possible because this effect was the subject of much heated debate in psychological and sociological classes in the 1960s. It was shortly after President John F. Kennedy was killed. I remember reading the news stories -- at that time we read newspapers.
But I can say this...everyone that knows me knows how noisy I am. I watch my surroundings and I would report something in a heart beat. But that's just me. And I'm not sorry for it, not one bit. Neither are my neighbors who appreciate that I keep an eye on things. It's time people started getting involved again, don't you think? Again, a crazy world we live in.
What they need to do is go up the chain. Report again on a different shift. Make sure other people hear it. Report to a different agency. Make noise and lots of it. If necessary, call the County Board of Supervisors! In this case, it was a University Campus Police Officer who responded. Child Protective Services, the Sheriff's Office, Probation Offices -- all work for the County Board of Supervisors. Local police work for the Mayor and City Council. Parole Officers work for the State. Find out who they work for and make a second or third call.
Hi Leila! You know, it's cases like this that make me glad my neighborhood has small back yards where nothing like what was going on in that yard could be hidden. I found it interesting that she said it was only the 11 y/o who she saw and not the other girl. And Jaycee was being passed off as the "older sister". Very strange. I wonder who these girls call "mom"?
It didn't used to be like this where neighbors would do nothing even if they knew. It is a relatively new social psychological phenomenon in our human experience that has been dubbed the "Genovese Syndrome" or "Bystander Effect." Let me tell you a story. I'll make it as short as possible because this effect was the subject of much heated debate in psychological and sociological classes in the 1960s. It was shortly after President John F. Kennedy was killed. I remember reading the news stories -- at that time we read newspapers.
