Dozens Ignored a Man Dying on a Sidewalk in Queens

[Chris]

Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax’s last act may have been helping a woman who was having an argument with another man last Sunday morning in Queens. But his last hour or so was spent as a curiosity for people passing him on the street as he lay face down in blood after being stabbed several times.

Mr. Tale-Yax, 31, was pronounced dead by medical workers who responded to a 911 call around 7:20 a.m. on April 18. The police confirmed the authenticity of surveillance video on The New York Post’s Web site that shows dozens of people walking by Mr. Tale-Yax, who was homeless, lying on the sidewalk at 144th Street and 88th Road in Jamaica. After more than an hour, the video shows one man shake Mr. Tale-Yax before turning him over to reveal the wounds.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/nyregion/25stab.html?src=mv

Can we blame this on Obama yet? 

Welcome to the Great Society, citizens.

[ColonialMarine0431]

What kind of human being can walk past another human in need? Truly disgusting. We, as a Race, are probably in the End Days. It's probably for the better if God sweeps us from the Earth and starts again.

[littlelamb]

How can people be so heartless I hope they are never in that situation

[BlueStateSaint]

Not the first time this has happened in Queens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Genovese

Yeah, the cited instance was in 1964, but it runs deep there.

[thundley4]

There was an incident in one of the east coast cities last year where a pedestrian was hit by a car, and lay in the street as other people walked by and drove by.

[Thor]

I'm sure that more than one passerby had a cell phone. 911 calls are free. FFS, it doesn't take but a minute or so to place a call and at least get some help to a bad situation.