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[–] NoTrueScotsman 0 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago 

Screaming for someone to call the police while protesting the police and holding a phone.

And it seems to be because the victim of their crime is going to retaliate.

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[–] whatisbestinlife [S] 0 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago 

you are right. just like everyone else in here expressing the same thing. but we both know the cops would show up and arrest this guy. maybe they even did

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[–] NoTrueScotsman 0 points 7 points (+7|-0) ago 

I find the learned helplessness element very interesting, too. They're all filming next to a bunch of other people filming, and none of them realize they can be the "someone". They just demand help in a non-specific manner. They also imagine that calling the police instantly stops whatever is going on, most likely, because they've never called before. And they still can't do it.

I wonder how much worse smartphones have made the bystander effect, since people now think they're helping by filming, too.

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[–] NoTrueScotsman 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Sad but true.