One has no way of knowing. I intervened once when in Cologne four rather tall and massive ticket inspectors were beating up a scrawny 5'6 African guy who only spoke French, didn't understand them and got scared when they cornered him so he raised his hands (literally, nothing more) to keep them away from himself. One lifted him by the throat, carried him out of the streetcar and threw him into one of those small waiting huts where they proceeded to beat him up as a group.
They were later sentenced to six months on parole plus 4.600 DEM, i.e. 90 days' worth of salary after tax for the initial aggressor and half that for the other three. I was proud that I had helped. I'd like to think I'd give my life if it would let my son live a minute longer; at least I feel that way. I'd also like to think o fmyself that I would take a chance to help someone else. But you never really know until you're in the situation because it is one beyond your imagination. And I know for sure that cops committing an act of brutality will only extend it to include you when you try to interfere with them. I've seen it happen too often. So for that instance, I know I'd take as many pictures as possible, try to put together a credible witness's account of my memories and go to the proper authorities without further ado. My 2c... Cheers Ecke 2012/7/31, Peter Jordan <[email protected]>: > Great story that set me thinking - what would I have done in the same > situation. > > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/interactive/2012/jul/28/bystanders-photographers-who-didnt-help?INTCMP=SRCH > > > Peter > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- Sent from my iP address -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
