Kitty Genovese Murder

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It was 3 AM in New York City and this is the time when the brutal killing of Kitty Genovese.
I believe that if her neighbors did not just watch and listen to her cries but if they have called the police i believe that kitty genovese would have been still alive. Kitty Genovese was murdered by a crazed man by the name of Winston Moseley. They say it took 2.5 Minutes for the police to get their and the murder had happen in a time span of 30 minutes and in those 30 minutes the killer had been drawn away by people yelling at him but they never got out to help her or called the police. Winston Moseley left three times and came back to finish the deal because the people had never called the police. Helping out people in need should not only be our

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