The song by Phil Ochs suggests that the bystanders were not very helpful. The bystanders were not helpful because as the girl named Kitty was screaming for help, nobody came to her aid. She was screaming she was being stabbed, and all anyone did was watch her suffer, they watched her being stabbed. No one had called the cops, and because of that, shortly after her cries for help, the guy killed her. After she was in agonizing pain. No one wanted to help her. Instead, they only watched. They are the type of bystanders that I will never want to meet: they are the type of bystander I hope no one has to meet, or they may end up dying like Kitty.
