Jason Cisneros: Help Or Help?

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A young teenage girl at the age of 17 was filmed being rapped no one did anything to stop it. The girl hollered “stop it hurts!” Why didn't anyone help? A 15 year old teen was gang raped at a homecoming school dance and this time hundreds of students watched and giggled despite the fact that nobody seemed to care to help the poor girl. Can you imagine how her mental health might have been? She had to deal with those horrifying memories. In fact, don't get me wrong some bystanders actually help the ones in harm. Jason Cisneros was just outside his best friend's house when a woman he did not know but cared to help her. Then instantly two gunshots went off. Salguero and her father instantly came outside trying to look for Jason. She had then seen the guy who had killed her best friend and told her “don't snitch, I killed him,” she instantly called the cops. If Salguero wasn't afraid to call the cops why are others afraid to make a simple 911 call? In particular, a homeless man who saved a woman from being mugged was left to die. He was left in the New York's streets for nearly an hour. Unfortunately, 20 people pass without a care for the poor man. If at least any of those 20 people had the heart to help and call 911 he would have been alive to this day.
Are we even human anymore ?
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To illustrate, if someone is left to die in the streets and no one stands up to help this person they would break the law. If failure to aid they can get fined up to $10,000, imprisoned for up to one year, or if they're unlucky they can get both. Unfortunately, You would think this is such a cruel punishment for someone who is just minding their own business. In reality the person who doesn't assiste of aid is the cruel one. Common sense seems to dictate that a law isn't going to change the citizens we are

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