
Psychology of hate crime bystanders: Indifference or self-protection?
Onlookers “filmed on phones”, while a South Korean student was undertaking an alleged racist attack on London Oxford Street.
Yeon Jeong Lee, 22, a student at the university in Canterbury, was beaten by up to 10 thugs while she was doing shopping in central London.
What she felt disappointed was the reaction of the passers-by. “It was only two people who were trying to help me out and the rest would just be filming the scene ”, she said.
She also mentioned the slow reaction of the police: "I filed the case over the phone, but they kept repeating the same response and didn’t show up".
Source: Change.org
Link: https://www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-raise-the-awareness-of-hate-crime-in-oxford-street
Psychology of passers-by
Why in this case few people are willing to help? What's