Fatal shooting caught on tape- witnesses' apathy also caught on tape
This story comes from the Department of Self-Absorption, where we never lack for stories that plumb the depth of human selfishness. Right; just when I was thinking that I might be able to begin to feel some faith in humanity once again, this happens.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- District of Columbia police have released a videotape showing witnesses doing nothing to help a man after he was fatally shot at a gas station.
"That's just one of the worst things I've ever seen," said Police Chief Charles H. Ramsey. "There just aren't words to describe something like that."
Police said the station surveillance video showing the January 31 slaying of Allen E. Price is disturbing because it not only shows the crime, but the apathy of those who were there, including one man who continued pumping kerosene after looking briefly at Price's body.
Not only did the man finish pumping his kerosene, but paid for it and drove off, giving the camera its clearest look at Price lying on the ground. That customer has not been found.
The camera also recorded several cars pulling away from the station after the shooting, with at least one car pulling up to the kerosene pump beside Price after he was shot.
I only hope that there will be a special place in Hell for all of these people. May they all find themselves, at some point in their lives, in similar dire straits, and may they slowly bleed to death while passersby laugh in their faces.
