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I read about this in my newspaper this morning. The police have confirmed that four calls to 911 were placed within one minute of the accident. However, that does nothing to excuse the people just standing on the sidewalk staring or the motorists who just drove around. Disgusting people.

I lived in Hartford for several years and I'm sadly not surprised by the video especially taking into account the neighborhood where the incident took place.  

Every one of those people should be arrested as accomplices to the crime for neglecting to perform their civic duty and help that man. I am disgusted.

Kitty Genovese wouldn't be surprised

I agree it looks pretty bad, but I'm just wondering--without medical training, what were the people supposed to do other than call 911?  And what were the cars supposed to do except keep going and get out of the way?  I suppose someone could have gone out and waved cars away, and maybe check to see if he was actively bleeding (although with the disease issue these days, I don' know how quick I would be to staunch arterial bleeding without gloves).

Anyone that lives in a city (and saw the man lying on the ground, but didn't see the hit and run) would not have implicated themselves.  It's common sense. Sure it's not the most humane thing, but if you don't know how he got there or what happened to him, the best you can do is call 911 and the worst is to risk putting your own life in danger.