Stop Leaning In. Put Down Your IPhone. And HELP ME.

Re:Stop Leaning In. Put Down Your IPhone. And HELP ME. by wozniacki on Thursday May 22, 2014 @07:32AM (#7783263)

  You say that as if it's a minor thing ("the only thing 
  I'd expect") but you might be expecting someone to risk
  their life, get accused of rape by an unstable person,
  put themselves in danger of injury or lawsuit. It's 
  not a trivial matter.

Strongly seconded.

This happens more often than one would think.

I do not want to alarm anyone but it is not entirely out of the bounds of reason to expect law enforcement to NOT acknowledge your good Samaritanism or worse, punish you for it.

"Good Samaritan Backfire or How I Ended Up in Solitary After Calling 911 for Help"

Discussed previously here on HN :

How I Ended Up In Solitary After Calling 911 For Help

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7233730

Direct link to blog :

https://medium.com/human-parts/9f53ef6a1c10

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Re:Stop Leaning In. Put Down Your IPhone. And HELP ME. by hollerith on Thursday May 22, 2014 @08:49AM (#7783523)

That guy did not leave after the police arrived and told him to leave (according to his own account, at the URL you give).

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Re:Stop Leaning In. Put Down Your IPhone. And HELP ME. by metastew on Thursday May 22, 2014 @09:50AM (#7783826)

But does that even justify the police brutality though? He didn't want to leave without his friend (who was supporting the girl while she was getting up when the police pulled him off).

No, the police is definitely in the wrong here.

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Re:Stop Leaning In. Put Down Your IPhone. And HELP ME. by netcan on Thursday May 22, 2014 @11:45AM (#7784398)

That sounds not very far removed from: "She burned the dinner after I told her I was hungry.

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