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The Truth Behind The Kitty Genovese Story - Cutting Through The New York Times Sensationalism

1,226 views · Published 17 April 2017 · 10:17 · Indexed 30 September 2026

Channel: Jerry Liu Ponders · 2017 · Education

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"For more than half an hour 38 respectable, law‐abiding cit­izens in Queens watched a killer stalk and stab a woman in three separate attacks in Kew Gardens," said the New York Times article. This is one of the most famous murders in US history because it seems to demonstrate something that social psychologists love studying--the diffusion of responsibility. This is an idea that people as bystanders are less and less likely to do anything when the number of bystanders increases. The original New York Times Article in 1964  reported that 38 people in New York City watched for 30 plus minutes as this attractive young woman was attacked and stabbed in three separate assaults. But that's really not what happened, and that's what this video seeks to explain. New Yorkers are a little cold sometimes, but not that level of cold.

Here's some of the articles to give you more information: 
The Original New York Times Article from 1964
http://nyti.ms/2oevOS2

The story examined years later:
http://ind.pn/2oevnH2
http://n.pr/2p2mHZe
http://bit.ly/2oxC62i
http://n.pr/2pfKrWN
http://n.pr/2pAnInR
http://n.pr/2pAnInR
http://n.pr/2pA9Iu7

The history behind the story of 9-1-1 and how it became the emergency response number in 1968: http://bit.ly/2oxELsU

Here's my previous rant on United: https://youtu.be/-7DNml75sRI

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