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Security Guards Stand By as Girl Brutally Attacked
Topic Started: Feb 10 2010, 04:06 PM (309 Views)
LTC8K6
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Can't wrap my head around this mentality at all. They actually let the perp come back and kick her in the head again...

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Caught on Tape: Security Guards Stand By as Girl Brutally Attacked


http://www.breitbart.tv/caught-on-tape-seattle-security-guards-stand-by-as-teen-girl-brutally-attacked/

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AP: Three security guards watched a group of teens punch, kick and rob a 15-year-old girl in the downtown Seattle Metro bus tunnel without intervening. Security video shows the guards call for help on their radios, but they don't go to the aid of the girl even as she is being kicked in the head. A dispute involving a group of 10 teens apparently started inside a department store the evening of Jan. 28 and moved to the bus tunnel at Westlake Station, where the girl was attacked.

KING-TV reports: The guards are not trained police officers or Metro Transit employees. They're contract workers from Olympic Security Services out of Tukwila. According to their contract, the guards are to "observe and report" problems, not to get involved. Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond says that policy is now out of date.


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wingedwheel
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Unbelievable. Hope she sues. What does it say when the attacker isn't even detoured by the security people? It says that they know security can't and won't do a single thing to stop anything. And the left doesn't want us to arm ourselves. Here is a perfect example of what can happen to you when your not armed and you have to rely on rent-a-cops to protect you. And what about all the parents that tell their kids to go to cops, security guards or people of authority in they are in danger? They are better off running for their lives!
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Absolutely disgusting, this is the home of the progressives and I guess also the passives. Why hire security guard, when they won't provide security? An absolute waste of money. We out here in Seattle are peaceful people, things like this don't usually happen. Fire this moron, we don't know what to do in a situation like that, because we are just a bunch of peaceful people, we condemn this activity. What a joke. Doesn't look like King County is the home of the brave, maybe they should rename their county "Whimp County"?
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kbp

There may be more in the news elsewhere, but I was disappointed even in the reporters here.

Who cares what is in the contract, it is NOT right even for any nearby adults to stand doing nothing.

The reporters should have found out who the guards were and broadcast names and pictures of all 3 of them. I could not live with myself after just watching that.
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There is what one is required to do by terms of one's job and there is what one is compelled to do as a member of the human race. Obviously those guards who stood by felt that their job description trumped their duty as members of the humans race. I would hope that they find the ability to live with their consciences extremely difficult - just like those Germans (and other Europeans) who stood by while Jews were being assaulted and led away to the extermination camps. Nothing has changed.
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http://www.seattlepi.com/local/415247_tunnel10.html

Girl, 15, beaten in transit tunnel as guards stood by
By SCOTT SUNDE
SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF


The Metro Transit Police continue to investigate the beating of a 15-year-old girl late last month in the transit tunnel at Westlake Center.

Three security guards saw the Jan. 28 assault, part of which was filmed by surveillance cameras. But the guards aren't armed and are trained not to get involved in physical confrontations, according to the King County Sheriff's Office, which operates Metro Transit Police.

Still, the incident has prompted King County Executive Dow Constantine to order a review of Metro security.

"Public safety is our top priority. I am appalled by the sight of uniformed guards standing by while a person was kicked and beaten," Constantine said. "I have ordered a full review of all operating polices that govern Metro's contract with civilian security guards to determine what changes must be made. People have an expectation of safety when riding public transit, and we must take every measure we can to assure that."

In the days since the assault, at least four suspects have been arrested.

The assault followed incidents at both Macy's and Nordstrom, where a group of 10 to 12 teenagers and young adults created a disturbance, the statement said.

At one point, an 18-year-old man confronted the 15-year-old girl and threatened to kill her.

The group was told to leave Nordstorm, the Sheriff's Office reported. The group then likely followed the girl to the tunnel.

Another 15-year-old girl who was with the large group began assaulting the victim on the station platform.

The victim was shoved into the right of way, but no buses or trains were nearby. She was also knocked to the ground and kicked in the head.

In addition to being beaten, she was robbed; her purse, book bag, cellphone and iPod were stolen.

Security officers saw the assault, but didn't stop it.

The Sheriff's Office gave this explanation for the guards' inaction:

"They did not intercede as they are unarmed, civilian employees of Olympic Security Services. They are trained to not become involved in violent confrontations or fights, but are directed to call 9-1-1, which they did via the tunnel communications center.

"In addition, they were significantly outnumbered by the group."

But Metro Transit intends to change what guards can do, including the direction to "observe and report" but not get involved in fights.

"You look at what's happening to the victim and you say something's got to be changed," Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond told KING-TV/5. "That's just not going to be acceptable. We've had that 'observe and report' for years in our contract and this incident clearly shows that we need to change that."

The suspects had fled by the time Seattle police officers responded.

The 15-year-old girl who delivered the beating was arrested over the weekend and was booked into juvenile detention, according to the Sherrif's Office statement.

Detectives also arrested two men, ages 18 and 20, and an 18-year-old woman on Saturday. According to the Sheriff's Office statement, the three were involved in the assault, robbery or threats to kill the girl. One of them may also have acted as a lookout.

A 17-year-old male suspect is still at large.


Wimps! Just Cowards! They couldn't even bend down and cover her from more attacks. PC World run wild.



Edited by Baldo, Feb 10 2010, 05:57 PM.
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kbp

I anticipate, if any news reporters press for answers, that the guards will tell how bad they felt being forced to just stand by so powerless, as they were forced to in following their employer's policy and guidelines.

Themselves being victims of restrictions in place!
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LTC8K6
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"I went to the security and told them that these kids were trying to jump me," the girl said. "I know that I am about to get jumped and I am hanging around the guards to try and get protection. ... I thought the security guards would defend me."

The girl, who is black, also told the detective that the altercation began at a nearby department store, where some in the group made threatening comments that she had "nice things" and that she acts "white."


So this is a hate crime then, right?
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Concerned
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LTC, it seems like a hate crime to me but it won't meet the criteria. The perps weren't white.

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