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[aj1980]

If you saw a crime being committed or someone being assualted would you interfere  or would you be more concerned with your own life and not get involved.

[rms1954]

Lot of ifs here regarding circumstances.  Can't generalize.

[FiddleDeeDee]

Call 911. Always. From there, it depends on the situation.

[Tinkrbl44]

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@aj1980 wrote:

If you saw a crime being committed or someone being assualted would you interfere  or would you be more concerned with your own life and not get involved.

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Too vague and too little known about the hypothetical situation.

At the very least I'd probably call 911, but some would just whip out their phones and video it.   

[Kachina624]

@aj1980.  Not a fair question.  Many of us here are older, somewhat fragile, and not able to engage in hand-to-hand combat.  In this day and age, it's not smart to become confrontational in someone else's battle.  I'd  be right there to dial 911 or serve as a wittness.

[THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes]

What sort of crime?

Are there apparent weapons involved?

How many alleged perpetrators against just me?

Day?  Night?

Can I call 9-11

No simple answer. 

As always to this person's questions there are many, many, many unanswerable variables. 

[chrystaltree]

It depends on the circumstances.  I suppose I would get myself to safety first and then call the police.

[NEvans2]

It would depend on the circumstances. If it would put my own life in jeopardy, no. But would I whip out my cellphone and call 911, yes. The world is so crazy now. You never know who may be carrying a gun.

  Back in the mid 1980's I was robbed at gunpoint at the store I was working at. The guy was caught after I identified him from a photo line up. I think about that every now and then, and I feel pretty sure if that would have happened in this day and age, he probably would have shot me.

  So yes, I would do everything I could to help, short of putting my own life in danger.

[Carmie]

My husband was a law enforcement officer for over 40 years, one of my sons is a law enforcement officer for over 20 years.

If I saw someone being assaulted, I would immediately call 911 if the situation was dangerous.

If the  assult did not include a weapon, I would open my big mouth and yell as I have done in the past.  I once got between a large nasty man who was kicking a toddler repeatedly on a beach.  I spoke up.

He threatened me, I told him to go ahead and hit me. The beach was crowded with witnesses.  He backed down and he left.  His poor wife was terrified.

I have also confronted a teenage girl was assulting my elderly father by knocking him down.

I once spoke up and screamed at and pushed a man away who was pulling/pushing my older friend out of a riding handicapped cart at Costco.  She was slow getting out and I was trying to open her folding walker for her when he began his assault.

He was lucky I didn't hit him.  I was extremely protective and angry.  He finally stood back and waited.

I have also spoken up against people calling others racial slurs and yelled at kids bullying other kids.

I have been this way my whole life.  My children and siblings are too as well as our parents and extended family members.

It's how we roll.  It's in our genes.

[PhilaLady1]

To interfere with an ongoing crime, in my opinion, is not very smart.  Where I come from, being a hero gets you shot, possibly killed.  In my opinion, it is naive to think otherwise. Go where no-one can see or hear you and then call 911.