[LChoy]

From my post in the WGMG thread:

Originally Posted by Lchoy

Not trying to gloss this over or justify it, but perhaps this was an example of the bystander effect:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bystander_effect



Also, 9 notorious cases of this effect:
http://listverse.com/2009/11/02/10-n...tander-effect/