Woman gets knocked out cold, bystanders stop to take selfies
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Shocking surveillance video shows the moment a Pittsburgh woman was knocked out cold by a man on a busy sidewalk — but that’s not the worst of it.
The footage also shows the woman being beaten and robbed by bystanders — who proceed to take pictures of her, including selfies — as she lies unconscious on the ground.
“They don’t treat animals like that. They wouldn’t treat a dog that way,” the victim’s mother told KDKA on Thursday. “It’s disgusting. My daughter needs help.”
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The disturbing incident was caught on camera in Pittsburgh’s Beechview neighborhood. The footage was captured more than a month ago, but wasn’t released until this week.
“She’s lying there like somebody just hit a deer,” said Dr. Neil Capretto, a local physician at the Gateway Rehab center who has agreed to treat the victim for an apparent drug addiction.
“It’s like a sideshow in a circus,” he added. “This is a human being.”
In the clip, the woman appears to approach her attacker for a brief second right before he throws his haymaker. A group of men can then be seen walking over to her — cellphones in hand, snapping pictures and video — as she lies unconscious on the sidewalk.
“Nobody called 911 to help her,” a police source told KDKA. “They took what looks like her phone while she’s out cold.”
Shortly after leaving, the men reportedly returned and began taking even more photos.
“They actually come back,” the source said. “A kid lays beside her and takes a selfie.”
According to KDKA, the victim is a known drug addict who has been arrested several times, mostly for illegal substances.
“They deserve to be helped,” Capretto said of residents with drug problems.
“This is my oath, to help people who are sick,” he added. “I, as a physician, this is my oath, to help people who are sick. She’s sick and she needs help.”
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Ridiculous but check it..indifference among other things is accepted and it... among other things becomes norm.. unfortunately .. people wont look further and consider their own choices though.... apart from this specific incident..
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That last sentence just invalidated everything. She a ? head
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Mannnnnn looka here, if I see a white woman curled up in a fetus position on a sidewalk in the middle of the night my black ass is walking pass her real fast.
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Just because I wouldn’t doesn’t mean it ain’t funny as hell
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? her
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Mannnnnn looka here, if I see a white woman curled up in a fetus position on a sidewalk in the middle of the night my black ass is walking pass her real fast.
The times we live in. Best believe fingers would be pointed at us. -
"There were good people on both sides"
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We dont know the time gap between the knockout and the audience approaching.
Her cup emptied out when she got hit.
Theres an opioid epidemic going on in the white community.
For all they know she was strung out begging for change noddin off. -
That last sentence just invalidated everything. She a ? head
Oh ? i just read that part.
Guess i was right
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just glad she ain't black.....
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Meanwhile bett Shelbys record is ckear frim killing terrence crutcher...thanks to a judge
And no cacs are calling that horriffic -
Meanwhile bett Shelbys record is ckear frim killing terrence crutcher...thanks to a judge
And no cacs are calling that horriffic
"The judge said she was innocent so we have to treat her as such!! Dont argue against the verdict! Except for OJ, that was different." -
The final of Seinfield is soo relevant
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Addict or not, them MFers weren't raised right. Sad all the way around.
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Addict or not, them MFers weren't raised right. Sad all the way around.
same people who raised you.
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Addict or not, them MFers weren't raised right. Sad all the way around.
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No one knew she got knocked out, though. They probably thought she was a ? . The extra ? outside lame pictures and jokes is weak though.
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Why do you think he did it?
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Stellar rebuttal, guy. -
“She’s lying there like somebody just hit a deer,” said Dr. Neil Capretto,
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True low lifes.
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I'm not taking selfies and ? cuz that's feminine af but I'm also not calling pigs to my location over a sleeping crackhead. That has trouble written all over it. Once again The Boondocks had it right..
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i dont know...i cant call it. it didnt look like she was knocked out. she fell she was moving and then she stopped like ? it im not getting up. she a fiend so for all i know ? was high and tired and decided to take a nap.
somebody called 911 and while they were waiting for help to arrive it looks like those fine folks were making sure she was breathing.
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That video doesnt tell the whole story
She approached him aggressively
