Cierra Ratlif

Summary 6
A Horrific Scene
Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didnt Call the Police written by Martin Gansberg
and published by New York Times illustrates 38 citizens who watch a murder of a
woman, and did nothing. In the article Catherine Genovese is on her way home at
3:20 am when a man in an alley stabs her, then leaves. As she is trying to escape
he returns to stab her on two other occasions. The third time is fatal. The whole
time there were citizens watching but they did nothing to help her. Once the body is
taken away the people come out and explain they didnt want to get involved.

Work Cited

GAnsberg, M. Thirty-eight Who Saw Murder and Didnt Call Police. The New York Times. New York
Times, 27 March 1964. Web. 27 March 2016