Soldato
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Early this evening, I left work and walked a couple of miles to the coach stop as I do every day.
It’s in London, Puddle dock, behind Blackfriars train station as I commute from Kent.
Standing there waiting, it becomes apparent there is a situation occurring, a policeman has stopped an electric scooter rider for illegally riding his device, only the rider, a huge guy isn’t having any of it.
At this point people are watching, phones come out, everyone’s filming. As the situation unfolds, it’s clear the policeman is out of his depth and a major scuffle breaks out as the officer tries to detain the rider, the rider doesn’t want to be detained so keeps trying to walk off, eventually dragging the officer along the ground, with the officer shouting.
In what seems like an instant, they’re in front of me fighting, the officer is losing.
I look around, is someone going to help?
No. All people are doing are watching, filming and a few are laughing.
As the officer hits the floor, I make eye contact with him, suddenly I realise my fellow passengers are gone, moved up the road and it’s just me!
What do you do?
I stepped in to assist.
Fortunately I was in a position to restrain the rider (thanks Ju Jitsu!) and subdue him with the officer until backup arrived. The officer hit a panic button and within 2 mins several police cars were on the scene.
They arrested the rider, took a statement from me and several others, the assaulted officer shook my hand and thanked me, although he had a broken finger.
I then jumped on the coach and went home.
I was talking about it this evening to my wife when I got home and she replied that she wouldn’t know how to react in such a situation, I get that but ....
This was 16:35 in London, loads of people were there, loads. I was the only one that helped and it’s genuinely shocked me.
What has society come to? When people would either watch, film or walk away from someone who needed help?
Forget that it was a policeman, it was a human being needing help...
Restore some of my faith in humanity, who would have helped?
It’s in London, Puddle dock, behind Blackfriars train station as I commute from Kent.
Standing there waiting, it becomes apparent there is a situation occurring, a policeman has stopped an electric scooter rider for illegally riding his device, only the rider, a huge guy isn’t having any of it.
At this point people are watching, phones come out, everyone’s filming. As the situation unfolds, it’s clear the policeman is out of his depth and a major scuffle breaks out as the officer tries to detain the rider, the rider doesn’t want to be detained so keeps trying to walk off, eventually dragging the officer along the ground, with the officer shouting.
In what seems like an instant, they’re in front of me fighting, the officer is losing.
I look around, is someone going to help?
No. All people are doing are watching, filming and a few are laughing.
As the officer hits the floor, I make eye contact with him, suddenly I realise my fellow passengers are gone, moved up the road and it’s just me!
What do you do?
I stepped in to assist.
Fortunately I was in a position to restrain the rider (thanks Ju Jitsu!) and subdue him with the officer until backup arrived. The officer hit a panic button and within 2 mins several police cars were on the scene.
They arrested the rider, took a statement from me and several others, the assaulted officer shook my hand and thanked me, although he had a broken finger.
I then jumped on the coach and went home.
I was talking about it this evening to my wife when I got home and she replied that she wouldn’t know how to react in such a situation, I get that but ....
This was 16:35 in London, loads of people were there, loads. I was the only one that helped and it’s genuinely shocked me.
What has society come to? When people would either watch, film or walk away from someone who needed help?
Forget that it was a policeman, it was a human being needing help...
Restore some of my faith in humanity, who would have helped?
