The number of witnesses may be exaggerated, how much of the attack any given witness saw is probably exaggerated, and the extent to which any of those witnesses could have plausibly realized the severity of the attack is likely exaggerated.
(...) no witness saw the entire sequence of events. Most only heard portions of the incident without realizing its seriousness, a few saw only small portions of the initial assault, and no witnesses directly saw the final attack and rape in an exterior hallway (...) Additionally, after the initial attack punctured her lungs (...) it is unlikely that she was able to scream at any volume."
Not exactly a happy story either way, but nowhere near as bad as "a group of people watching a woman be raped and killed and choosing not to do anything", just your ordinary, garden-variety, this-is-clearly-someone-else's-problem bystander effect.
Does this negatively impact the incident's use as an example? Not really.
More importantly, it doesn't change the fact that the correct reaction to the incident is clearly to don a mysterious mask and become a costumed, crime-fighting vigilante.
More importantly, it doesn't change the fact that the correct reaction to the incident is clearly to don a mysterious mask and become a costumed, crime-fighting vigilante.
Which will inevitably result in your winding up in the hospital, with a bunch of metal in you, and a complete inability to feel pain. Which no doubt will help you the next time you feel inclined to be so stupid. Which will get you into trouble that you need real superheros to get you out of.
(If you don't understand this comment, you probably didn't watch Kick Ass.)
(...) no witness saw the entire sequence of events. Most only heard portions of the incident without realizing its seriousness, a few saw only small portions of the initial assault, and no witnesses directly saw the final attack and rape in an exterior hallway (...) Additionally, after the initial attack punctured her lungs (...) it is unlikely that she was able to scream at any volume."
Not exactly a happy story either way, but nowhere near as bad as "a group of people watching a woman be raped and killed and choosing not to do anything", just your ordinary, garden-variety, this-is-clearly-someone-else's-problem bystander effect.
Does this negatively impact the incident's use as an example? Not really.
More importantly, it doesn't change the fact that the correct reaction to the incident is clearly to don a mysterious mask and become a costumed, crime-fighting vigilante.