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Hit and run victim lies in the street, people just keep on walking

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In an unusual display of public anger, Hartford's police chief Wednesday gave vent to his feelings about the recent violence afflicting his city and the lack of decency among residents.

Chief Daryl K. Roberts was responding to a hit-and-run Friday afternoon that left a 78-year-old city man paralyzed, lying in the middle of Park Street under full view of passing motorists and onlookers, the savage beating and robbery Monday morning of former Deputy Mayor Nicholas Carbone and the discovery Wednesday of a badly decomposed body of a man in the basement of his family's recently foreclosed home.

Roberts said those incidents are indicative of the callousness and lack of humanity that has taken hold of his city.

"Those are three situations that dehumanize our community," Roberts said, speaking to reporters at an afternoon press briefing. "I'm ashamed to say our city has a toxic relationship with ourselves."

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I was shocked at people's indifference.
cubbingabout

8 responses // Hit and run victim lies in the street, people just keep on walking

  • Totally unbelievable
    patriotgames1
  • I gasped when i saw the video, how can people be so callous and indifferent to something that is happening before their very eyes. It's a sad sad world
    traceyjones
  • I know Tracey i couldnt believe what i was seeing either. Is just a cleqar indication of the apathy of the masses to anything. The ' i don't want to get involved' syndrome or Someone might sue me for something. The days of the good samaritan are well and truly dead
    cubbingabout
  • I am from Ct. and live about half an hour away from Hartford and Its a rough city full of crime, such as murder, robbery and drug dealings 24/7. I can't speak for the people who live there, but I dont think they care or maybe they're high on elicit drugs, those being heroin and coke/crack cocaine. Their is no excuse for those people just standing by while this elderly man is lying in the middle of the road fighting for his survival. It is really hard to watch as cars and bystanders just go on about their day. It's really sad and I feel for his son and family who are dealing with this. I hope they find t he personn who did this and convict harshly for this crime.
    realitybytes
  • So sad.
    StrangeConversation
  • With all the desensitization in modern media, entertainment, and relatively all other social mediums, who's surprised?
    PatrioticAstronaut
  • i guess people were too busy watching the video of the man getting hit on their phones to care much. Truly a display of one cities people, caring for one another.
    Darevalo
  • When I first read the text, I wasn't really that shocked because you hear a lot about people who try to get involved in things who end up getting hurt themselves trying to break up fights, etc. But watching that video, I just couldn't believe it. Hit and runs are bad enough without having people just ignore it. The worst thing is that cars slow down, people peer over, but then just decide "nah".

    It's true that I have walked past many drunks and stuff in the street, but that's their own doing and I can't put myself at risk to help them. But that's just incredible. How can you just leave a fellow person injured in the road like that? Especially an old man, in broad daylight. I hope the man was alright? And if not, my deepest sympathies to his family and loved ones.

    My faith in humanity was somewhat restored last year, however, when a woman got hit by a car on my street. I saw it from my 5th floor balcony and within seconds people were helping her, someone had called the emergency services, someone was diverting traffic and within 10 minutes she had been put onto a stretcher and taken away by the emergency services. It was truly inspiring to see that all is not lost.
    amstreater

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