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Kitty Genovese: More Important Than The Call Of Indifference?

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Humans care about the well-being of the world and the people in it, but that does not mean that they can be bothered to make the world better. In 1964 a young woman’s life was less important than the call of indifference. Her name was Catherine “Kitty” Genovese and she was ultimately murdered because her thirty-eight neighbors could not be bothered to lift a finger to save her life. If this were the case in today’s society, the thirty-eight witnesses would have more than likely put on trial for accessory to murder because current laws make it illegal to be so indifferent to such a gruesome and heinous crime. If everyone was this indifferent to all crime, there would be nonstop theft and murder, the society and economy would quickly fall apart and there would be total chaos. …show more content…

Lussen, the Assistant Chief Inspector on the Genovese case, he once said “the Kew Gardens slaying baffles him – not because it is a murder, but because the ‘good people’ failed to call the police” (Gansberg 129) it is astounding that not one of the thirty-eight would call the police because these were normal law abiding people who could not be compelled to call the police and save this young woman’s

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