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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

15 yr. old girl gets mugged next to three "security guards".

I'll make the initial observation that if you took any one of these three fools and laid their balls on a the edge of a razor blade, they'd look like two "beebees" in the middle of a four lane interstate highway. Here's the story, found via Lucianne.com at www.chron.com;

SEATTLE — A 15-year-old girl who was badly beaten and robbed in a Seattle bus tunnel as three unarmed security guards looked on told investigators that she thought the men would protect her.

The statements were revealed in court papers filed Wednesday against the teen girl accused of attacking her and the three young men accused of stealing her purse, phone and iPod. The four were all charged with first-degree robbery.

The victim told a King County sheriff's detective that the group followed her from a nearby department store into the bus tunnel at Westlake Station on Jan. 28, and she deliberately stood next to the three guards.

The guards didn't intervene, though. They have standing orders to "observe and report," so they called police but did nothing else as another 15-year-old girl punched and repeatedly kicked the victim in the head.

Government officials as well as executives at Olympic Security Services Inc., which employs the guards, are reviewing that protocol after the guards' response was caught on surveillance video.

"I went to the security and told them that these kids were trying to jump me," the girl said. "I know that I am about to get jumped and I am hanging around the guards to try and get protection. ... I thought the security guards would defend me."

The girl, who is black, also told the detective that the altercation began at a nearby department store, where some in the group made threatening comments that she had "nice things" and that she acts "white."

Two Seattle police officers noticed the escalating situation and kicked the group out of the Macy's, then brought the girl and her friend to another exit, the victim said. She reported that she asked the officers for an escort to the bus tunnel, just below the department store, but the officers refused.

The Seattle Police Department did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

One of the defendants, Dominique Whitaker, told detectives that earlier in the evening the victim had pepper-sprayed another person in the group.

The victim, who reported that she lost consciousness during the attack, was not hospitalized. She said she has a potentially fatal heart condition, and tried to protect her chest as she was being kicked.

King County Sheriff's Sgt. John Urquhart said the guards were right to follow their training.

"If you're a bank teller and you do something other than give them the money, you're going to get fired," Urquhart said. "We don't expect civilians to take police action. In this case, it was a violent fight, and they were outnumbered by this pack of people 3-to-1."

Metro Transit General Manager Kevin Desmond and other King County officials were less forgiving.

"We are very disappointed in what people see in that video," Desmond said. "It was absolutely unacceptable. I know the Olympic Security folks were also disappointed in the response, but again, the employees were following the letter of the agreement."

Metro Transit contracts with the King County Sheriff's Office for 68 police officers, and supplements that force with civilian guards provided by Olympic Security Services Inc. of Tukwila, Wash. All three of the guards involved are Olympic employees.

The guards' duties include helping customers and reporting suspicious objects, disruptive behavior and equipment problems.

Olympic Security President Mark Vinson did not immediately return calls seeking comment, but Desmond said the company is quickly working up a proposed contract revision, which could include additional training and new guidelines on how and when guards should intervene.

Other options include hiring armed guards.

Unarmed guards could put themselves and others at risk if they intervene in certain situations. But this incident was largely a fight between two teenage girls, and there does not appear to be any indication that the larger group would have become involved if the guards broke it up, Desmond said.

"If I was there on the platform I don't know that I would have stood there," he said. "It's their job to be down there. The people at Olympic Security had the same human response: 'Why didn't we step in to protect the girl on the ground?'"

The girl charged with being the primary attacker faces up to 2 1/2 years in juvenile detention if convicted. Whitaker, 18, and Latroy D. Hayman, 20, each face a sentence of 31 to 41 months in prison if convicted, and the third adult defendant, Tyrone J. Watson, 18, faces a sentence of 36 to 48 months in prison.

It was not immediately clear if any had obtained lawyers.

Two things come to mind. The first is the name "Kitty Genovese". The second is the term "concealed carry".

This is pure bullshit. Never mind the crappola of what they're hired to do. These males (I'll not call them men) stood by while a young girl was assaulted in their plain sight. WTF kind of male can look at himself in the mirror after that?

They'd be outnumbered 3 to 1? Well boo effing hoo. Hey, that girl was outnumbered 9 to 1! These dipshits just stood there watching. For a video of this found at Breitbart, click here;
http://www.breitbart.tv/caught-on-tape-seattle-security-guards-stand-by-as-teen-girl-brutally-attacked/ Better not have anything breakable in reach.


These three buttwipes are a disgrace to the human race.

5 comments:

MightyMom said...

you basically took the words out of my mouth (as usual)....

okay, fine, not in contract to "get involved" I can get that.

but what if they WEREN'T "on duty"????

what if 3 GROWN F'N MEN just stood by while a 15 year old girl got jumped and beaten??? with no "contract" to hide under WHAT THEN??

sig94 said...

It riles me that this happens also. But what of one of these men hurt one of the suspects and ended up getting sued?

I have been sued twice, once in state and once in federal court, for doing my job. Both times I came out okay, but I could have lost everything I owned, my house, my savings, everything. It really takes the wind out of your sails. I DO NOT TRUST JURIES. They are idiots.

Until you've been there and went through the process, maybe you shouldn't judge. Make the state pass a law that protects people when they intervene in situations like this. But of course the lawyers have to be fed...

Subvet said...

Sig94, I understand your argument. With that in mind, why didn't they just place themselves between the victim and her assailants? No violence, no "hands-on" response, just physically blocking access to the girl?

MightyMom said...

oh, don't worry, they'll be judged by much better than I.

ABNPOPPA said...

Subvet, My comments are better understood if I re-post Sig 94's comment. It should read better for continuity.

sig94 said...

It riles me that this happens also. But what of one of these men hurt one of the suspects and ended up getting sued?

I have been sued twice, once in state and once in federal court, for doing my job. Both times I came out okay, but I could have lost everything I owned, my house, my savings, everything. It really takes the wind out of your sails. I DO NOT TRUST JURIES. They are idiots.

Well, I guess that is the difference between me and Sig94. I put human life and my moral obligations ahead of my material possessions. What G-d giveth, G-d can taketh away. What value does one put on human life and suffering? Regarding the comment on the juries. There is an old Police saying that goes like this. I would rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6. I am sure the victim would have had at least one Security Officer feel this way. Regarding juries being stupid, I will make the presumption he had jury trials. Acquitted twice. They may be stupid, in his opinion, but I believe the results were in his best interest. I am not sure I follow his line of thinking.

Until you've been there and went through the process, maybe you shouldn't judge.

I agree there is a certain validity in this statement. However having been investigated by Internal Affairs, (came out clean as the hounds tooth) I still say refer to my first comment. It's a matter of faith, for me.

Make the state pass a law that protects people when they intervene in situations like this
.
An excellent idea. I look forward to your progress reports on how far you have come in getting this legislation going.

But of course the lawyers have to be fed...

Sig94 I have read you many times before at Subvet's blog. This sounds like a cop out to me. Very unbecoming for you, IMHO.

Now on a personal note:
I have been the Security Manager of 2 major shopping malls for 2 major companies. In both cases my Officers were always told to "observe and report". Having said that they were also told at any point where physical assaults were taking place or anticipated they were to intervene and use what force was necessary. With both organizations the Corporate attorneys were consulted and gave "written" opinions. The opinions were the Corporations would face a "greater" liability exposure for NOT reacting.

As an added note I would say my officers received more training in verbal persuasion, self defense, crowd control and hand to hand than any unarmed company I know. Some corporations look at Security as a necessary evil. Others look at it as a chance for good public relations. I was fortunate to work for two companies that felt the later was the best.

Thus endeth the dissertation for the day.

Respectfully submitted,
Pos

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