The girl was able to maneuver her backpack off. And she hurried off the car from another stop, but the boys allegedly followed her home. They left the scene when they spotted building security. A Mattapan man beats up his ex-girlfriend in a crowded elevator and no one comes to her aid. People do help sometimes, but it depends these days.
People get scared.
It's been more than three decades since the cries of a dying Kitty Genovese went unanswered by 38 of her Queens, N.Y., neighbors, opening up a field of study on moral behavior. The boys allegedly tied her to a pole, and fondled her breasts and buttocks. The four juveniles were arraigned on indecent assault and battery charges Friday and will not be allowed back into school until suspension proceedings are completed, according to school officials and police. They will also be referred to a school-run counseling center before a decision is made on whether they can return. A Boston police detective investigating the case, who asked not to be named, said adults on the crowded car did not have ''a vantage point to know'' what was going on.