Monday, August 25, 2014
Common Sense Please People....
Train groper escapes along tracks at Ebisu station in Tokyo
Crime Aug. 22, 2014 - 02:19PM JST ( 32 )
TOKYO —
A man suspected of groping a woman on the JR Yamanote line escaped by jumping onto the tracks at JR Ebisu station in Tokyo on Thursday night. His actions delayed trains along the Yamanote line for about 30 minutes, TBS reported Friday.
According to police, the man groped the woman in her 20s on the train running between Meguro and Ebisu at around 7:15 p.m. Thursday. After the woman cried out, other passengers grabbed the man. Upon arriving at Ebisu station, however, the man managed to free himself, jumped from the platform onto the tracks and fled.
The man’s shirt came off in the scuffle. He jumped over the fence and ran away, TBS reported.
Police said the suspect appeared to be in his 30s, of thin build and about 170 cms tall. He was wearing jeans.
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@John Carl Smith
ReplyDelete>Run free! I am a tad superstitious... the facts are not clear. This is a great place to blog about but not a place to pass judgement. WE don't know what happened!
Yes indeed! We don't know what happened. It's too bad the guy had to risk his life to get free of the situation.
It speaks to a larger issue, quite rampant in Japan -- this is idea of self policing... while if someone is actively being assaulted, violated, rapped ect, -- YES it's a GOOD IDEA to HELP Them!
If nothing else, make a phone call, and alert the AUTHORITIES!...
But I've seen here in Japan, too many people have this stupid notion, that they need to become the police themselves, and affect some kind of arrest!.. That's crazy... From what the story indicates, that what-ever happened, was already over, and that these, "Good Samaritans" injected themselves into the situation to perform some kind of "Citizens Arrest." The girl / woman was not in any danger, any more, the incident was over...
Unless you are an OFF-DUTY Police Officer -- Why not simply take a photo of the guy, and call the cops...?
**By the Grace of GOD, he wasn't hit by a train!** Then you'd be personally responsible for a DEATH..
**Or what if the guy pulled a knife and stabbed you...?**
Not that long ago, a convenience store clerk (part-time employee - university student) chased after a guy stealing a 6-pack of beer...
**The shoplifter, confronted the clerk, who ran after and tried to detain the man, and the clerk was FATALLY STABBED to DEATH!**
**WORTH IT...?**
Common Sense People!
Let the Police do their JOBS... If someone's in Trouble, YES Help Them, but there's no need to play Rambo and try to arrest someone...
That's just silly...