"THE BYSTANDER EFFECT "

Leaving for school a few weeks ago  i noticed  the people that live across the street, called the police. i didn't have time to check to see what happen. doing the next week i went across the street and ask what happen. she shared with me that a few kids from school threw a large rock through her back window of her mini van. i felt very bad for her because she's elderly, can't speak english and the majority of the kids that passes her house everyday are mostly black kids that always seem like a problem.i noticed the kids from that day on if i happen to be outside. several days passed, i noticed one day some kids bullying the neighors children. i was the only one outside and i sort turn my head and refuse to investigate the problem because i'm afraid of the mind set of these children. i have heard many horror stories of people getting invovled in situations such as this, i realized that no one else was outside but me so i decided to not interfere because after all i was not sure if they were really playing a bully or just playing around. Every friday i have yard sales. on one particular friday i befreinded two sisters who along with their mother frequently visited the yard sales. from that day on they would stop by to give me a hug on fridays. as time pass i began to notice a change in the oldest sibling i wondered what happen to her,then i found out that she was one of the kids who threw the rock and she was with the others who  seemingly was doing the bullying. i began to look forward to seeing her because i wanted to ask her about the incidents but she stopped coming by. months passed , then one day as i was talking with some clients outside, here come the children from school, as that approach the neighbors truck they immediately jumped on the truck and began to jump up and down on the truck as though they were possessed with some kind of demon. i started running across the street shouting "what is wrong with yall get off these people truck " they looked at me as though they were ready to jump on me but at this time other people came over to assit me. if i was outside alone i never would have tried that. i  don't know if this is consisdered the "the bystander effect " but i was a bystander for a long time because these children did a plenty destructive things  that  now that i think of it, something should have been done a long time ago. i also found out that others would look through their windows at these children but refuse to get involved but that particular day i just refuse to be just a  bystander.