CANCELED EARLIER THIS MONTH
LEAVING PASSENGERS STRANDED
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
>> Bill: OUTRAGE GROWING AFTER
THE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A WOMAN
ON A COMMUTER TRAIN OUTSIDE OF
PHILLY A WEEK AGO.
OTHER COMMUTERS RECORDED THE
ATTACK ON THEIR I-PHONES
INSTEAD OF CALLING 911 TO HELP.
SHE WAS HARASSED AND ASSAULTED
FOR MORE THAN 40 MINUTES AND
TRAVELED 27 TRAIN STOPS BEFORE
THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED.
WE HAVE MORE ON THE STORY NOW.
>> BILL, POLICE SAY THE RAPE
HAPPENED ON A TRAIN JUST NORTH
OF PHILADELPHIA.
FELLOW PASSENGERS LOOKING ON
DURING THE COURSE OF THIS
ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT FAILING
TO HELP HER.
SOME POTENTIALLY RECORDING THE
ASSAULT ON THEIR CELL PHONES.
THE ALLEGED ASSAILANT IS IN
CUSTODY.
A 35-YEAR-OLD FACING MULTIPLE
CHARGES INCLUDING RAPE AND
SEXUAL ASSAULT.
POLICE SAY THE ATTACK HAPPENED
LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT AFTER HE
BOARDED THE TRAIN IN NORTH
PHILADELPHIA GETTING ON AT THE
SAME STATION AS THE VICTIM.
HE HARASSED AND GRABBED THE
WOMAN BEFORE RAPING HER.
OTHER RIDERS HELD UP CELL
PHONES POINTED IN THE DIRECTION
OF THE ATTACK.
POLICE DIDN’T ARRIVE UNTIL A
TRANSIT SYSTEM EMPLOYEE CALLED
911.
>> THE DOOR IS OPEN AND AN
OFFICER ENTERED AND SAW WHAT HE
BELIEVED WAS A CRIMINAL ACT.
RIPPED THE MAN OFF OF HER AND
PULLED HIM OUT ONTO THE
PLATFORM.
>> FOR REPORTING TUCKER CARLSON
TONIGHT TEAM THE SUSPECT HAD A
CRIMINAL RECORD AND ORIGINALLY
COME TO THE U.S. ON A STUDENT
VISA TERMINATED IN 2015.
2017 HE PLED GUILTY TO A SEXUAL
ABUSE MISDEMEANOR AND SENTENCED
TO 120 DAYS IN PRISON.
HE WAS NEVER DEPORTED BECAUSE
IT WAS DETERMINED HIS CRIME
WASN’T SERIOUS.
HE IS GOING THE RETURN TO COURT
ON OCTOBER 25th.
>> Bill: STUNNING INDEED.
>> Dana: LET’S BRING IN JUDGE
JEANINE PIRRO.
I’M A LITTLE SPEECHLESS ON THIS
ONE.
IT IS SO UPSETTING.
>> WE SHOULD ALL BE SPEECHLESS
ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
IT SPEAKS TO THE DISINTEGRATION
OF THE SOCIETY.
IT IS A CULTURE THAT IS
NON-FEELING, DEHUMANIZING
VICTIMS WHEN WE’RE SEEING THEM
IN FRONT OF US.
FOR SO MANY YEARS WE ALWAYS TRY
TO THINK WE WON’T BE A VICTIM.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN TO US.
THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS WE
DON’T PUT OURSELVES IN PLACE OF
A VICTIM.
THIS WAS SO HORRIFIC AND SO
AWFUL THAT PEOPLE ACTUALLY TOOK
TO THEIR CELL PHONES.
YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THAT
27 STOPS AS MOLLYLINE REPORTED,
PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF TIME.
HE STARTED GROPING HER AND
HARASSING HER.
RIPPED OFF HER CLOTHES AND
RAPED HER IN FRONT OF ALL THESE
PEOPLE.
NO ONE DID A THING.
SOMETHING CALLED THE BYSTANDER
EFFECT WHERE THERE IS A BUNCH
OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND NO ONE
DOES ANYTHING SO NO ONE ELSE
WANTS TO DO ANYTHING.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS.
THERE IS NO GOOD SAMARITAN LAW
IN THE UNITED STATES OR A LAW
THAT REQUIRES ANYONE TO DO
ANYTHING WHEN IT COMES TO
HELPING SOMEONE OUT UNLESS A
CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT CASE
WHERE THERE IS MANDATORY
REPORTING. UNLESS YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER
UNLESS YOU ARE A POLICE OFFICER
OR PHYSICIAN CHARGED WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY.
THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PART OF
THIS IS THE PRIOR ARREST FOR
DRUGS, CONVICTION FOR SEXUAL
ABUSE AND JUDGE SAYING IT IS
NOT A SERIOUS CRIME.
I SUSPECT -- YOU KNOW, IF I
WERE A GAMBLING WOMAN I WOULD
SAY MISDEMEANOR FIRST TIME
SEXUAL ABUSE STAERTD AS A
FELONY.
THEY GAVE HIM A DEAL AND HE IS
STILL IN THE COUNTRY AND HERE
ILLEGALLY.
NO ONE WILL SEND HIM HOME.
>> Bill: THE WHOLE IDEA OF 27
STOPS WITHOUT SOMEBODY
INTERVENING.
THE POLICE CHIEF WHO RUNS THE
TRANSIT AGENCY.
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S RUNNING
THROUGH THE MINDS IN FOLKS’
HEADS.
IT CONCERNS ME ENOUGH TO WANT
TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU
FOLKS TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT
THAT IF PEOPLE SEE BEHAVIOR
THAT IS UNUSUAL, WE WANT TO
KNOW ABOUT IT.
>> Bill: OF COURSE.
>> GOOD FOR HIM.
>> Bill: THAT COULD HAVE GONE
52 STOPS.
IT TOOK 27 STOPS.
>> Dana: AN OFF DUTY TRANSIT
PERSON.
>> NO ONE EVEN BOTHERED TO CALL
911.
HOW HARD IS IT TO DO THAT ON
YOUR PHONE AND SAY LEAVE HER
ALONE?
SHE WAS RESISTING HIM.
SHE WAS PUSHING HIM AWAY.
NO ONE HAD ANY IDEA THEY WERE
TOGETHER OR ANYTHING ABSURD
LIKE THAT.
THIS IS ABOUT THE DEGRADATION
OF VICTIMS AND HUMANITY IN OUR
SOCIETY.
>> Dana: WHAT ABOUT THE
PROSECUTORS WHO IN SOME OF
THESE CITIES LIKE IN
PHILADELPHIA DON’T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT?
>> THEY DON’T TAKE THE MANTLE
OF THE VICTIM AND THAT’S THE
PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU HAVE PROSECUTORS, WE
HAVE THE TOTAL DISINTEGRATION OF SOCIETY.
OF SOCIETY.
IT IS HORRIFIC, AWFUL AND WHAT
IF HE HAD TAKEN OUT A KNIFE?
IT’S A SHAME THESE PEOPLE ARE
INVOLVED.
THEE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD
BE ASHAMED.
>> Dana: ANYBODY WHO FILMED IT,
WOULD THAT BE EVIDENCE?
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS EVIDENCE.
WHO FILMED?
IF THEY FILMED IT WITH THE IDEA
THEY WOULD GIVE IT TO A
PROSECUTOR.
LET’S SEE HOW MANY CALL THE
PROSECUTOR AND SAY I HAVE THE
VIDEO OF THAT WHERE IT SHOWS
SHE IS RESISTING AN DOESN’T
WANT HIM NEAR HER.
>> Bill: YOU HAVE BEEN INVOLVED
IN COUNTLESS CASES IN YOUR
CAREER.
I DON’T THINK WE KNOW THE WHOLE
STORY HERE YET.
>> PROBABLY NOT.
>> Bill: THERE IS MORE TO FIND
OUT ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE ON
BOARD THESE TRAINS.
>> IT IS SO TRUE WE NEVER KNOW
WHAT IS GOING ON AND RIGHT NOW
THAT POLICE CHIEF, THAT ONE YOU
JUST HEARD FROM, GOOD FOR HIM.
HE IS GOING TO GET TO THE
BOTTOM OF THIS.
>> Dana: SO UPSETTING.