Despicable

[hc4361]

Shocking behaviour from onlookers - it is becoming more common. I can't understand the mentality of anyone who even wants to watch a distressed person jumping to his death

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2997168/Horror-jeering-crowd-goaded-suicidal-man-jump-multi-storey-car-park-minutes-plunged-death.html

I think a large area should be cordoned off and dispersal orders made in these circumstances, regardless of how much it inconveniences others.

[andy-hughes]

divebuddy - //But don't we all rubber neck a bit as we drive through the carnage of a motorway accident. //

I don't think your comparison fits - there is a difference between having to pass an accident that has happened, and encouraging someone to take their own life.

But for the record - no, I keep my eyes firmly facing front, I worry that I may encounter an image I can't remove later, if ever.

[gordiescotland1]

This is horrendous that poor man was obviously in distress and to take pleasure out of that and encourage someone to jump is despicable human nature at its lowest. I hope it never happens to them that they feel so desperate. They should be prosecuted for this I feel so sorry for the man and his family. I myself have felt suicidal at times but had good friends and mental health team for support but some people are not so fortunate. I have been to 2 funerals of friends who committed suicide one by jumping off a hill and another a bridge and I wish I had known they were so desperate I would have tried to help but this kind of behaviour makes me feel very angry.

[ludwig]

There was a similar incident near where I live. Someone on top of a multi storey carpark, with crowds below jeering at him and telling him to jump etc. (He did and died). It seems to just be something that morons enjoy doing.

It's a shame they couldn't be made to remove the body and clean up the mess afterwards.

[janbee]

I heard about this incident and the crowd laughing, taking pics and shouting "jump". Shame on them all.

[anotheoldgit]

It was reported

/// Their actions were last night condemned by police. Officers said that those who took the offensive photographs and posted footage of his death on social media could face prosecution. ///

As much as we would all like to see these sick individuals face prosecution, anyone know what they could have been charged with?

Surely the press was in attendance why didn't they take photos of those vile cretins so as to publish them in their newspapers for all to see, or wouldn't that be allowed?

[andy-hughes]

AOG - // As much as we would all like to see these sick individuals face prosecution, anyone know what they could have been charged with? //

Thinking about it, I am not sure they have broken any law, otherwise you would hope the police would have been making arrests.

[wolf63]

Sometimes things happen quickly and we are slow to react. It may seem that people are standing around looking and doing nothing.

But to jeer and encourage him to jump - that is not failing to react quickly. They have shouted before using their brains.

I have been suicidal and can say that he may have not even noticed what was going on around him. The baying crowd 'may' have had no impact on the final outcome. They should still be very ashamed of themselves.

[andy-hughes]

wolf63 - // I have been suicidal and can say that he may have not even noticed what was going on around him. The baying crowd 'may' have had no impact on the final outcome. They should still be very ashamed of themselves. //

I would agree - it is unlikely that the man jumped because the crowd encouraged him, or that he would have not jumped had they shouted to him not to.

The whole situation reflects badly on sections of modern society - although as I have opined, twas ever thus.

[vulcan42]

Yet another example of just how selfish we have become. No doubt in my mind that the uppermost thought of these cretins was, I wonder how much money can I make if I film it.

[andy-hughes]

vulcan42 - // No doubt in my mind that the uppermost thought of these cretins was, I wonder how much money can I make if I film it. //

I think that invests these people will a level of forward thinking - or indeed any thinking - which they do not possess.

[vulcan42]

andy-hughes, you're probably right but I still think, for a lot of people, greed supersedes intelligence.

[andy-hughes]

vulcan42 - // andy-hughes, you're probably right but I still think, for a lot of people, greed supersedes intelligence. //

If there was a circumstance where someone turned up at a news outlet and said 'Look what I filmed, how much are you going to pay me for it?', then your premise would regrettably be proven correct.

[whirlyhurly]

The lack of empathy. "Mans inhumanity to man"

[hc4361]

I recently learned that people travelled in their hordes to the last public hanging - by tube. 2000 people watched.
It seems inconceivable to me that the London Underground and public executions in London existed at the same time.

[andy-hughes]

hc4361 - //I recently learned that people travelled in their hordes to the last public hanging - by tube. 2000 people watched.
It seems inconceivable to me that the London Underground and public executions in London existed at the same time. //

But true - the first tube started running in 1863, and the last man publicly hanged - Michael Barrett - was executed in 1868.

[hc4361]

Yes, Andy. I found it to be a fascinating fact.

[andy-hughes]

What I found to be more remarkable, was that Rosa Parkes made her historic stand within my lifetime.

[hc4361]

Indeed, Andy. I remember Malcolm X coming to Smethwick in the 60s, feeling shamed that he needed to