Maggie and Olivia discuss the rise of public assaults being filmed, whether or not you should intervene, the controversial stand your ground laws, and how the bystander effect is at play in these situations.

CREDITS: Hosted by Maggie Anders and Olivia Rondeau

Produced by Pavel Rusakov

Edited by Pavel Rusakov

SOURCES:

https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/us/citizens-arrest-what-is-explained-trnd/index.html

https://www.foxnews.com/world/american-lawyer-arrested-fatally-shooting-2-environmental-protesters-panama-road-blockade-police

https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/does-self-defense-apply-defend-someone-else.html

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/defense_of_others

https://www.husseinandwebber.com/case-work/criminal-defense-articles/use-force-defense-others/

https://www.newsweek.com/ten-years-after-trayvon-martin-stand-your-ground-laws-remain-controversial-self-defense-1682571

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bystander-effect