Bystanders freeze during violence because they fear escalation or getting hurt. But your fear of a specific person is itself a warning sign that danger is real. If you can safely step in, do it. If you're unsure, get backup first.
Why don't we do more to intervene? So give me reasons you think people don't intervene quicker in these scenes. Not you personally, but just people as a whole. Yep. They don't want to escalate it further. They don't want to escalate it further. So they think, if I intervene, it could get worse. Now let's think about that for a second. You're right. People will do that. If I intervene, their worst usually is like, I could get hit. I could get hurt, right? Something like that. If the person you're checking in on, you're afraid is going to punch you. Jesse for checking in, is Aaron in serious danger right now? Yes. So the moment I'm afraid of Jesse, this is a red flag. I need to do something more than ever because I'm afraid of Jesse. What's Jesse going to do? So I might need other people to back me up, but I need to do something here.
