# Girl Stabbed to Death While Chinese Police Officers Watched And Did Nothing

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 23, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-watched-and-did-nothing/667006 "2013-08-23T21:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![simple\_homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@simple\_homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simple_homer)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2013, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-watched-and-did-nothing/667006/1 "2013-08-23T21:00:19Z")

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Murder is apparently a spectator sport in China:  
[http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/videos/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-stood-by.html](http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/videos/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-stood-by.html)

“Surveillance footage during the crime showed: While the girl was being choked by the killer and stabbed to death, two police officers stood right in front of them, yet dared not to go forward to stop it. Not until the perpetrator stabbed himself and fell to the ground did the two policemen go forward to subdue him”

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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-watched-and-did-nothing/667006/2 "2013-08-24T05:44:22Z")

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People are not good.

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**Author:** ![Inna\_Minnit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Inna\_Minnit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inna_Minnit)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-watched-and-did-nothing/667006/3 "2013-08-24T18:39:02Z")

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Is China one of those places that police are unarmed?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2013, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-stabbed-to-death-while-chinese-police-officers-watched-and-did-nothing/667006/4 "2013-08-24T20:43:27Z")

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The article says they had batons. I would not want to go against a knife with a stick. I can’t see the video on my phone so I can’t really comment on it.