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French went in was much better. they were quick, they were fast and probably saved a lot of lives. from what people have come out and said, the terrorists were just mowing people down. so we do have at least the ability to say that the french were very prepared. however, they were still taken by surprise and i think that we have to understand the way in which terrorist networks operate, they operate secretly. and while there is a bystander effect we don't know any of that for several days. right now we are just guessing. >> lieutenant colonel rick francona, does it seem like they were targetin...

What would you do if you saw someone being brutally murdered on a commuter train? would you step in? not one of the by standers confronted the guy who was killing coven sutherland. he was repeatedly kicked in the head. nobody. should those passengers have done more? would you? i want to explore the psychology of the so-called by stander effect. joining me now is psychiatrist dr. gail salts. does lack of intervention equal cowardice? >> no. there's a phenomenon called diffusion of responsibility. when you are in a group you are much much less likely to take any action in an emergency situation ...

So his intent really doesn't matter. and then, of courts you have the liability issues on behalf of the police department. whether or not there's this issue of whether or not his training was falsified, whether could also result in other police officers being charged with official misconduct with falsifying paperwork and conspiracy. >> okay. listen to another pretty horrible story in the headlines this week out of the young woman who was gang raped in panama city, florida. authorities said this occurred out in the open hundreds of people were watching. so what is the duty of onlookers? the goo...

Thought to myself oh, my goodness all i see here is alcoholic and sex addicts. and every time you find an adverse outcome, you find alcohol and substances. this young woman thinks she was drugged. i bet she was not. i bet it was strictly alcohol related. we do not raise our young people to understand that when someone is incapacitated by alcohol, this woman should have been taken to an emergency. she could have just as easily aspirated and died. instead, she becomes the victim of a gang rape and it happened in front of other effect. we all know a bystander effect. this is more than the bystand...

Professor of psychology at the university of amherst and defense attorney danny selo is here. a woman with a 2-year-old child beaten so ferociously, while people actually comment and videotape nearby and not one person except the baby tries to stop the beating. >> there's so many aspects to this situation. it all happened so quickly. we do know there is a bystander effect that's been shown in many psychological studies. it's a typical tendency, unfortunately, for people not necessarily to rush in and help when somebody needs our help. the reasons are many. one is the situation. but two is we l...