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Originally Posted by preciousjeni
If it's an argument that's getting heated, I'll usually ask "Are y'all ok?" to draw attention to the fact that another people are noticing what's happening. If there's a fight in progress, I'll call the police.
On a related topic, if I have ANY question about someone's safety (child, woman, man, whatever), I'll ask if they're ok. This has gotten me in trouble with parents in the past. It's one thing to smack your child in public, but it's another to beat the child down, particuarly with a weapon of some sort. If a child is on the ground and still getting hit, I'll ask if there's a problem.
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i've done that before. i don't PHYSICALLY get involved but the eye contact to the "victim", ARE YOU OK, and eye contact back to the "aggressor" has been used to diffuse the situation.
random but related. one night back in college i was out late... in a place i had NO BUSINESS BEING anyway... and called my roomate to pick me up. on our way back to campus we see two people SCRAPPIN in the street. as we drove by we say hair flying so we were like oh no, thats a woman getting beat down. We drove up, honked the horn and flashed the lights and yelled GET IN THE CAR!!!!!! The dude was startled so he just kinda stood there while she jumped in... we drove about another block to a 24/7 grocery store and thank god there was a policeman on patrol. I don't know what happened after that but the lady was just crying and my roomie and i were shook for about a week after that.
anytime i *think* i see a situation i make sure to do the "are you o.k." check cause you never know.