It's likely everyone was afraid to approach. But not approaching isnt an option.

Luckily one person acted despite his fear, the irony is in this incident all it needed was one person to show an act of resistance and the man ran away. I have not watched, dont intend to, but from the narrative, he didnt even attempt to fight someone he perceived as being able to match his strength.

It's hard to condemn anyone because you werent in their shoes, you can only hope you would act differently. Perhaps acting as a group was the way to go, this is often heard in accounts of passengers subduing an unruly fellow passenger

We have evolved into a sick and frightening village. It is sad that no one helped immediately, but in todays Bahamas were daylight killings are the norm and illegal gun totters are everywhere, what else could one expect? The Bahamian people are living in fear, living in fear to act, report and intervene.

The Police too busy sitting in air-conditioned cars and offices and waiting in line at Bamboo Shack. Instead of walking around and interacting with the community.

Police presence isn't about just showing up to push people around and after the crime is already done. Proactive crime prevention requires the police to have daily interactions with the regular life of the community.

So we blame the police? Do we have enough police to be everywhere?

The largest community in The Bahamas, Eight Mile Rock, only has 35 police officers to cover all of West Grand Bahama. How do we expect the poice to do it all?

Even the woman in this article, talked about no one stepping into do something, and she was not even stepping in. We have lost community in this country. We would rather take a video than step in and help.

And then we wonder why our country is going to the dogs. It is time for all of us, myself included, to really be the keeper of our brothers and sisters.

Boy in this climate you have to be careful, can save her but be killed in assisting. It's a sad situation but sometimes self-preservation must come first.

I gotta admit that I'm not sure I would have done anything without another person also willing to step in. It's very risk to get involved especially if you don't know the situation or what this lunatic might have in terms of weapons.
If he happed to pull a machete out from his pants then anyone helping would certainly have perished. Sad.

Aren't the police supposed to be patrolling these areas? Even worse, Quackoo Street Police Station isn't that far from there. This is terrible.

Police arent the solution in this case. The police could have passed two seconds earlier and even though they were in the area, they would have been no use. This needed the people there to respond, **the problem was they did not know what to do. "Filming" as sick as it appears, is a natural response "today", so someone didnt think twice before pulling out their phone and recording. But running into a fight "today" is not a natural response, a caveman on the other hand would have known he had to fight**. This incident has likely shown people that they need to respond. But it needs more training in the community so it becomes a natural response and it's done safely given circumstances, weapon/no weapon

There is nothing unusual about the lack of response from the public in this matter. It is an accepted fact which is documented in the literature of social psychology that people will refrain from getting involved in these incidents. It is called Bystander Apathy.

Until and unless we clear up the corruption in our country where the big ones get away with theft then will individuals who are motivated to intervene will no longer be of the view that that they will be risking their lives.

Only a National Campaign on inculcating and reinforcing in the minds of our citizens that we are indeed the keepers of our brothers and sisters can stop this recalcitrant attitude.

Keeping people like this off of the street would also help A LOT. I refer to all the violent criminals getting bail. There is a good chance that this guy is a repeat offender, known to police. I am certainly not equipped to take down a crack addict by myself without having to risk jail time myself for konking him with a bat.
Thankfully this situation was handled by one brave man. The next time it may take several citizens acting together.

If I was there I would if I could promptly park my car and take my wheel lock, conch him in his head.

People like this always go after women and are so cowardly when a man is present.