Elevator Murder Experiment

[muddywings]

The authorities would probably say not to intervene. Call it in and let them handle it.
Recent example: There was a drunk driver that hit several cars in a COS intersection last week, one of those involved followed him and kept the dispatcher informed of the driver's location. In the tv interview with the cops, they said the guy that followed him should not have done that.
I'm not one to sit back and let aholes get away with shit like that.

Ditto. I have in fact called in a drunk driver. It was about midnight and the guy was serving all over the place. I just held back, gave the plate and the location. As soon as I saw the lights I said goodbye to the dispatcher. It may have been the dude's first offense but I have a thing about drunk drivers and have zero tolerance for it.
I wouldn't become 'actively' involved in the situation such as yelling "citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest" but I would be a passive good witness and I follow the drunk.

[Dingo]

I wouldn't become 'actively' involved in the situation such as yelling "citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest..."

Are you quoting "The Andy Griffith" show where Gomer arrests Barney for the illegal u-turn? I remember that episode. :-)

[SideShow Bob]

Are you quoting "The Andy Griffith" show where Gomer arrests Barney for the illegal u-turn? I remember that episode. :-)

Gawd, you must almost as old as Blaster Bob..........

[wreave]

This is fake. Not just the two guys in the elevator, but everyone else as well, is an actor.

Think about it. Is it likely that:
-The owner/manager of a nice building let these guys set up this prank/test on their tenants/clients/guests.
-All those people called 911 and the police didn't worry about it and let them keep on doing their thing.
-Not one person had any kind of violent reaction that could have endangered the elevator guys. Closest was the fire extinguisher, which was only shown being sprayed from behind.

Actually, I originally saw this on ARFCOM, and it was just the video, not the CNN piece. In the CNN piece, they tell you that they talked to the guys who made it and they admit many of the people are actors. They say that some of them are real, but it's obvious that at least most if not all the ones in the video are actors.

[SideShow Bob]

This is fake. Not just the two guys in the elevator, but everyone else as well, is an actor.

Think about it. Is it likely that:
-The owner/manager of a nice building let these guys set up this prank/test on their tenants/clients/guests.
-All those people called 911 and the police didn't worry about it and let them keep on doing their thing.
-Not one person had any kind of violent reaction that could have endangered the elevator guys. Closest was the fire extinguisher, which was only shown being sprayed from behind.

Actually, I originally saw this on ARFCOM, and it was just the video, not the CNN piece. In the CNN piece, they tell you that they talked to the guys who made it and they admit many of the people are actors. They say that some of them are real, but it's obvious that at least most if not all the ones in the video are actors.

Well Duh,
This from the title line for the video.

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[TheBelly]

I think the little switch in my brain would go off. Bad things would probably happen.

yes, I'd intervene.

[BlasterBob]

Gawd, you must almost as old as Blaster Bob..........

Hey, I resemble that remark!!!

[KestrelBike]

Ditto. I have in fact called in a drunk driver. It was about midnight and the guy was serving all over the place. I just held back, gave the plate and the location. As soon as I saw the lights I said goodbye to the dispatcher. It may have been the dude's first offense but I have a thing about drunk drivers and have zero tolerance for it.
I wouldn't become 'actively' involved in the situation such as yelling "citizen's arrest, citizen's arrest" but I would be a passive good witness and I follow the drunk.

back in CA I used to visit my folks who lived 25min South on Interstate 405 & the 5, so I'd constantly be driving back to my place at 10pm-12am on the freeway. There were drunks All.The.Time. Swerve between 3 lanes kind of drunks. Every single time I called it in, everytime dispatch said they'd see if any squad cars were nearby, ZERO TIMES did I ever see anyone get pulled over, eventually I'd give up after following them at a distance for 15-20 miles (and my exit was coming up). Not sure what the fuck CHP were doing the whole time, probably sleeping it off after giving everyone speeding tickets for doing 75 in a 65mph during the work day.

[gnihcraes]

Being one who rides elevators all day long, in high stress environments, I would intervene and things would not be good for the perp. I plan for this most every trip, every day, and am not able to carry a firearm. LEO's are nearby, but not necessarily able to respond quick enough. (no offense to them, they do a great job!!) I have a couple stories I could tell, but not on the open forum.

As for the Drunk Driver thing, I've followed and called in several over the years, including a violent driver who had a warrant. (using the phone patch via ham radio to Lakewood PD)

[<MADDOG>]

The only way to truly know what YOU will do in that specific situation, is to be in that situation.

Everything else is speculation.

I pray no one ever has to find out what they will or will not do. We all have to live with the decisions we make.

Be safe.

Not speaking about all our forum members; but I'm fairly confident the ones that I have met would have taken action. But of course, they wouldn't have shown the results on a TV show...