Subway Beating Videographer Feels Bad

The 17-year-old girl who filmed the filmed a group of teen girls beating up a subway rider on an A train last month has met with the police yesterday. Kajdera Holmes's lawyer told the Daily News, "She regrets not doing more to help the victim."

Ward has also said that Holmes, who was arrested in September for assaulting a 24-year-old woman on a J train, had nothing to do with the attack, though she and the others had been coming from the same party. Ward said his client was cooperating with the police, "She feels bad that she posted it on YouTube ... Looking back, she realizes the appropriate response should have been to turn the tape over to authorities."

It turns out the victim is an manager at H&M, who finally spoke out. Rafael Cruz said he didn't fight because he's peaceful - and he'd do the same if attacked by men. He still hasn't decided whether to press charges (an MTA spokesman and the father of one of the girls who beat him would like him to press charges).

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By Jen Chung in News on December 9, 2007 4:56 PM

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MarygraceNYC

Throw the ook at all of them!!

Reality Czech

Like she was going to snitch on some sisters.

Give me a break.

moneda

White people make me feel all warm and fuzzy. Like a blanket covered in smallpox.

Kojak

"She regrets not doing more to help the victim."

As ridiculous as it may sound, she did unwittingly help bring the people who did it to justice by posting the video. But as far as I'm concerned, shes still an accomplice and should get the book thrown at her as well.

Snoopy

I just can't believe the racist inuendos that float around this forum.

Spear_Chucker

Is she a militant lesbo too? I had a classmate in high school that looked like her except he didn't have a vagina.

nonumentalart

put them all in jail and then make them do a ton of community service like raking leaves, picking up trash, really horrible laborious tasks and make them do it in really conspicuous orange suits

HughGass

Don't snitch.

Banana

oh i have no doubt that she feels bad...i'm sure she regrets having posted the video at all. but feeling bad for the victim? that's something her lawyer made up.

Snoopy

The individual was taken into custody with the name Kajdera. My guess is as good as yours if it be male or female.

gregorsamsa77

Is that a girl in that picture? Really? That girl sure looks like a dude.

Snoopy

What this country needs are more Cossacks.

angry_pickle

Just sterilize them.

Snoopy

I watch "Cops" on TV all the time and they say, "All suspects are innocent until proven in a court of law."

If you can't believe "Cops", who are you going to believe, Oprah?

Big Al72

"You know what these four people were? They were innocent bystanders. Now, you just think about that term. Innocent. Bystanders. Because that's exactly what they were. We know they were bystanders, nobody's disputing that. So how can a bystander be guilty? No such thing. Have you ever heard of a guilty bystander? No, because you cannot be a bystander and be guilty. Bystanders are by definition, innocent. That is the nature of bystanding. But no, they want to change nature here. They want to create a whole new animal - the guilty bystander. Don't you let them do it. Only you can stop them."

-Jackie Chiles

Snoopy

Gentlemen of the jury, my case rests.

Pitch

He should totally press charges. The only way to show like minded people that these things are not okay is to show that punished will be doled out to those who attack in such a manner. Justice, for once, must prevail.