December 9, 2007
'A' train teen regrets not helping victim
The Harlem teen who filmed the vicious a train assault is sorry she didn't step in to help the man whose brutal beating she posted on YouTube, her attorney said Saturday, reports New York Daily News.
"She regrets not doing more to help the victim," Earl Ward said of his client, Kadejra Holmes, 17.
"And 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."
Kadejra was in a Brooklyn-bound A train when a group of girls began taunting a seated man and then pounced on him.
She posted her 4-minute, 18-second video of the assault on YouTube on Nov. 7.
The victim, Rafael Cruz, 27, of Brooklyn, did not strike back or report the incident to cops. He said on Friday that he was shocked no one on the train came to his defense. "
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