Security guards do nothing as 15-year-old girl is beaten
The 15-year-old girl thought the three security guards in the Seattle bus tunnel would protect her from attack.
She was wrong.
As the footage below shows, the guards watched and did nothing as the girl was punched, thrown to the ground, kicked repeatedly in the face and then robbed.
The girl told a detective that the group followed her from a nearby department store into the bus tunnel.
The guards didn't intervene because they have standing orders to "observe and report," but not to try to stop fights or criminal activity. That protocol is now under review.
The statements were revealed in court papers filed Wednesday against the teenage girl who attacked the victim and the three young men accused of stealing her purse, phone and iPod. All four were charged with robbery.
Although she was not hospitalized, the victim said she lost consciousness during the attack and had to see a doctor.
The incident, which occurred on January 28, is being investigated by the King County Sheriff's Office and the Metro Transit Police, said sheriff's office spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart.
"Transit tunnel security officers were on the platform and witnessed the assault," said Urquhart in a statement. "However they did not intercede as they are unarmed, civilian employees."...............
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