Jolene Waldref died at an icy Milwaukee bus stop. Many people had the chance to help her.
Jolene Waldref died at an icy Milwaukee bus stop. Many people had the chance to help her.
- February 2, 2024
- Kristie Monroe, poli sci, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Feb. 2, 2024
Political scientist Kristen Monroe, an expert on bystanders and altruism, believes there are some smaller reasons why people didn’t stop: the subzero temperatures had people hurrying, and the darkness of the evening meant some people genuinely might not have seen [Jolene] Waldref lying on the sidewalk. But the broader question to Monroe, who is the director of the University of California, Irvine Ethics Center, is whether a community cares about each other, or if individuals put themselves first.
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