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A security video from an apartment building hallway shows at least 10 witnesses ignored a woman's cries for help for more than an hour as a man beat and sexually assaulted her. The surveillance video clearly showed men and women looking out their apartment doors or starting to walk down the hallway before going back inside as the woman was assaulted for an hour and a half.

Police responded to a call of drunken behavior in the apartment building, and when they arrived, they found Rage Ibrahim, 25, and a woman lying unconscious in the hallway. Her clothing was pulled up and torn, and she had fresh scratches on her face and blood on her thigh. Ibrahim said he is innocent and that the incident was a "misunderstanding." He was charged with several counts of first degree criminal sexual conduct.

Police were shocked by the behavior of the bystanders and apartment building residents. Minnesota law makes it a petty misdemeanor to not give reasonable help to a person in danger of "grave physical harm." But it is unlikely that the police will pursue charges in this case because authorities would have to prove that witnesses knew the woman was in extreme danger.

If you or a loved one has suffered an assault due to negligent security in an unsafe building in New York, please contact the law offices of Silberstein, Awad & Miklos today to schedule your initial consultation.