Fifty Years After Kitty Genovese
An investigator in the infamous New York murder looks back on the Kitty Genovese case and examines its enduring legacy.
Fifty years after she was viciously attacked in Kew Gardens, Queens, the name of murder victim Kitty Genovese still conjures the ugly specter of American apathy. “37 Saw Murder but Didn’t Call Police” ran a New York Times headline that created a legend. A thirty-eighth witness ...
An investigator in the infamous New York murder looks back on the Kitty Genovese case and examines its enduring legacy.
Fifty years after she was viciously attacked in Kew Gardens, Queens, the name of murder victim Kitty Genovese still conjures the ugly specter of American apathy. “37 Saw Murder but Didn’t Call Police” ran a New York Times headline that created a legend. A thirty-eighth witness ...
