The Bystander Effect: When Silence Becomes Complicity

+ what we can do about it

On Monday I shared the story of Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl, a brave woman who exercised her First Amendment rights at a town hall meeting. She was forcibly removed by an off-duty sheriff and two unmarked men, zip-tied, and then absurdly charged with battery—all while an entire room full of people watched in silence. Some filmed, some whispered to each other,…