What People Won't Post Online

A 17 year old teen shot a video that has circulated around the internet. Was the depicted video real or a hoax? The police department is trying to answer that question.

The young woman who shot the video, Kadejra Holmes, 17, of Harlem, says the assault was real, according to her lawyer, Earl Ward, who was speaking to reporters on her behalf.

Mr. Ward said that Ms. Holmes, who was enrolled in a filmmaking program in Harlem, had not spoken to the police yesterday but was expected to soon.

Mr. Ward said that his client was on her way home from a party with two friends when she saw a group of girls harassing a man who had been lying down on the A train. Ms. Holmes decided on the “spur of the moment” to record the event, Mr. Ward said. “She was a passenger, she saw something happen on the train, and she had her camera available,” Mr. Ward said. “If you are a passenger on a subway train and somebody is being assaulted, you have no obligation to help. She did not aid the individuals involved in the assaulting behavior. She had no culpability.”

She is 17 years old, but did she not think to send the video to the police?