Good Samaritan Law Argumentative Essay

From teens recording a girl getting raped, to paparazzi letting Princess Diana die and suffer just to get a their precious headline. From a photographer trying to get a shot of a starving, little girl instead of helping, to 38 people watching as Kitty Genovese gets stabbed to death. How could this happen? Surely you wouldn’t want you or a loved one to be in that position, would you? In order to stop all this, we would need to pass the Good Samaritan Law. Without it, anyone can literally walk past someone getting brutally murdered, wave goodbye, walk away, and never have to worry about anything happening to them. The “Good Samaritan” law states that if you see someone in danger, you must help or report it to an appropriate law officer without delay, as long as it
Whether you support this law or are against it, you should read about the many devastating articles of bystander apathy. It may convince you even more, or even change your mind. Although the law does have some flaws that could be changed, I think it could be the best possible way to stop this world problem and lead to a better future.
I believe that the Good Samaritan Law is one of our best chances of restoring decency in the U.S. Without this law, many lives could be lost or scarred. Like the story of Kevin Carter for example; he found a vulture waiting for a starving Sudanese toddler to die while the little girl struggled to reach an United Nations food camp. Kevin stood feet away trying to get his precious shot of the vulture and the girl for 20 minutes. After a while, he took the shot and all he did to help was shoo away the vulture who most likely came back a minute later. He received a Pulitzer Prize for the photograph but later committed suicide because of all the hate and depression he received. If the law was placed at the time, the little girl would probably still be alive and Kevin Carter would