Video Shows Man Beating Woman In The Street As Crowd Looks On

The video, which was shot Thursday in Philadelphia, shows people laughing and smiling as a man repeatedly hits a woman lying in the street.

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Video footage of a man beating a woman in the street Thursday as a crowd of people, some of them laughing, looked on has sparked a police investigation in Philadelphia.

The beating occurred on Ontario street in city's Kensington neighborhood, police spokesman John Stanford told BuzzFeed News. It first garnered attention, however, when a bystander submitted video to Fox 29.

The video shows a woman lying on the ground while a man stands over her and repeatedly hits her.

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The man who shot the video told Fox 29 the beating lasted for 20 to 30 minutes, during which no one intervened. The man — who refused to be named or show his face on camera — also said people were "smiling, laughing, and just standing around like a normal day. You know, like nothing was even happening."

"I don't want to jump in and be a hero and just get hurt, you know," the man added on air. "It's bad out here."

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