The main topic of conversation on social media today continues to be the horrific killing of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian woman who was murdered on a train in Charlotte, N.C., last month. Right now, I want to focus on a common reaction I’ve seen, which is to criticize and condemn the other passengers on the train — the bystanders — who did not intervene to help Zarutska.

We’ve already talked about the justifiable conservative outrage that this story did not merit a mention by the national media, even though one-off incidents are frequently seized upon when they fit a liberal narrative. Think of all the attention the wrongful killing of George Floyd received from activists, from the Democratic Party and from the media. Think of the firestorm it caused. But this killing,........

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