bystander

Trump rehearsed his long-discredited claim that California’s water supply has been wasted to serve the interests of the tiny delta smelt, an innocent bystander.

But Vilanch was essentially an innocent bystander, even as a writer on the show.

Learn and live the difference between being a bystander, an ally, and a collaborator.

Footage of that night showed other bystanders watching on, some filming on mobiles, and the two being the only ones who intervened.

"You continued to attack when he was on the ground and it may have continued further had a bystander not intervened," the magistrate said.