Current Events > New Yorkers ask: Is today the day someone attacks me on subway?

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https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/new-yorkers-ask-is-today-the-day-someone-attacks-me-on-subway/

Anyone who rides the subway these days has these dreadful thoughts: Will today be the day Im attacked? Will this be the day Im shoved off the platform into an oncoming train? And: Where the hell is our mayor? At 8.30 am on Thursday, a 40-year-old woman was shoved on to the tracks at the northbound 4/5/6 platform at Union Square. Her attacker had been pacing the platform, parts of which are frighteningly narrow, before seeing the 5 train approach and pushing her, from behind, into its path. She was reported as lucky to have survived with minor injuries. I see it another way: She had the presence of mind to roll into the hollow between the two tracks and not move until the FDNY arrived stuck underneath two cars. How terrifying. How predictable. And how pathetic of Bill de Blasio, a feckless leader who fancies himself a champion of the little guy, the have-nots. Most subway riders now are largely hardworking people and essential workers, doing backbreaking jobs, unable to afford or abide leaving the city, who cant afford to buy a car let alone take an Uber or a cab. These people are the best of New York City, subject to this daily terror.

Indeed. Consider this recent and incomplete timeline, Mr. Mayor, of brazen attacks most often occurring during the day, on platforms and lines that are normally clean, safe and well-populated. Just 12 hours before the Thursday mornings Union Square attack, a 36-year-old man waiting on the B/D platform at Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street is punched in the head, then shoved on to the tracks, by a beggar angry that the straphanger wouldnt hand over cash. Hours before that, a 60-year-old woman is beaten by two assailants, a man and a woman, at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station after she told them to wear masks. Once she fell to the ground, the man kept on beating her. This was 12:20 pm. Sept 23: A 53-year-old woman is beaten on the D train after attempting to warn a sleeping passenger that he was being robbed. The suspect the would-be robber beat this woman till she fell to the floor, then kicked her for good measure. Sept 20: Three riders are hurt after a 30-year-old man, seen laughing manically to himself, threw metal clamps on to the tracks as an A train approached the 14th St.-8th Ave. station at 8:14 am. Aug 30: A woman is nearly raped in full view of waiting straphangers on the Lexington Ave.-63rd St, platform. Its 11 am on a Saturday. Aug. 6: A 41-year-old woman is slashed in the back with a long knife at the 72nd and Broadway subway. It was noon. Im finding more and more of the homeless [are] coming up to you and asking for money, a rider identified as Dee told WABC News. Some of it very belligerently, like youre supposed to. July 30: A 68-year-old woman who took the L train from 6th Ave. and 14th St. every day for the past 20 years is randomly beaten and kicked before being shoved on to the tracks. The woman suffered five broken bones, a broken rib, and was commuting from her job as a housecleaner in Chelsea to her home in Queens, where she supports her sick husband and parents. July 5: Two elderly men, 71 and 73 years old, are randomly stabbed by a 46-year-old passenger who first yells, Why arent you home with your kids? Its 7:45 am on a 7 train rolling through Sunnyside. Heinous and unprovoked, says NYPD Chief of Transit Edward Delatorre. NYC is NOT safe, the Sergeants Benevolent Association raged in a since-removed tweet. YOU are being lied to. Every commuter knows its true.



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Lol ny post

I've noticed there's been a lot more incidents lately :'(

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Lebronwon posted...

Two elderly men, 71 and 73 years old, are randomly stabbed by a 46-year-old passenger who first yells, Why arent you home with your kids?

wtf

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Damn the Post reeeeaally hates NY

cuh posted...

Glad I dont live in NYC. But it seems that LA is getting closer to that, day by day (some argue its already at that level). I mean jeez, beating up a 53 year old woman?

NYC >>> LA

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more like new york shitty lol mirite?

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cuh posted...

Glad I dont live in NYC. But it seems that LA is getting closer to that, day by day (some argue its already at that level). I mean jeez, beating up a 53 year old woman?

NYC is safer than LA, or any other major American city. The Post just wants to spread fear and hatred because that's what they do.

Background_Guy posted...

Damn the Post reeeeaally hates NY

They really hate the Gov/Mayor. But it does seem like these subway attacks are happening more frequently. They just made another article a Broadway actor got beaten up.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/broadway-actor-injured-after-getting-sucker-punched-in-nyc-subway/

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Are East Coast cities different than west coast cities?

I've been to a few east coast cities (specifically northeast) and they have similar feels. And I've also been to some West Coast cities and they have similar feels of their own. Is it the weather maybe? I dunno. I'm just used to the East Coast I guess.

HOWEVER, I really liked San Diego

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Damn, I take the train almost daily and honestly, the "worst" thing I fear when taking it are homeless people asking for money. I just say I don't have any cash and they'll leave me alone. lol


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i'd be strapped in nyc no doubt

Damn_Underscore posted...

Are East Coast cities different than west coast cities?

I've been to a few east coast cities (specifically northeast) and they have similar feels. And I've also been to some West Coast cities and they have similar feels of their own. Is it the weather maybe? I dunno. I'm just used to the East Coast I guess.

HOWEVER, I really liked San Diego

nah, the new york post is just a literal trump mouthrag

soulunison2 posted...

nah, the new york post is just a literal trump mouthrag

Do you trust the local ABC affiliate?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7ny.com/amp/nyc-shootings-shooting-surge-spike-gun-violence/6401453

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soulunison2 posted...

nah, the new york post is just a literal trump mouthrag

They are not the ones doing the random acts just reporting on it. A perfect example was Rick Moranis getting sucker punched walking down the street. It just seems like a lot more violent people are walking the streets these days.

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New York used to be A LOT worse than it is today or ever will be again probably

ever see Taxi Driver?

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Heavy_D_Forever posted...

Do you trust the local ABC affiliate?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7ny.com/amp/nyc-shootings-shooting-surge-spike-gun-violence/6401453

Heavy_D_Forever posted...

Do you trust the local ABC affiliate?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7ny.com/amp/nyc-shootings-shooting-surge-spike-gun-violence/6401453

https://maps.nyc.gov/crime/

play with this

notice how all the crimes are literally taking places in neighborhoods that already have notoriously high crime rates?

Now they care about violence, when it fits their agenda. smh

New yorker need to buy gun now
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Damn_Underscore posted...

New York used to be A LOT worse than it is today or ever will be again probably

yeah it was legit scary to walk around like 20 years ago, now everything is safe as fuck which makes all these right wing propaganda pieces very funny to read when they act like nyc is always desolate and ablaze these days

Reis posted...

yeah it was legit scary to walk around like 20 years ago, now everything is safe as fuck which makes all these right wing propaganda pieces very funny to read when they act like nyc is always desolate and ablaze these days

that shit makes me mad, like not even them, every other channel is messing around with the data and making it seem like NYC is in trouble when its just neighborhoods with already high crime rates, like oh you don't care about people of color you're just taking advantage of their statistics to push an agenda smh

soulunison2 posted...

https://maps.nyc.gov/crime/

play with this

notice how all the crimes are literally taking places in neighborhoods that already have notoriously high crime rates?

Now they care about violence, when it fits their agenda. smh

So you're ok with a 166% increase in violent crime because it mostly takes place in bad neighborhoods? That still sounds like a huge problem to me.

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Such a shit hole yet they always vote blue...

Heavy_D_Forever posted...

So you're ok with a 166% increase in violent crime because it mostly takes place in bad neighborhoods? That still sounds like a huge problem to me.

Oh not at all, it's still a problem, I have a problem with people misrepresenting that info to make it seem like the entire city is on fire and literally ignoring the fact that people in low income areas need help.

soulunison2 posted...

that shit makes me mad, like not even them, every other channel is messing around with the data and making it seem like NYC is in trouble when its just neighborhoods with already high crime rates, like oh you don't care about people of color you're just taking advantage of their statistics to push an agenda smh

bro do you remember when smartphones were first a thing in the mid 2000s and ppl would get fucking robbed if they had one out haphazardly

or how people wearing jewelry had to hide the shit when walking around outside

nowadays everyone just flaunts whatever the fuck they have and rarely ever have to fear shit happening to them

soulunison2 posted...

Oh not at all, it's still a problem, I have a problem with people misrepresenting that info to make it seem like the entire city is on fire and literally ignoring the fact that people in low income areas need help.

Yeah for sure, NYC as a whole isn't like some Mad Max wasteland. The areas that are having crazy spikes in crime definitely need help though for sure. I don't know what you can do since everyone seems to want to defund the police. How do you stop gang violence without cops?

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Lebronwon posted...

They really hate the Gov/Mayor. But it does seem like these subway attacks are happening more frequently. They just made another article a Broadway actor got beaten up.

https://nypost.com/2020/11/19/broadway-actor-injured-after-getting-sucker-punched-in-nyc-subway/

Whats the description of the suspect? People should know and be aware to avoid becoming another one of his/zes victims.

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Heavy_D_Forever posted...

Yeah for sure, NYC as a whole isn't like some Mad Max wasteland. The areas that are having crazy spikes in crime definitely need help though for sure. I don't know what you can do since everyone seems to want to defund the police. How do you stop gang violence without cops?

It's not even a police problem, it's a lack of work and access to benefits. I live in NYC and as a teacher i'm tuned into the low income areas of NYC, this is just right wing media rags, and even liberal station for some reason, misrepresenting crime in NYC and it's disgusting

Reis posted...

bro do you remember when smartphones were first a thing in the mid 2000s and ppl would get fucking robbed if they had one out haphazardly

or how people wearing jewelry had to hide the shit when walking around outside

nowadays everyone just flaunts whatever the fuck they have and rarely ever have to fear shit happening to them

man in 2004 I got robbed of my GBA, good thing the dude's big brother knocked some sense into the kid that robbed me and they gave me the thing back.

It does fuck with me pretty hard whenever I need to take the Subway. Anyone, for any reason at all, could push you into the oncoming train very easily, and you have tons of people standing just a foot away from death.

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Lebronwon posted...

Sept 20: Three riders are hurt after a 30-year-old man, seen laughing manically to himself

was that a man dressed up as a clown?

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Yeah, things have gotten rather bad in several areas of NYC. Lots of things at play here like the new bail laws, removal of the crime unit, cops ignoring things, etc. Lot of it goes back to Blasio and the local government's handling of things.

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