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Woman kicked down Brooklyn escalator by complete stranger

Does not pay to engage with the public.

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by Anonymousreply 138September 19, 2021 5:52 PM

Victim must be white, hence the article not mentioning it.

by Anonymousreply 1September 14, 2021 2:23 PM

I guess the Big Apple (sorta) took a bite out of her!

by Anonymousreply 2September 14, 2021 2:24 PM

R1, or Asian. Fashion design student.

by Anonymousreply 3September 14, 2021 2:28 PM

Victim looks Asian.

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by Anonymousreply 4September 14, 2021 2:29 PM

SE Asian or Latina.

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by Anonymousreply 5September 14, 2021 2:36 PM

Victim isn't white. Appears to be black woman.

by Anonymousreply 6September 14, 2021 2:39 PM

Any pictures of the guy who did it?

by Anonymousreply 7September 14, 2021 2:42 PM

R7, the guy who looks like a woman in the image previews.

by Anonymousreply 8September 14, 2021 2:58 PM

How horrible. Poor thing.

We had a similar-ish thing in the UK where a man ran up to a woman and pushed her in front of a bus. It was only because the driver swerved in time that she wasn’t killed.

In spite of being caught on camera, he was never caught. I hope they get this dickhead.

by Anonymousreply 9September 14, 2021 2:58 PM

R9, I remember that. A woman jogger.

by Anonymousreply 10September 14, 2021 3:02 PM

Why are men so fucked up?

by Anonymousreply 11September 14, 2021 3:04 PM

R8 thanks—thought that was a woman, so didn’t think that was the shover.

by Anonymousreply 12September 14, 2021 3:06 PM

Yet another reason to institutionalize the mentally ill who refuse to take their meds.

Politley asking a person to apologize is no reason to shove them down an escalator, that fug motherfucker could have killed the woman. What would have happened if her hair got caught in the escalator steps? I don't even want to imagine. She could have been scalped!

Reagan is the bastard who gave the mentally ill a free pass. He allowed them to sign out of mental hospitals. Of course, the main reason for that, the ReThugs no longer wanted to pay the medical bills to keep these crazies off the streets.

by Anonymousreply 13September 14, 2021 3:13 PM

The woman who was shoved was interviewed on the local news, she sounded Asian. The weirdo who shoved her is likely a racist who is blaming ALL Asians for Covid.

Quelle surprise.

by Anonymousreply 14September 14, 2021 3:15 PM

The guy in the video looks like some scrawny little white teenager, but yeah, now that I look, the hair on the suspect photo looks like the hair in the video.

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by Anonymousreply 15September 14, 2021 3:19 PM

[quote]Why are men so fucked up?

I don't know, gurl.

by Anonymousreply 16September 14, 2021 3:19 PM

DON"T get lippy or opiniated or critical with anyone in public these days, especially in big cities. The ensuing rage can be very dangerous. Just keep your mouth shut and MYOB. Speaking up can come with awful consequences.

by Anonymousreply 17September 14, 2021 3:23 PM

Then get cabs….

by Anonymousreply 18September 14, 2021 3:24 PM

So… does it appear to anyone else that the shover has breasts? Or is that just the angle of the photo?

by Anonymousreply 19September 14, 2021 3:25 PM

Someone should shove this dickhead into an oncoming subway.

by Anonymousreply 20September 14, 2021 3:27 PM

He does look like he has little titties.

by Anonymousreply 21September 14, 2021 3:28 PM

[quote]Victim must be white, hence the article not mentioning it.

The media also never instinctively refer to someone who is white who commits a mass shooting or has a car full of weapons in DC or sitting in his truck with a bomb, as a "terrorist." They get to be "mentally ill" to excuse the behavior.

So it evens out, eh?

You have no problem with that ever-present narrative, I'm sure.

by Anonymousreply 22September 14, 2021 3:35 PM

R22, I didn't agree that the victim must be white, or that the media always hide a white victim, but just regarding your statement that

[quote] The media also never instinctively refer to someone who is white who commits a mass shooting or has a car full of weapons in DC or sitting in his truck with a bomb, as a "terrorist." They get to be "mentally ill" to excuse the behavior.

The media certainly do refer to perpetrators of mass crimes as terrorists, regardless of race. If someone is found with a carload of weapons but hasn't done anything yet, however, no, they don't refer to him as a terrorist.

by Anonymousreply 23September 14, 2021 4:02 PM

Was the attacker a tranny?

by Anonymousreply 24September 14, 2021 4:05 PM

The guy looks like a soft-butch sous chef. More so than the original.

by Anonymousreply 25September 14, 2021 4:15 PM

Of course datalounge is obsessively fixated once the race and gender of the people involved.

by Anonymousreply 26September 14, 2021 4:19 PM

Don’t get lippy with strangers for god’s sake. Did her mom not teach her basic rules of stranger engagement - which is just don’t?

by Anonymousreply 27September 14, 2021 4:22 PM

the attacker looks mixed and female in the above photo.

by Anonymousreply 28September 14, 2021 4:26 PM

R22, are you shitting me? I've seen the Jan 6 rioters referred to as "terrorists" or "domestic terrorists" hundreds of times.

I've never seen Timothy McVeigh or his co-conspirators referred to as anything BUT "terrorists."

by Anonymousreply 29September 14, 2021 4:33 PM

[quote] The weirdo who shoved her is likely a racist

A Blatino racist?

by Anonymousreply 30September 14, 2021 4:33 PM

A BLATINO tranny

Lock your doors! Hide your husband!

by Anonymousreply 31September 14, 2021 4:48 PM

Lies. Mass shootings by whites are NEVER referred to as terrorism (and spare me the ideology crap because they never wait to find out why a non-white guy did it before they call it terrorism).

And January 6th was mostly referred to as "Insurrectionists" by MSM. It was under pressure by people who were so outraged by the glaring hypocrisy that they finally started with "domestic terrorism."

White guys had to literally storm the Capitol to finally be referred to as terrorists. But even the guy in the truck who said he had a bomb wasn't called a terrorist

by Anonymousreply 32September 14, 2021 4:54 PM

That's it! I'm building an arc and praying for rain! Fuck all y'all!

Seriously, this is horrible.

by Anonymousreply 33September 14, 2021 5:01 PM

Stairway to heaven!

by Anonymousreply 34September 14, 2021 5:08 PM

The victim was interviewed. She's brown-skinned (her face is hidden). The aggressor looks light-skinned black or light-skinned afro-latino. He also has titties.

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by Anonymousreply 35September 14, 2021 5:08 PM

R31

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by Anonymousreply 36September 14, 2021 5:18 PM

R13 I completely loathe Reagan, who did contribute to the further decay of America, but I wouldn't go praising past mental hospitals before looking into how they really were. Of course Republicans never want to pay for anything, but this was more about not wanting to pay for improved facilities. I'm sure if they could've kept getting away with not addressing the abusive, low staffed, cesspools, they would've left them open.

I'm always horrified to see the yearning here to go back to those days. No regard for the people that were imprisoned at these places just for being uppity women, gay, an abused elder, severely disabled, etc. There were little rights in fighting the system if they wanted to keep you indefinitely.

The places were straight out of Hell. Though I agree there's a mental health crisis, and that we do need better ways of getting people help that won't do so of their own will, I'll never support going back to tge old system.

by Anonymousreply 37September 14, 2021 5:22 PM

R13 knowing about the horrors that took place in these institutions, should make people reconsider what they're suggesting.

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by Anonymousreply 38September 14, 2021 5:27 PM

Please R37 R38, not all mental wards, or group homes for the mentally ill, are like Willowbrook. There has to be some way, especially in in today's world, to get these people off the streets. In NYC, they seem to be multiplying like rabbits!

There was a man who was recently going about his business in a Manhattan ATM, when some lunatic went into the bank lobby and assaulted him with an AXE! The man is lucky to be alive. These violent assaults have become an everyday occurrence in NYC, much like gun violence has across the entire US.

Most of these violent individuals are also homeless, while not all homeless are violent, a good majority of them are and they sure are not taking their meds.

You sound like a person who never had any sort of unprovoked encounter with a mentally disturbed person. Do you ride the subways and or buses in a large city? Or do you cab it everywhere.

Let's not forget, re Willowbrook, lots of rich people threw their mentally ill and retarded children into those hell holes. Some of the children weren't even mentally ill, they had cerebral palsy! WTF are you going on about, "being uppity women, gay, an abused elder", what era are you referring to? The early 1900s?

Many years ago, my father was punched in the face while heading home from work. He was his way to the 23rd Street subway to go home. It was broad daylight, the streets were crowded, it was around 4:30PM. He didn't say anything to, or even bump into, the lunatic who walked up to him, then punched him.

My father's eyeglasses went flying, he fell, then, hit his head on the sidewalk. The decent people who worked in a small shoe store saw what happened and ran out to help. They brought him into the store, then called the police. Of course, the lunatic was never caught. This violent mentally ill person probably went on to rape or murder someone.

By all means, let these crazies continue to run amok.

Get assaulted for absolutely NO reason, then, get back to me.

by Anonymousreply 39September 15, 2021 12:18 AM

The attacker probably got angry because the victim didn't use the proper pronouns.

by Anonymousreply 40September 15, 2021 12:20 AM

Such a drama queen, it's not as if she was kicked in the cunt .

by Anonymousreply 41September 15, 2021 6:51 PM

Someone could spit on me and I would keep walking. There are some *crazy* people out there. I try to be very conscious of who is around me etc and is someone bumps me I keep my mouth shut up and keep it moving. Exactly because of psychos like this guy.

by Anonymousreply 42September 15, 2021 6:57 PM

You keep your head down, don't make eye contact. Any contact (physical, eye contact) could be taken as "disrespecting" the person, who'll in turn commit physical violence against you, or at least scream at you.

by Anonymousreply 43September 15, 2021 8:00 PM

As if people who DID NOT make eye contact were never assaulted? Some of you are utterly clueless.

Are some of you not reading this thread?

About two weeks ago, in Manhattan, a man was attacked by an axe welding maniac inside a bank's ATM section. The man was minding his own business.

by Anonymousreply 44September 15, 2021 8:12 PM

R44, if 80% of attacks included eye contact and other interaction, and 20% didn’t, it still makes sense to avoid the 80% by avoiding eye contact and interaction. The remaining 20% could still happen, but at least you’re addressing the 80%.

Keep your heads down. Don’t make eye contact. Wear earbuds so you can pretend not to hear crazy people talking to you. You don’t even need to be listening to anything through the earbuds.

by Anonymousreply 45September 15, 2021 9:49 PM

R44 lives in Iowa. He doesn’t know how it is in the city.

by Anonymousreply 46September 15, 2021 9:51 PM

[quote][R44] lives in Iowa. He doesn’t know how it is in the city.

Yet you do? Don't make me laugh. Yet ANOTHER clueless DL flyover thinking someone who grew up in NYC actually lives in some bumfuck state.

I grew up in Bushwick Bklyn, way before the trust fund asshole hipsters took over.

Again, you DL newbies are fucking CLUELESS! I laugh out loud when you come armed with your percentages and lame-ass statistics. There is always a first time for anything, especially in NYC.

NYC has always been somewhat dangerous and violent, just because some real estate assholes put up expensive housing on the Bklyn and Long Island City waterfronts, that won't change a damn thing. Violent criminals and crazy people are everywhere. There are no truly safe neighborhoods in NYC.

This past Sunday, around 12 noon, a 77 year old woman was recently robbed in Long island City.

by Anonymousreply 47September 15, 2021 10:06 PM

Someone needs a fucking hobby. We get it, you hate mentally ill people and want them all locked up. Now go call a therapist because you've got a little crazy on your own face from obsessively posting true crime porn all over the thread.

by Anonymousreply 48September 15, 2021 10:39 PM

A Clockwork Orange.

by Anonymousreply 49September 15, 2021 10:54 PM

[quote]Someone needs a fucking hobby. We get it, you hate mentally ill people and want them all locked up. Now go call a therapist because you've got a little crazy on your own face from obsessively posting true crime porn all over the thread.

Have I touched a huge nerve with the woke brigade? The operative word here is "true", moron.

Watch your back while walking around NYC, newbie.

by Anonymousreply 50September 15, 2021 10:55 PM

You can’t talk back to people today. It’s dangerous! She said “say excuse me” this caused him to react. He may in fact have said it though she couldn’t hear with earbuds jammed in her ears.

by Anonymousreply 51September 15, 2021 11:03 PM

r51, that's the part that jumped out at me too.

"First, she said, she had music playing in her earbuds. “Even if he had said ‘excuse me,’ I didn’t hear it. I learned we have to be more conscious of sounds and people around you,” she said."

It's stupid talking to anyone on the street today, because people are crazy. But telling someone to say excuse me when you have no way of telling if they actually did? Even dumber. She didn't deserve this, but she's still an idiot.

by Anonymousreply 52September 15, 2021 11:14 PM

Someone was obviously disrespected.

by Anonymousreply 53September 15, 2021 11:19 PM

The people in New York who attack others if they're disrespected are always FROM New York. Everybody else is transplants and immigrants who are just trying to make a better life for themselves.

by Anonymousreply 54September 15, 2021 11:50 PM

Other species fighting to protect each other from attackers.

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by Anonymousreply 55September 16, 2021 2:01 AM

That's half the story, R13. The mental health industry was also pushing to close down hospitals.

by Anonymousreply 56September 16, 2021 2:14 AM

Nothing new here. Shit goes down in big cities. Always has and always will. Word to the wise, keep your damn mouth shut and mind your own damn business. Or you might get your ass thrown in front of a bus, under a train or down an escalator. People are nuts, they are angry, they are addicted, they are broke and you had better keep your eyes AND ears open.

by Anonymousreply 57September 16, 2021 2:24 AM

R13 & 56, don’t forget, also, that civil libertarians were very prominent in the effort to deinstitutionalize the mentally ill.

by Anonymousreply 58September 16, 2021 2:28 AM

More evidence that New York is going down the tubes. Kicking someone down the escalator stairs is unforgivable.

by Anonymousreply 59September 16, 2021 3:26 AM

That’s one of the best things I’ve ever seen Cinesnatch.

by Anonymousreply 60September 16, 2021 6:36 AM

Victim said she was wearing earbuds. I hope she stops doing that. Need to pay attention to your surroundings.

by Anonymousreply 61September 16, 2021 7:20 AM

Wow R55 that was great. Love the way the goat stands looking into the chicken coop afterwards.

by Anonymousreply 62September 16, 2021 9:14 AM

I've been both the victim of a random act, as well as having witnessed one.

Mine was getting off a Seattle bus, witnessed one on a NYC subway ride.

by Anonymousreply 63September 16, 2021 1:46 PM

[quote]not all mental wards, or group homes for the mentally ill, are like Willowbrook. There has to be some way, especially in in today's world, to get these people off the streets

There isn't. The medical industry is about profit, and the mentally ill people you talk about aren't insured or going to be able to pay. That will lead once again to the government funding these places and Republicans will gut their funding, because it's not like prisons where they can turn the prisoners into sources of free labor. Lack of funds will mean lack of care and eventually decrepit and dangerous hospitals.

by Anonymousreply 64September 16, 2021 1:52 PM

Which is why, even if it’s not my fault, I apologize in any sort of bodily collision. Don’t make eye contact, neutral expression, pull in all my vibes and throw on my shield of invisibility. I like to think that I’ve developed antennae for the restless antagonists, but sometimes they come out of nowhere. And sometimes you can’t get away from them. Sometimes you can’t do anything to prevent the random violence.

by Anonymousreply 65September 16, 2021 1:54 PM

Walking around with earbuds is idiotic.

by Anonymousreply 66September 16, 2021 2:00 PM

HAVE THE ID THE ASSHOLE YET???????????????

by Anonymousreply 67September 16, 2021 6:46 PM

btw, the area where the 77 year old woman was robbed and assaulted last Sunday at 12 noon in Long Island City Queens, was literally ONE BLOCK away from a police precinct. Of course, typical of these situations, there are never cops around when people actually need them, but there were sure more than enough cops around to stop Eric Garner from selling loose cigarettes!

One odd thing about the clip showing the old woman getting robbed, it looked as if someone was filming the robbery and assault. The footage didn't look like a clip from a security camera.

The audacity of these thugs, some actually have someone film their crimes.

by Anonymousreply 68September 16, 2021 7:19 PM

The amazing thing is the person on the escalator who just sort of moves aside and doesn't seem to have any interest in this horrific assault happening to a fellow human being. I'm a native Manhattanite and about as jaded as they come, but if I saw that I'd be running down the escalator, calling 911, and waiting with the injured person till the ambulance comes. I hate this motherfucking city and every motherfucking cunt in it.

by Anonymousreply 69September 16, 2021 7:33 PM

It isn't just NYC, R69. No one did anything for me in Seattle either.

by Anonymousreply 70September 16, 2021 7:35 PM

Oh, R70. I'm sorry. What the fuck is wrong with this world?

by Anonymousreply 71September 16, 2021 7:37 PM

Yeah, R69, I noticed the apparent apathy. I’d like to think I would have gone down to see if the victim was okay. The perpetrator had fled, so, there was no danger of him turning his anger towards someone else. SAD.

by Anonymousreply 72September 16, 2021 7:37 PM

[quote] I've been both the victim of a random act, as well as having witnessed one.

The way you framed that I thought you were going to say "as well as a perpetrator".

by Anonymousreply 73September 17, 2021 2:55 AM

If you are smart, you mind your own fucking business and don't get involved in anything.

There is a reason they say no good deed goes unpunished.

I've read so many reports of someone trying to break up a fight, ended up getting killed or seriously injured etc. Mind your own business.

If you bump into someone, say sorry. Sometimes crazy people go nuts and they stab you or slash you if you don't etc.

by Anonymousreply 74September 17, 2021 3:06 AM

You never know what psychological burdens someone is carrying. Could be anything from outright mental illness to just a series of shitty events that have ruined their day. There's no need to add to it or go about in the world with a Karen badge chastising someone for passing you when you're standing in the middle of an escalator. Just stand to the right so people can go around and carry on with your day.

by Anonymousreply 75September 17, 2021 3:18 AM

The victim was a black woman. They will never catch the perpetrator

by Anonymousreply 76September 17, 2021 3:19 AM

[quote]I've read so many reports of someone trying to break up a fight, ended up getting killed or seriously injured etc.

When I first moved to Boston a guy witnessed a man smacking his girlfriend. It was New Year's Eve 1983. He stepped in to stop the guy and the guy smacking his girlfriend said, "Oh, you want to be a hero" and stabbed him to death. It turned out the guy that was stabbed had just married a woman who had six kids. He must have been a nice guy to be willing to marry and support her and her litter of kids.

by Anonymousreply 77September 17, 2021 3:34 AM

People (lots of them) have so much built-up anger before they even leave their homes and go outside. I'll include a couple members of my family. One stupid little thing is the straw that broke the camel's back -- anger spews forth on a stranger. It's not even culturally discouraged to have a hair-trigger temper. Some consider it: "standing up for my family," and other bullshit.

As I get older, I really value my ability to be patient a lot of the time. It's not worth it.

by Anonymousreply 78September 17, 2021 3:41 AM

And still no ids of the asshole who kicked her.

by Anonymousreply 79September 17, 2021 6:36 PM

They caught him. He shaved his head, but to no avail.

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by Anonymousreply 80September 19, 2021 12:29 AM

He shaved his head but couldn't find a different facial mask?

He has the swoosh on his backpack. Is he getting money from Nike?

by Anonymousreply 81September 19, 2021 12:37 AM

I’m glad they found him

by Anonymousreply 82September 19, 2021 12:51 AM

Here's the video report.

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by Anonymousreply 83September 19, 2021 12:53 AM

New Yorkers seem to be angrier than everyone else.

by Anonymousreply 84September 19, 2021 12:58 AM

Why was she standing on the left? Stand right, walk left. I wish people would learn this very basic rule.

by Anonymousreply 85September 19, 2021 1:22 AM

Easily avoided by not lecturing strangers! What did she expect? There are plenty of crazy/angry/stressed people out there who may respond badly to your rude comments.

Don't give people a reason to take their emotional or neurological issues out on you.

by Anonymousreply 86September 19, 2021 1:35 AM

I hope he gets the wood chipper.

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by Anonymousreply 87September 19, 2021 1:38 AM

[quote] I'm sure if they could've kept getting away with not addressing the abusive, low staffed, cesspools, they would've left them open.

I did my psychiatric nurse training in a psych hospital and it was nothing like that. It was constantly visited by the state & routinely visited by JCAHO (joint commission for accreditation of hospitals]. The state made surprise visits, hoping to catch hospitals doing something wrong. My aunt ran the geriatric building & loved her patients.

The hospitals were not understaffed in those days (1970s) because Jimmy Carter developed a program called CETA to train women for jobs, particularly govt jobs. In the 70s the divorce rate went sky high & women needed to return to the workforce because of inflation. One of the jobs CETA trained women for was nursing assistant in state psych hospitals. My mother joined CETA & became an NA at a local state hospital. NAs were allowed to pass medication & do other things NAs couldn’t do in non-state-psych hospitals, so psych hospitals needed fewer nurses & were cheaper to run.

CETA trained black women for jobs to get them off welfare, which was basically the real reason Carter developed it. You would think GOP would like getting people off welfare, right? Well, GOP had a shit fit & couldn’t wait to get rid of that program. If black women were trained for jobs, then govt & other employers would have to hire them! And they’d have to get benefits, decent salary, pension, maternity leave…in other words, they’d have to be treated like whites in the workplace. Horrors! Psych hospitals *did* have to hire lots of women of color because staff had been 100% white since they were built. Affirmative action said state had to hire more blacks than whites at that time to achieve more balanced parity. You can imagine how GOP felt about that.

The hospitals had art therapy, on site AA, NarcAnon meetings, a greenhouse and little cafes staffed by patients. Hospital food wasn’t good. They had stuff like hot dogs & beans, grilled cheese, macaroni & cheese. Not a lot of variety. Another thing was roaches. They exterminated every 2 weeks but patients would squirrel food away in their pockets and get crumbs all over the place. They were mentally ill, after all, so there were problems. Smoking was freely allowed when I first went there, but then they restricted it & only allowed smoking on balconies. The balconies were areas where patients could get fresh air but they had brick bars. With restricted smoking came some strain, because patients got upset and NAs had to observe them on balconies while smoking, which took NAs away from the great room where most of the patients were.

It wasn’t the Ritz. But staff got to know patients & would clue each other in on signs regarding patient behavior. Like “Sally likes to put white powder on & say she’s a ghost… that’s ok. But when she starts saying “Blah, blah, blah” you have to look out. It means she’s about to blow, so keep an eye.”

Psych hospitals were not stress-free, but they were organized & patients were well treated. Psychiatrists were on the grounds at all times - the hospital I visited provided free housing to psychiatrists. They had regular shifts & took call.

The developmental centers were a different story. They were filled with patients that we now call autistic & there was no treatment for autism. Patients could be very violent. Staff could, and did, get injured. So staff restrained patients as well as they could to keep patients from hurting themselves & others. It was a frustrating & physically dangerous environment — all of the patients were incontinent & at least half of them needed to be fed by aides. Nobody wanted to work there. Staff was under constant stress & weren’t the most educated & experienced people to begin with. The center I visited for a few weeks was almost entirely staffed by black kids who were still in high school or just graduated. They were so stressed sometimes they would grab their hair & cry. I could see why…it was chaos.

Developmental centers needed to be closed down.

by Anonymousreply 88September 19, 2021 1:48 AM

Bradley Hill background is????

He looks Pacific Islander?

by Anonymousreply 89September 19, 2021 2:21 AM

what a piece of shit. glad he got caught

by Anonymousreply 90September 19, 2021 2:25 AM

No criminal record, wow. I hope a condition of his sentence is completing an anger management course. And, I hope she sues him.

by Anonymousreply 91September 19, 2021 2:35 AM

I agree she should not have been scolding a stranger, standing on the left side of the escalator, earbuds in ears.

However, that reaction was *way* over the top. She really could have died. As mentioned upthread, her hair or some of her clothing could have gotten caught in the moving metal. I'd like to see that guy try it with a man.

by Anonymousreply 92September 19, 2021 2:38 AM

Two people with chips on their shoulder.

by Anonymousreply 93September 19, 2021 2:41 AM

Nutters and anger aside, I'm always surprised there are not more accidental injuries on escalators.

People fainting, losing their balance, getting clothing stuck in the mechanism, etc. Doesn't seem to happen much, or have reportable consequences, but with all the use those things get, and the height of them, it's surprising. Even moreso when they're broken and people who didn't bargain on it have to walk up and down them.

by Anonymousreply 94September 19, 2021 3:15 AM

[quote] A Brooklyn mom kicked down a subway escalator by a complete stranger . . .

Why does the fact that she’s a mother need to be mentioned at all in this “news” story? It’s completely irrelevant.

by Anonymousreply 95September 19, 2021 3:22 AM

I hope she can sue him

by Anonymousreply 96September 19, 2021 3:49 AM

serves her right, shut your pie hole next time bitch!

by Anonymousreply 97September 19, 2021 3:55 AM

Suing him would require seeing him again, and in all her interviews she whines how she never wants to do so.

“I’ve never seen him before, and I hope he’s never seen me before,” she added. “And I hope I never see him again.”

She better be hoping for a plea then, because testifying against him in court will also require seeing him and him seeing her.

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by Anonymousreply 98September 19, 2021 3:57 AM

I'd never watched the video before. He doesn't bump into her. If there's any contact it's incidental at best. Why would she tell him he needed to say "Excuse me"? I would never think someone who brushes by on an escalator needs to say a damn thing.

He shouldn't have kicked her, but at least she's unlikely to be harassing passersby with demands for etiquette again.

by Anonymousreply 99September 19, 2021 4:01 AM

[quote]We had a similar-ish thing in the UK where a man ran up to a woman and pushed her in front of a bus. It was only because the driver swerved in time that she wasn’t killed.

This reminds me of the girl who was pushed on to train tracks in Ireland earlier this year.

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by Anonymousreply 100September 19, 2021 4:09 AM
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by Anonymousreply 101September 19, 2021 4:10 AM

Appalling lack of visual and text literacy on this thread.

"Any pics of the attacker?"

by Anonymousreply 102September 19, 2021 4:21 AM

I want to see this asshole’s face.

by Anonymousreply 103September 19, 2021 4:27 AM

I only kick as high as the cunt bone.

How evil to kick someone in the face!

by Anonymousreply 104September 19, 2021 4:30 AM

His face has been posted half a dozen time on the thread, Helen.

by Anonymousreply 105September 19, 2021 4:46 AM

[quote]People (lots of them) have so much built-up anger before they even leave their homes and go outside. I'll include a couple members of my family.

You should probably include most of Datalounge because there are a veritable shit ton of people in this thread saying she deserved it. The "she didn't deserve it but" crowd are absolutely saying she deserved it.

by Anonymousreply 106September 19, 2021 4:49 AM

I'm always curious what black guys are carrying in those backpacks. Books for his PhD classes?

by Anonymousreply 107September 19, 2021 4:50 AM

HALF his face has been posted half a dozen time on the thread, Helen.

Fixed it for you, Mavis.

by Anonymousreply 108September 19, 2021 5:14 AM

Nobody deserves what happened to this woman, as R106 wrote.

However, people, please be safe and NEVER GET IN A FIGHT WITH A STRANGER. Please. I live in an American city (not NYC) where people are hoping to be provoked into beating your ass. I see it all the time. It's just not worth it. Let insults and annoying behavior slide off you back and keep it moving.

by Anonymousreply 109September 19, 2021 7:50 AM

Thankfully she wasn't playfully bumped (to death) by a car.

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by Anonymousreply 110September 19, 2021 8:34 AM

Man, she really rolled ALL THE WAY down. It's pretty unsettling how he casually walks away. That's how you know he's bananas.

Also? He's cute...for an attempted murderer.

by Anonymousreply 111September 19, 2021 9:58 AM

You have to wonder how they found him so fast. There's obviously a higher level of CCTV survelliance and AI face recognition going on than is being publically admitted to.

by Anonymousreply 112September 19, 2021 11:00 AM

They found him because his eyes and body and hair are all over the media and someone tipped the police. If you know this guy you would instantly recognize him in the video. No AI face surveillance necessary.

by Anonymousreply 113September 19, 2021 11:06 AM

If you are female, elderly , Asian , gay or white you have a bullseye on your back in NYC. Truth. I don’t give a fuck if she said say excuse me . No criminal record and probably not on drugs. He is an angry POC in NYC . What don’t you get. This is a weekly occurrence in NYC now. Btw I am not a Trumper , repug or even white. You learn to keep your head down and your mouth shut but cause the inmates are now running the asylum in The Big Apple.

by Anonymousreply 114September 19, 2021 12:12 PM

R39 Sadly, people lack the ability to put themselves in others’ shoes until something happens to them or their loved ones. I for one am getting very tired of living in a hyper violent country. It has been out of control for quite some time and anyone who denies it is a liar.

by Anonymousreply 115September 19, 2021 12:27 PM

R114 No one will say it because they have been bullied into being a labeled a racist if so. Insanity.

by Anonymousreply 116September 19, 2021 12:28 PM

I live in Detroit. A young POC man drove by a 40 year old woman and threw gasoline on her, setting her on fire just 3 days ago. This happened at the end of my block, which is a quiet block of melting pot of families with children. This is not just NYC. Terrifying.

by Anonymousreply 117September 19, 2021 12:33 PM

It happened in Chicago too, three years ago! They put a noose around me as well.

by Anonymousreply 118September 19, 2021 12:35 PM

Imagine if she were wearing a summer dress that got caught in the mechanism. She'd be going home in the buff!

by Anonymousreply 119September 19, 2021 12:59 PM

R11/R16 the longer I live, the more I believe the Y chromosome is a grievous defect.

by Anonymousreply 120September 19, 2021 1:01 PM

[quote]He looks Pacific Islander?

He looks Asian adjacent.

by Anonymousreply 121September 19, 2021 1:44 PM

R72, no one should try to "go down" an upward moving escalator. It only causes more problems as causes people to get stuck, etc. The person moving forward basically did the only thing they could safely do for everyone on a moving escalator.

by Anonymousreply 122September 19, 2021 1:52 PM

Once he's convicted, I'd be curious to know what he was thinking in the moment. You wonder if once he's got nothing to lose he would answer honestly. I don't know how we even begin to solve this kind of anti social risk until we understand it. Not cutting him any slack but maybe he snapped because of COVID. Everybody is worn out. It would be so interesting to understand.

by Anonymousreply 123September 19, 2021 2:04 PM

He is probably already out on bail and on the street. Also I got a trans vibe from the original image.

by Anonymousreply 124September 19, 2021 3:18 PM

He's hawt btw. But DL will not have the standard obsession with hawt criminals because he is not white.

by Anonymousreply 125September 19, 2021 5:02 PM

So his Lawyer bought him a suit and a haircut? Good luck.

by Anonymousreply 126September 19, 2021 5:19 PM

what do we know about this cunt? is he employed? where does he work? I hope they fire his ass

by Anonymousreply 127September 19, 2021 5:22 PM

[quote]He's hawt btw.

No, he is nawt hawt. I thawt he was the "woman kicked down Brooklyn escalator" until I saw the the video.

by Anonymousreply 128September 19, 2021 5:25 PM

He has perky little titties under that tee

by Anonymousreply 129September 19, 2021 5:27 PM

[quote]They found him because his eyes and body and hair are all over the media and someone tipped the police. If you know this guy you would instantly recognize him in the video. No AI face surveillance necessary.

Gurl it was probably some vindictive queen who sucked him off previously who tipped off the police

by Anonymousreply 130September 19, 2021 5:34 PM

Did he gain 25 lbs between then and now? What a fat ass!

by Anonymousreply 131September 19, 2021 5:37 PM

I can't find any news about that, r117. It's not like it wouldn't get reported, a man who burned his girlfriend a couple months ago was in the news.

by Anonymousreply 132September 19, 2021 5:38 PM

nypd are using facial recognition

by Anonymousreply 133September 19, 2021 5:38 PM

Men being men.

by Anonymousreply 134September 19, 2021 5:39 PM

"Police say Hill does not have a criminal record."

Well, now this nasty motherfucker sure will have a criminal record.

The person who watched the woman get pushed and offered no help, should also get reprimanded for being such a piece of shit, they casually moved as the woman was shoved. Unreal. So many people are such trash. People are becoming so immune to violence. Especially gun violence.

Besides shaving his head, why was this creep dressed so professionally? Guess he tried to change his image so he wouldn't get caught or did the cops show up at his door, then allowed him to put on a shirt and a suit jacket?

by Anonymousreply 135September 19, 2021 5:42 PM

R132 It is not allowing me to post a link. Google man sets woman on fire in Detroit Sept 17, 2021. This happened just a few days ago.

by Anonymousreply 136September 19, 2021 5:46 PM

[Quote]Once he's convicted, I'd be curious to know what he was thinking in the moment.

My gut feeling is that he was fucking pissed by her attitude when she said "say excuse me" to him, then turned her head away. It's a typical self-respect attitude among some New Yorkers, and it can be annoying as hell.

However, his response was completely uncalled for. New York is a tough city, and most of us ignore those with that type of attitude. It's not worth reacting to it.

by Anonymousreply 137September 19, 2021 5:52 PM

[quote]The person who watched the woman get pushed and offered no help, should also get reprimanded for being such a piece of shit, they casually moved as the woman was shoved. Unreal. So many people are such trash.

Wasn't that person a woman? If so and she had tried to catch her, perhaps the force of the kick would have caused them both to tumble backward, which would've been even worse. That said, watching it, I do wish someone could have caught her.

by Anonymousreply 138September 19, 2021 5:52 PM
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