Location: Garfield & Mass Ave NW (Tenleytown)
Time:  Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm)

I was walking from my apartment building on the corner of Garfield and Mass Ave to my car, which was right around the corner. Some jerk at the stoplight started yelling the most obscene things at me. It takes a lot to shake me up, and I have been street harassed before, but this time it was different. It was disgusting and horrible.

Emphases by CASS.
Submitted 6/21/13 by “CF.”

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