Location: 9th & Rhode Island Ave. NW (Shaw) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I had an incident that happened last Thursday around 8:15 pm. I was walking east on Rhode Island and was almost to 9th street when I saw a man quickly approaching from behind. Something seemed off, so I ran across Rhode Island to give myself some distance. […]
Location: DuPont Circle Panera (1350 Connecticut Ave NW) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was studying downstairs at the Panera in Dupont Circle when I looked to my right and a man had his pants fully down and was masturbating in my direction. I screamed and ran upstairs to get a manager. The man walked past me and the […]
Location: Mt. Pleasant St & Kenyon St NW (Mt. Pleasant) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking home from yoga class on Sunday evening and talking to my mom on the phone when a man on a bike slowed down, looked me in the eye, and said, “camel toe.” I screamed that he was a “disgusting […]
Location: 14th & I St NW (McPherson) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) It was almost dusk, and I was walking towards the metro at McPherson along Franklin Square Park to meet my friend. As I looked down at my phone to text my friend know that I was almost there, a man was walking in the opposite […]
Location: L’Enfant Metro Station, waiting for the orange line Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) Today I was assaulted at L’Enfant metro station while waiting for an orange train for the second time this year. The platform there is dark and cramped and overrun with the large number of construction projects down there and now also the addition […]