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Location: 12th & F St NW (Metro Center) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was approached by the perpetrator and asked for money. I said no and he waited to make the comment, “I thought you were with a black man.” He then followed me [and my partner] 2 blocks to the corner off 12th & F st NW. […]

Location: Red Line (between Metro Center & Chinatown) Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was standing on the train. Two men sat down near where I was standing. The man closest to me started talking to me. This was around 6pm on a Friday, so the train car was decently crowded. Man: Can I touch you? Me: […]

Location: Metro Center Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was sitting alone at the edge of a mostly empty platform at 2 AM, waiting for an orange line train at Metro Center when it happened. I had been at a meeting with friends, which turned into food and eventually a late-night concert. A man walked toward me. I […]

Location: Franklin Square, NW DC Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was eating lunch on the grass in the park when I noticed a homeless man was masturbating while looking at a group of girls a few feet away. I yelled at him and told him to stop but he ignored me. Then I looked right into the eyes […]

Location: G St. NW between 14th and 15th Time:  Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) The shoe shiner on G St. is an unpleasant guy who can’t control himself. Today, I was in slacks and a sweater and he said, “You dropped something.” I said, “Where?” (turns out I didn’t drop anything). He said, “Let me pick it up […]