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On Sunday around 5pm one of our housemates was chased down the street on her bike by two men who shouted at her that they wanted her bike and that they were going to take it (among other things). They chased her for over a block until she turned onto Arundel. She was extremely shaken […]

Last week I went to my boyfriend’s apartment to meet up with him and some other people for a concert. When I arrived at his apartment about 20 minutes prior I walked past a group of teenage (probably 14 or so) kids hanging out in their school clothes. While they were noisy and joking around […]

I was walking around the library, and I noticed this guy about twice my age (35-ish, maybe?) seemed to be following me. I initially dismissed it as my being paranoid, but I told myself if he was there when I went to the next row of shelves, he was following me. And he was there. […]

I was walking back to the car from Adams Morgan in a group of 5 women, and we passed 2-3 men standing in the little triangular plaza on Columbia Rd. near Euclid St. One of them started walking with us, asking us “What are five girls like you doing out here all alone? Why don’t […]

I was walking near my apartment on a Saturday night to meet someone. A man on the street asked me to give him money. I used to work for a homelessness organization and now give my time and make sandwiches etc. but do not give out money on the street, so I walked by. He […]