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As I was walking toward the escalator, a man grabbed my arm and pulled me toward him, saying “hey baby” or something like that. I wrenched my arm free and, confused, turned to look at him, and he winked and made a kissy face. Since this was right after a friend noticed that the men […]

Last night I was walking home alone at about 10:00pm along North Capitol Street in the Bloomingdale/Shaw neighborhood. Two men in their late teens or early 20s were walking towards me and another, older, man was walking in from of me and entering his house. As the two younger men walked past me, the one […]

I was walking back to work, enjoying the weather, enjoying the freebies I got from Georgetown Cupcake and from a girl on the street handing out free Ghirardelli chocolates, and these fools had to ruin it! Out of nowhere, I hear “Yo, gorgeous!” and I turn in the direction where it came from. I see […]

This happened a few years ago. I was a senior in high school and my sister had recently graduated from college. We were walking back from somewhere and were about two blocks from home when a guy who was probably in his 30s drove up near us really slowly in a pick-up truck. It was […]

Last week I was at Eastern Market Metro with a friend. She was adding money to her Smart Trip card and I was standing next to her. An older man comes right up behind us, stands really close, and starts saying, “hey pretty ladies, you all look very nice.” My friend turns around and says, […]