Location:16th and Spring NW Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Around 9:30 on a Saturday morning I was walking down 16th Street with my small son when I noticed a man in a parked car looking at me, as I walked by the car I saw that he was masturbating. I was disgusted and shocked and kept walking. […]
Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Location: Petworth I was walking home and heard sobbing and shouting from across the street. As I crossed, I saw a man holding a woman around her waist and pulling her down the block. I sped up until I was a little behind them and decided to intervene by asking ‘Hey, are you […]
Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Location: George Ave NW & Quebec Pl NW As my friends and I were walking back towards the party we were attending and two middle aged men were standing in the sidewalk taking up most of the space. I didn’t feel like making a deal out of it, so the three of […]
Location: Petworth, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) After work I decided to go for a brisk walk. It was broad daylight. I was walking down 9th Street when a car pulled up. The man rolled down the windows and was trying to coax me into the car with him. I could hardly hear what he […]
Location: Georgia Avenue/Petworth, Washington, DC Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) There is a group of men who constantly hang out on the block of 9th St and Upshur Street NW, near the post office. Nearly every single time I walk near that block or one block over on Georgia Avenue, I am catcalled. I live on 9th […]