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Location:  Bus stop at Georgia & Columbia Road NW (Petworth) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I arrived at the 70 bus stop shelter to wait for the bus around 8:30 p.m. on March 31. I heard someone moving around inside the stop so I decided to wait next to it since it was dark. A man (maybe 25-30 old) came […]

Location: Georgia Avenue & Quincy Street NW (Petworth) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) On a Sunday afternoon, I was on my way home from yoga. I’d realized that I’d left my keys inside my apartment (that I share with roommates who were home at the time, luckily). After getting off Metro at the Petworth stop, I was walking up […]

Location: Georgia-Ave Petworth Metro Station Time: Day Time (9:30A-3:30P) I was waiting on the metro platform for the greenline to my job in Chinatown one Tuesday morning a few weeks ago. I was propped up against a pillar minding my own business, listening to my ipod when a man approached me. I ignored him and […]

Location: Georgia St NW & Irving St NW Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30P-7:30P) I was on my nightly run and decided to extend my mileage out to Georgia Ave, but was sorry I did shortly thereafter. My run took me past several large factions of loitering males, and I immediately got nervous and looked down while running. […]

I was walking up 11th Street, on my way to yoga, when a man in a black car pulled up next to me and rolled down his window. At first, he was just yelling out, “Hey baby!” but after I kept ignoring him, he started commenting on my butt and suggesting what sexual acts he’d […]