Location: Ben’s Chili Bowl, Washington, DC Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I had just ordered my food, and I was walking with my toddler to sit down at a table. A man came extremely close to me as though he was going to touch me saying “Come here,” and “What’s your name?” I responded, “I am having […]
Location: 14th & U Street NW (Columbia Heights) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Two of my friends and I had stopped into a beer & wine store on 14th around 9:30pm Friday, 3/28/14. We are all 25 years old and were all dressed casually in jeans and sweatshirts. We exited the store with a 6-pack and began to walk […]
Location: 14th & U St. NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I had just left Tropicalia and was unlocking my bike when I saw a cop in uniform comment on a woman’s body and striped dress. After she said ‘I’m on the phone to my boyfriend’ he persisted a bit and then joked loudly to the other cop (in […]
Location: 14th & V St NW (U Street) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking east on V Street NW on Aug. 10, 2013, at about 1 p.m. when an enraged man was deliberately attempting to hit a woman with his silver Chevrolet sedan because she was “in his way.” He intentionally pulled forward and then abruptly stopped the […]
Location: 14th & U, 16th & U, and 18th Street NW Time: Late Night (12am-5am) I was harassed multiple times tonight – once in a bar and twice on the street. Men repeatedly violated my space by touching me on my bare back (area not covered by my shirt), my butt and my chest. At the bar […]