Archive

Category Archive for "My Streets, Too"

“I Was Groped on the Metro”

Nov 24, 2014

Location: Red Line – Metro Center towards Shady grove Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I’m a mid 20’s hispanic female [and] was on my way home from work sitting in a window seat on the metro. [An] older male sits next to me even though the car is almost empty. I sit closer to the window as he opens […]

Street Harassed at the Bus Stop: “I Would Have Thrown You Through That Glass Window”

Nov 21, 2014

Location: G8 bus stop at 11 & M Street NW (towards Avondale) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) This happened several years ago. I was sitting in the bus shelter at 11th and M Streets NW in the dark at roughly 8:00pm. A man was sitting next to me. Another man walked over and started unlocking a bicycle near the […]

“I Intervened When I Saw a Man Secretly Taking Photos of a Woman on the Bus.”

Nov 16, 2014

Location: On D6 Bus towards Stadium Armory Time: Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) On Monday while riding the D6 back home from work, I noticed a guy playing with his phone, he was sitting directly in front of me and I could see was taking pictures of the girl in the row next to mine. He took one, […]

“I Wish These Men Would Keep Their Ignorant Thoughts to Themselves.”

Nov 10, 2014

Location: Wiseguys Pizza (4th & H Streets NW) and McPherson Square Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I have two stories to share. Last Monday, October 20th, I was walking to Walmart during my lunch break, and a man was sitting outside of Wiseguys at 4th and H Streets NW. He started staring at me as if he’d never seen […]

“The Cab Driver Started Masturbating and Watching Me in The Rear View Mirror”

Nov 6, 2014

Location: Wisconsin Avenue/Friendship Heights Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Around 8pm one evening, I got in a cab on Wisconsin Avenue, NW, and the cab driver took a side street and started masturbating and looking at me in rear view mirror while talking. I was afraid that if I said something or tried to get out that the situation […]