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Location: Green Line, L’Enfant Plaza (Metro/WMATA) Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) Yesterday around 12:45pm I witnessed a very large man (6’4″, 250 lbs.) rapping/singing as he approached two young women on the train. He sat down on their armrest, ran his fingers through their hair, across their faces, shoulders, neck etc. while asking questions like “So do you spit or […]

Location: 32 bus stop on Lafayette Park Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming home from work on a Sunday a group of three young men (between the ages of 17-21) got on the bus a few stops after I did. I did not pay too much attention to them because groups of young people getting on the bus is […]

Location: Gallery Place/Chinatown Metro Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) Coming back from a concert, my boyfriend and I were waiting on the platform of the Gallery Place/Chinatown stop, waiting for the redline towards Glenmont. Because of single tracking, everyone waiting for the redline was on one platform. We were standing right at the corner, or intersection of the escalators […]

Location: Red Line metro, at Silver Spring Time:  Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I want to share a positive experience. Today on the metro a man struck up a conversation with me. I did not have a book out nor was I listening to an ipod. He was polite and kept his distance. We ended up casually chatting for the […]

Location: College Park Metro (Maryland) Time:  Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I got on the second to last car at the College Park metro stop last Friday evening. A guy (young- late teens or early 20’s and dressed well) either got on after me or moved so that he was directly in front of me (the seats that […]