tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post4232547896104488470..comments2024-02-01T04:37:41.878-05:00Comments on Cap'n Transit Rides Again: A Century of Subway ScoldingCap'n Transithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-52540575323482375392016-02-20T23:31:00.372-05:002016-02-20T23:31:00.372-05:00You're absolutely right! Unwanted sexual conta...You're absolutely right! Unwanted sexual contact, even when it doesn't physically injure its victims, is not a minor offense at all. That's why <a href="http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2013/05/stuck-on-subway.html" rel="nofollow">we need reasonably priced alternatives</a> to crowded subways.Cap'n Transithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17057887736728828646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862444008740250372.post-39239831216144193232016-02-20T14:40:55.927-05:002016-02-20T14:40:55.927-05:00"unwanted sexual contact" sounds like a ..."unwanted sexual contact" sounds like a minor offense. Sadly, it can be horribly worse -- a violent assault. A woman I know had an object shoved into her anus on a train in a midtown station. She had to go to a hospital for care. This happened on a crowded train as people were exiting. <br /><br />The NYPD response was pathetic. She was told that she had to go down to the precinct to file a complaint. Then found out that she could only go during 9-5 hours, when she had to be at her own job. I guess there is only one cop who can help a woman assaulted, and he works only 9-5. <br /><br />After many days, she was able look at video footage of the platform of people coming off her train. But the camera angle made it impossible to see faces of people well-enough to ID the perpetrator. <br /><br />I'm sure if this was a terrorist incident, the NYPD would have been all over it. But since a woman was sexually assaulted, it was a 'whatever' and 'we can only devote resources to it when one cop is on duty'. This perpetrator is probably still on the trains, assaulting more women.The Amateur Transporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11004281174306673509noreply@blogger.com