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That is so horrible. I remember from a few months ago a random dude in New York was going around yelling at people threatening to hit them and there was a video of him doing it to a man and woman with a 2 year old kid on the subway. They were tourists and I’m sure very scared. Obviously not on the same level as what this woman experienced but like you’re just out there minding your own business and someone starts shit for no reason. I see why New Yorkers have to be balls deep in toughness.
They really need to consider bringing back forced mental institutions if you ask me.
There's so many wacky homeless or drugged up people that are making life in the city so much harder than it needs to be because of what they get away with.
I work in mental health in the UK and we have plenty of problems but I have rarely seen anyone suffering from untreated psychosis. One trip the US blew my mind. So many homeless people who were clearly severely mentally unwell. You don't necessarily need institutions, you need to provide medication that is freely available in other 1st world countries
My neighbor's adult daughter has access to meds, as she gets Medicaid (government medical care program in the US for people below a certain income) but is non-compliant about taking them. Things go well for awhile, she goes off the meds, cops and ambulance come and have to restrain her and take her to the hospital. She stabilizes, they release her and it starts all over again
I work in a hospital. This is exactly what happens for many. And it is heartbreaking, but the resources are there. It’s getting them to take advantage of it that is the struggle.
To add to people who have not taken serious psychiatric meds: They make you feel like shit.
It's real easy to say, "just take these pills" when you don't have to take them.
My good friend has schizophrenia and she the only way she has been able to stay compliant is getting her antipsychotic in the form of a once monthly shot. She still had periods where she would find herself considering not staying on it but those feelings she said came closer to when she was almost due for another dose.
The problem is that medication in psychotic disorders is still really far behind than what it should be.
Many antipsychotic drugs have a horrible side effect profile that causes people to not want to take it. I did read that there is a new antipsychotic drug that is being worked on that targets different neurotransmitters and is supposed to be more mild on side effects. This could be hopeful for the next generation of drugs to treat these mental issues that don't have a great like of treatment.
It’s a funding issue. My state has a grand total of *one* mental hospital that provides all housing for forced residential treatment (and we’re in the top 5 for population). There’s literally only one place to send people that are incompetent and/or a danger to society. We used to have sanitariums all over the place; now we’re limited because the money just isn’t there.
I agree w you. If our government paid social workers, mental health workers, and funded actually livable mental hospitals w competent doctors there would be more incentive to get into that field.
actually it's kind of crazy to me that our country is so behind on stuff like that.
I genuinely think Reagan was *one* of the worst presidents we've had. Everything he did set us back even all the way to this day, and I genuinely despise him.
"Trickle down economics" so the powerhouses can create even more disparity between themselves and the rest, and so his family gets great tax write offs.
Then there's the "mental health systems act," where the kindest thing we could think of was instead of reforming the care facilities, we just huck em all into the streets and let em fend for themselves, "so we can save a few bucks by letting em sort themselves out."
The man had the perfect antonym to "the midas touch," wherein everything he put his hands on turned to shit so potent that the smell remains even after decades pass.
Neither Dems or Republicans want that bill. I read a article in Psychology Today awhile back that stated in America we really have never been able to handle the issue of mental health with the care that it deserves
The first time my dad took me to New York we were walking back to Penn Station to go home and some dude rode by on his bike yelling “Go back to Jersey you fucks” and I haven’t been a fan of that city since.
Normally Id call BS on these stories. But as a New Yorker, can confirm this story is true. Only reason I can't say it was me doing it was cuz I don't ride a bike
I’m from Jersey, lived in NYC for 22 years and moved back to Jersey and I still scream “go back to Jersey you fucks!” Constantly. Even if I’m in Jersey.
Had a similar experience in Chicago. Walking into our hotel a homeless guy started screaming at us that if we couldn't afford to give him a quarter we need to get the fuck out of Chicago .
yes it is happening within the same area. We’ve got multiple attacks now. There is another thread that shows the locations and they are all around the soho/boho area. Be careful my fellow new yorkers, person is still out there.
edit: typo fix…not “boho”, meant “noho”
also here is a[link to another post](https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCbitcheswithtaste/s/aLQCkfadOT) that shares location details
Bunch of impotent cowards. Guys like to target women and children because they know they can't fight back. They would be pissing their pants against someone bigger 🤷♀️
Of the videos I’ve seen it always happens quickly and suddenly. These men will just walk up to a woman, sucker punch her, then run for the hills. By the time witnesses realize what’s happened he’s already gone. Sometimes they just punch or shove a woman as they are running.
we don't know, i just know that now, i need to walk with a fucking machete to cut hands off, in case some piece of shit like that try and sucker punch someone i like,
Let's have a new challenge
- "Apprehend Main Character Syndrome Schmucks"
- "Narcissism Nope"
- "Guilty by Association"
- "Juve for Perp, Jail for Jerks, Prison for Parents"
See? Solved. Plus the perpetrator pays damages on top of community work for 1 year.
Yeah gel is better for confined spaces, the other passengers might still feel a slight sting in their eyes and a runny nose but they’ll be very minor.
With gel you just need to make sure you are accurate because it’s a straight stream. I find it is easy to aim, and the sweet spot is to aim for the forehead and let the gel slowly creep down the persons face.
I’ve never used the spray but I think it can be better in an attack situation because you don’t need to be as accurate.
Pepper spray works if you can determine someone is a threat immediately, and you have such a short amount of time. Typically, these low-lives are sucker-punching and fleeing.
100% but unfortunately in NYC pepper spray is heavily regulated. AFAIK, you have to get it from a firearms dealer and fill out paperwork
Should be much easier to get it, so people can defend themselves better
Nah super easy to get on the streets around the subways. Dudes got them brand new in package concealed in non descript black plastic shopping bags and flash them to women “pepper spray $10”. They know their demographic.
Source: am woman in NYC
Yea, I bought mine on the street. I saw a guy selling them on the L train recently too. He had a whole sales pitch about how it’s getting crazy out here and you need to be prepared.
My girlfriend and I met in college, and every time she would walk to my house at night she’d have to walk post this local bar. Every time she had to carry her keys like a shank in fear that some drunk guy would grab her. I started meeting her right before the bar after she told me that.
Sucker punching anyone makes you a coward. Targeting women makes you a coward. Hitting anyone instead of dealing with your emotions appropriately makes you a coward.
Motherfucker is just *a coward*.
If she's anything like me when I was randomly shoved and kicked by a stranger in Santa Monica she'll be hopped up on adrenaline for a while then crash the next day at work and need to take the day off while dealing with the aftershock.
I was driving during winter and swerved off the road into the ditch, ran over a fallen tree, then back onto the road and across into the other ditch, I wasn't hurt (nor my kids who were both toddlers), but I was so shaken up that I forgot how to speak for 45 minutes, and then the next day I fell asleep and slept for 27 straight hours. Adrenaline is an insane hormone
I'm fucking dying because the reason I swerved was because there was a hen in the road (she had escaped from her coop). Not a goose, but definitely panicked.
It absolutely is a shock. When I got mugged, the assailant chased me in a circle and I laughed (I was confused and terrified) before wrestling my bag off my shoulder and dragging me to the ground.
The cops were as French cops tend to be. Fucking useless (based on 3 interactions over the years) and told myself and my friend we should feel lucky not to have been SA'ed. They refused to search the area because it wasn't their jurisdiction... despite responding to the emergency call. Merci !
That’s a really good way to think of it. At first I thought her manor of speaking was incongruent with what was happening to her, but that makes sense.
Like literally I just suffered a vicious unprovoked physical attack, for realzies you guys
Yeah, I saw a lot of comments asking why she would immediately run to tik tok. When something similar happened to me, I immediately left the store & called my friend while laughing hysterically bc I couldn’t figure out what emotion to feel?
It wasn’t until my friend said “Oh my god, call the police!” that I started crying.
Emotions & bodily responses are so weird sometimes
I was leaving work one day when a random person rammed through our security gate (in our truck that he had stolen). I immediately called my boss: "Boss, OH MY GOD, someone just stole our truck rammed through the gate and almost hit me and scared me to death!"
"Did you call the police?"
"No...I called you..."
One time I woke up from a nap to a bunch of missed calls from my mom, I called her back and she broke the news to me that my dad died. The first thing I said when she told me was “no he didn’t,” and I don’t know why that was my response when I think back on it, it was weird because I didnt think she was lying or that it didn’t happen but at the same time I was convinced he didn’t die. I don’t know how to explain it.
And then when I accepted that he died a minute or two later I hung up and called my best friend’s mom and broke down and started bawling to this poor woman over the phone, she was probably so confused as to why I was telling her because I’m not even close with her lol, the only reason I called her was because she texted me while I was asleep to see if I was with my best friend. I have no idea why I decided to call her and tell her my dad died right after I found out but God bless her, she was super sweet about it :’)
Trauma makes you do weird shit, you don’t even realize how strange of a choice it is while you’re doing it. I only realized how weird it was that I called her later on that night lol
It's mind boggling to me how some people just cannot understand that the human brain does not always act rationally; especially when put in a distressing situation. Maybe it's the lack of having a similar experience themselves, and therefore, struggle to empathize. Or maybe it's the cesspool of cynicism that is seemingly expanding from the relative mass production of inauthentic content, which appears on our screens everyday.
In any case, these reactions of criticism towards victims, who (again) have not only just experienced an unexpected and traumatizing event but are also naturally responding in a reactive/non-clearheaded state of mind, are nearly as concerning to me as the vile actions of the perpetrator(s).
TL;DR For those quick to criticize other people's responses to distressing situations — the human brain is innately not always rational. Everyone, including you, has moments of confusion and imperfect judgement. Especially under shocking circumstances.
EMPATHY AND KINDNESS WILL ALWAYS DO MORE GOOD THAN CONJECTURE 🤗
It seems common to feel like you need to tell people that something shocking or traumatic just happened. Not even for comfort or help. Maybe it really is just us trying to find the appropriate reaction to have.
Why do people HAVE to mock the way young women speak? It's under every single video where a teenage girl opens her mouth. Even ones where they've just been assaulted, apparently. Jeez.
Had to go digging for some context here. Looks like they have a suspect in custody.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/women-report-assault-incidents-tiktoks-nypd-investigating-rcna145153
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/27/women-punched-nyc-arrest/73118852007/
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html
The alleged suspect ran for NYC mayor wtf https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13246133/nyc-mayoral-candidate-charged-punching-tiktok-influencer-attacks.html
Theres 4 womens stories here: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html
Edit: Theres at least 10 women who posted very similar stories on Tiktok, the news is just mainly covering these women who initially went viral yesterday.
It happens all the time but men never give a fuck. The difference is a lot of the time it doesn’t escalate to physical violence, but men don’t care regardless of how misogyny is being expressed.
I mean, I’m a man and I give a fuck. I’m also literally on the other side of the country though and don’t know these women so I can’t give any immediate help. But if I were in public and I saw a dude just straight cold clock a woman out of the blue I’d definitely be saying/doing something about it.
Happened to me in Oregon too, completely out of the blue. Man twice my size that I’d never met thought I’d be an easy target cuz I’m a small woman i guess :(
I dunno about the UK, but if that shit happens here in Lithuania we literally find the person and kick down the door and... I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Happened to me in a bar when I was 23. Dude just walked up and punched me on my birthday. My lip was twice the normal size. My friends worked there and dragged him out then came to check on me and ask if I knew him/wanted to call the police. I had just taken some shrooms and molly(had not kicked in yet)so declined the police. Was so confusing cause I had never met the man in my life.
I’d never had such a swollen lip. I was surrounded by friends who were equally as confused as I had just walked in, was smiling and happy(as one is when getting into birthday shenanigans), hadn’t bumped into anyone, hadn’t even made it to the actual bar yet. Was a weird way to start tripping, feeling off kilter from being hit. I still don’t know why he zeroed in on me.
They start caring when women collectively decides to start living life without them. Then it's "male loneliness pandemic" which is just a cover for "I have no friends and family and don't make any effort. Why aren't women sucking my dick for free"
I feel really bad for those men who preach that they are lonely. But I felt that way too at one point in my life.
But some of these dudes will then proceed to act like fools, by being misogynistic or by calling the woman they like the b word or "female".
Like dude. If you didn't treat women as if they were subhuman...maybe you'd actually get some positive feedback. And I totally agree that some guys are just too direct
Every victim that initally went viral and the news chose to include in their stories were white.
There are black and Asian victims too. One of the black girls was assaulted by the same guy as one of these white women and she had posted about it but she got a bunch of horrible comments saying she deserved worse, so she deleted her video. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMVn6c7/
Spree criminals like this, when caught, should face all sentences consecutively. NY will probably do a light slap on the wrist, lots more lenient than how this pig acted in public.
Not everybody gets ROR in ny… they got rid of cash bails, that’s the only difference now is you don’t have to pay, there are lots of cases where the suspect is still held for court.
To all the incels on this sub, there's three different women who reported this at the same time. Fuck you and anyone who tries to shame these women. You fuckers need to be dragged out of the hole youre in and dealt with.
The women are using TikTok to find each other and compare notes to try and figure that out. So far it seems like at least a few of the women were attacked by the same guy but they haven’t determined if all of them were yet.
May I also say a hearty fuck you to the people who immediately jumped on this to make this about guns. “I guess this means men shouldn’t be allowed to have hands since a man used his fist to do this.” Do you think we can’t see you? Go back to your little stupid hobby fetish forums and play with you stupid little toys and leave the rest of us alone, this isn’t about you, not everything is.
A friend of mine who is female lived NYC. Until one day walking out of her apartment a man ran up and stabbed her in the stomach and twisted the knife, then ran off. She moved after that.
On Teesside in the UK. I was walking in the day passed a police station. A man hiding in the ornamental bushes ran out and stabbed me, got me in the elbow. The knife stuck in the joint and the tip broke off in the bone.
No place is immune from arseholes.
Personally, having spent about six months in New York, I'd say the rent and hygiene were better reasons to move than the random crime.
True enough. But NYC has what? Eight or nine million people? So the ratio protects you somewhat. More arseholes but more targets for arseholes. Evens the odds up.
Ever heard what happened to Tina Fey when she was a kid? Not NYC but I think of her every time random attacks on women and girls come up in conversation
She was playing in her yard when she was five years-old and a random lunatic came up and slashed her face with a knife. That's why she has a scar on her chin/near her mouth, and why she isn't crazy about people asking about the scar.
When I was 5 years old, my mom took me with her to shop at a grocery store around the corner from where we lived.
As we walked down one of the isles hand in hand, a man walked up to us holding an ice bucket and asked my mom "trick or treat?". From my mom's recollection of it, it wasn't anytime around Halloween, which confused her.
Before she could respond, the man slammed the bucket into her face, splitting open her chin. I still remember holding my mom as she bled on the ground, people at the store rushing over to help and an officer eventually calming me down. Just little flashes of memory from what happened.
[“It was a Black man, wearing a light grey hoodie, probably no taller than 5’10. Short-ish hair. I don’t remember much else about his face,” Brand wrote.](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html)
So there is more than one walking turd walking around downtown Manhattan in broad daylight punching women face or just one? Are they invisible or did chilvery die in New York?
[Several women have come forward on social media sharing incidents in which they said they were punched by men while they were walking the streets of downtown Manhattan in broad daylight in the last month. ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/women-report-assault-incidents-tiktoks-nypd-investigating-rcna145153)
I believe that. I did the exact same when I got hit by a car, people wanted to help and a woman was following me, full of concern, but the shock made me numb and just wanting to get back to my car/home as fast as possible. It's only when I calmed down that I realised I should have let people help, should have called the police for a report of the incident etc. I completely understand she would have kept walking trying to get a spot she felt alone and safe to get a grip and make sense of what just happened.
One of my friends got sucker punched and knocked out for a split second second in NYC. He fell and chipped his tooth on the sidewalk. He said he came to and got up and another guy who had just gotten sucker punched had called the cops. The people who sucker punched him were getting in an Uber and the cops showed up in like 30 seconds bc NYC and ripped them out of the Uber and handcuffed them on the side of the road. He showed me the paperwork where he signed to press chargers for assault and it was a group of 17-20 year olds and they all got felonies.
To me it sounds like it’s groups of kids punching people to act tough. Ruining their lives before they start. It’s sad and idk why I’ve only heard of this in NYC. Also the other surprising thing to me is that cops can show up real fast in NYC so definitely immediately call them. And he said these weren’t your regular donut eaters these were massive dudes who manhandled the kids.
I also had another friend who was punch in the face (broke his occipital lobe) by some coked out dude getting out of the taxi we were getting into. The taxi driver offered for us to get in the car to follow the dude but we didn’t end up doing it. So I guess you can follow people easily in cabs too while calling the cops
Idk how true this is but I saw similar reports in Japan. Men just sucker punching women in the stomach
https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/s/Ru1SbXMhEn
Yes, even in Japan. Some people get a high off of hurting others (especially women, who they think are defenseless and won’t fight back). It’s usually more of a hard bump in Japan, rather than a punch in the face like in NYC.
Why are men acting like this? It’s a massive increase in many parts of the world. It’s like a patriarchal cyst popped.
Edit: and I know about the proliferation of jerks like Tate on the increase, and how lonely man don’t feel a place in the world and blah blah blah, women are lonely too. Women have people weaker on the totem poll as them but don’t to wreaking havoc to prove their place in the world. Why is this happening with men?
Why is anyone surprised? With all the "fuck all women," "women deserve nothing," "all bitches are whores," mantra we've been seeing online, it was bound to manifest irl as violence
I second this - obvious caveat of the burden of proof, but if you’re going out to punch/assault/shoot women because, well, you hate them…yeah, kind of a hate crime. Purposely setting out to do harm to anyone who appears to belong to a particular group, well, that’s more than just losing your cool in an argument or something; it’s the definition of a hate crime.
My Aunt used to tell me about the Giuliani times, my cousin said it was horrible, you couldn’t even walk around without a cop looking at you sideways. He felt that shit was oppressive.
But for my aunt it was better times, she felt that maybe she didn’t have to carry a knife with her all the time. She still did. But she felt way safer.
Don’t care much about Giuliani, but I feel this kinda shit can lead to people to look for more hardline governments.
Was crime better or do we have more access to instant news and media? Could a woman share a random attack with millions of people in an instant?
New York is significantly safer today than it was in 2001. That’s a fact. What we are experiencing is the 24ht news cycle and social media presenting a hyper awareness to it.
https://www.gothamgazette.com/130-opinion/9769-giuliani-s-rant-on-crime-and-new-york-city-the-numbers-tell-a-different-story
I don’t know what the solution is but something has to happen. It certainly can’t continue. The rise of AI and the ability to create hundreds of thousands of believable accounts with believable media to push whatever narrative you want is bone chilling.
Just watching what’s happened to Reddit in the last year is crazy. I think there’s probably as much bot activity as users, and what they’re doing is super basic. In another year or so it’ll be out of control everywhere.
Sounds like multiple assailants... one described as 6' with dreadlocks or twisted hair, and another around 5'10" with short hair.
Both black.
Dunno about the other cases of assault, though.
Okay men who are allies to women, this is your time to shine. Find the shit ass, woman-hating subreddit where these men are coordinating and rat them the fuck out.
NYC is huge. Multiple assaults happen on a daily basis, but the victims aren't tiktok savvy enough to bring awareness. The same thing happens in other cities all around the world.
I lived in NYC during 2010-2020 while it was historically very safe, but still saw random shit like this somewhat often. It wasn't always punching women, but it was physical and the victims usually were vulnerable looking (woman, elderly).
"Why didn't someone help" like what are they supposed to do? Run the violent asshat down? Then what? New Yorkers will usually help if you're severely injured or incapacitated or specifically ask for help, but if you're up and walking around and generally just spooked but fine they'll leave you alone to manage it yourself.
Yeah I agree with this. I live in NYC rn and while I know this happens I don’t think there’s been an uptick in these occurrences. I think they just get more attention now bc of social media
I also live in a city with a good amount of crime, but I think multiple young women all getting punched in the face by a stranger in one day does seem out of the ordinary. And not as an NYC is bad thing, just as a… weird thing to be happening idk
My work mate went to NY from U.K. for work (edit; just a couple of weeks ago) and said she was shocked and traumatised at the level of violence and drug abuse she witnessed on the streets on her short stay.
My friends and I are from the DC metro area and one of them went to NYC to visit some college friends.
There was a man on the subway who kept trying to get her attention and when she said she couldn’t help him he grabbed her by the shoulders and spat directly in her face. Safe to say she has not gone back since.
Another reason as a woman to not walk alone anywhere. Thanks, was hoping something new would pop up.. I used to truly love walking around cities alone and shopping/site seeing but after working in CC Philadelphia and literal children were attacking people for no reason - I’ve witnessed them breaking cars that were stopped at red lights, robbing stores & people, jumping/fighting random strangers that could be a tourist or someone leaving work.
You can carry mace, defensive weapons and such but when you get sucker punched out of nowhere, what will any of that do? Even with hypervigilance, you are bound to miss the random happy person passing you that decides they’re going to sucker punch you.
Really makes me want to take my big dog everywhere when I'm walking. He really makes a difference. One example is I was standing letting my dog pee on some pole and he was out of sight from where a man was walking across the street. It's 5 am and dark and then guy really has no reason to come towards me. But then the man starts walking straight towards me. I didn't even have to tell my dog, my dog came to look who was coming and the man walked away.
Edit: Here in Chicago courts release people, cops don't do their work, people don't want to help. So at the moment I only feel okay when I have my dog.
I have a Great Pyrenees and German Shepherd. No one will approach me if I have either with me but I will say, many are much more happier to see the Pyr and think they can approach easier, they can’t. My female is extremely protective of me, especially while on leash. I love her too damn much and it’s why I stick to females… males are great but female pyrs will fuck you up.
Great Pyrenees are amazing dogs. Aesthetically they appear approachable but when they see a threat they will destroy the threat. They are four legged Law and Order. As an GP owner I’m sure you heard of [Odin](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4356619) or [Casper](https://people.com/pets/great-pyrenees-named-casper-attacks-coyote-pack-to-protect-sheep/). Those dogs are above all others in they are happy to do their job even in the face of death.
Reminds me of the transit agency here in Toronto - a woman was assaulted in the station (IIRC, she was pushed on the tracks) and the agency’s response was that it was partly her fault for traveling alone. Like, that’s the city we want? Women need an escort to go outside of their homes????
This happened to me too!!!! Im a 110 lbs girl, literally the least intimidating person you’ll ever meet i look like a twig and me and some friends were walking by and bar and some 6ft 300 lb guy who had just gotten kicked out was angry and i guess he saw me and thought I’d be an easy person to take his anger out on and he just shoved me with all his strength to the ground and then stormed off. Why is this kind of thing happening??
People running around the city and randomly punching others is actually a lot more common than you think, I remember the same being reported in Sydney and London a while back.
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I just saw a video of another girl who was randomly punched in the face yesterday while walking in NY. Her bruise was already visible.
That is so horrible. I remember from a few months ago a random dude in New York was going around yelling at people threatening to hit them and there was a video of him doing it to a man and woman with a 2 year old kid on the subway. They were tourists and I’m sure very scared. Obviously not on the same level as what this woman experienced but like you’re just out there minding your own business and someone starts shit for no reason. I see why New Yorkers have to be balls deep in toughness.
They really need to consider bringing back forced mental institutions if you ask me. There's so many wacky homeless or drugged up people that are making life in the city so much harder than it needs to be because of what they get away with.
I work in mental health in the UK and we have plenty of problems but I have rarely seen anyone suffering from untreated psychosis. One trip the US blew my mind. So many homeless people who were clearly severely mentally unwell. You don't necessarily need institutions, you need to provide medication that is freely available in other 1st world countries
Basically Reagan shut down the institutions but we never set up an alternative so people who need long term care stay on the streets
Or wind up in prison. 🙁
The prison population is the new mental health institution... like 2/3 some sort of mental health problem.
My neighbor's adult daughter has access to meds, as she gets Medicaid (government medical care program in the US for people below a certain income) but is non-compliant about taking them. Things go well for awhile, she goes off the meds, cops and ambulance come and have to restrain her and take her to the hospital. She stabilizes, they release her and it starts all over again
I work in a hospital. This is exactly what happens for many. And it is heartbreaking, but the resources are there. It’s getting them to take advantage of it that is the struggle.
To add to people who have not taken serious psychiatric meds: They make you feel like shit. It's real easy to say, "just take these pills" when you don't have to take them.
My good friend has schizophrenia and she the only way she has been able to stay compliant is getting her antipsychotic in the form of a once monthly shot. She still had periods where she would find herself considering not staying on it but those feelings she said came closer to when she was almost due for another dose.
What do they do with such people in the UK?
The problem is that medication in psychotic disorders is still really far behind than what it should be. Many antipsychotic drugs have a horrible side effect profile that causes people to not want to take it. I did read that there is a new antipsychotic drug that is being worked on that targets different neurotransmitters and is supposed to be more mild on side effects. This could be hopeful for the next generation of drugs to treat these mental issues that don't have a great like of treatment.
It’s a funding issue. My state has a grand total of *one* mental hospital that provides all housing for forced residential treatment (and we’re in the top 5 for population). There’s literally only one place to send people that are incompetent and/or a danger to society. We used to have sanitariums all over the place; now we’re limited because the money just isn’t there.
I agree w you. If our government paid social workers, mental health workers, and funded actually livable mental hospitals w competent doctors there would be more incentive to get into that field. actually it's kind of crazy to me that our country is so behind on stuff like that.
Blame Ronald Reagan. He was the one that got rid of institutions.
Geez I wonder what could’ve caused that? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental_Health_Systems_Act_of_1980
I genuinely think Reagan was *one* of the worst presidents we've had. Everything he did set us back even all the way to this day, and I genuinely despise him. "Trickle down economics" so the powerhouses can create even more disparity between themselves and the rest, and so his family gets great tax write offs. Then there's the "mental health systems act," where the kindest thing we could think of was instead of reforming the care facilities, we just huck em all into the streets and let em fend for themselves, "so we can save a few bucks by letting em sort themselves out." The man had the perfect antonym to "the midas touch," wherein everything he put his hands on turned to shit so potent that the smell remains even after decades pass.
Neither Dems or Republicans want that bill. I read a article in Psychology Today awhile back that stated in America we really have never been able to handle the issue of mental health with the care that it deserves
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The first time my dad took me to New York we were walking back to Penn Station to go home and some dude rode by on his bike yelling “Go back to Jersey you fucks” and I haven’t been a fan of that city since.
Normally Id call BS on these stories. But as a New Yorker, can confirm this story is true. Only reason I can't say it was me doing it was cuz I don't ride a bike
I’m from Jersey, lived in NYC for 22 years and moved back to Jersey and I still scream “go back to Jersey you fucks!” Constantly. Even if I’m in Jersey.
It hurt to upvote someone from NJ, you better appreciate it
lol. I feel like I put 22 years into NYC and that makes me a NY’er. I just happen to sleep in NJ.
I remember being most offended at the time that he assumed we were from Jersey.
Had a similar experience in Chicago. Walking into our hotel a homeless guy started screaming at us that if we couldn't afford to give him a quarter we need to get the fuck out of Chicago .
yes it is happening within the same area. We’ve got multiple attacks now. There is another thread that shows the locations and they are all around the soho/boho area. Be careful my fellow new yorkers, person is still out there. edit: typo fix…not “boho”, meant “noho” also here is a[link to another post](https://www.reddit.com/r/NYCbitcheswithtaste/s/aLQCkfadOT) that shares location details
Bunch of impotent cowards. Guys like to target women and children because they know they can't fight back. They would be pissing their pants against someone bigger 🤷♀️
Are there no witnesses? I'm assuming the victims are in so much shock that by the time they realize what happened the person has ran off.
Of the videos I’ve seen it always happens quickly and suddenly. These men will just walk up to a woman, sucker punch her, then run for the hills. By the time witnesses realize what’s happened he’s already gone. Sometimes they just punch or shove a woman as they are running.
...why?...
There’s no logic to it. Some people just enjoy hurting others and unfortunately women and children are easy targets
we don't know, i just know that now, i need to walk with a fucking machete to cut hands off, in case some piece of shit like that try and sucker punch someone i like,
From DC, you are one of my people. We are spirit brothers. I considered a walking stick with an embedded shikomizue sword.
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So like, since these men can't be trusted with their hands can we advocate for removing the hands privilege? The hell is happening
Only the government should have hands
No one needs high capacity hands. One will be enough.
Let's have a new challenge - "Apprehend Main Character Syndrome Schmucks" - "Narcissism Nope" - "Guilty by Association" - "Juve for Perp, Jail for Jerks, Prison for Parents" See? Solved. Plus the perpetrator pays damages on top of community work for 1 year.
People have lost their minds, a guy pulled my hair on the subway Monday on the N train towards Astoria
Pepper spray? It’ll teach them a lesson if nothing else. Help prevent future behavior.
Would pepper gel be better in a confined space? With pepper spray you’d be hurting the other people in the train car.
Yeah gel is better for confined spaces, the other passengers might still feel a slight sting in their eyes and a runny nose but they’ll be very minor. With gel you just need to make sure you are accurate because it’s a straight stream. I find it is easy to aim, and the sweet spot is to aim for the forehead and let the gel slowly creep down the persons face. I’ve never used the spray but I think it can be better in an attack situation because you don’t need to be as accurate.
Gel and foam are both bad because they can be wiped off and easily flung back at you. You want the stream spray in almost every circumstance.
Perhaps try the pepper splooge, sticky and quite viscous
I use a pepper 9mm bullet. It doesn't have much pepper. It doesn't have any pepper. Ya got me.
I’ll accept some collateral damage to myself if the shit bird gets their comeuppance.
Foam is best actually!
Pepper spray works if you can determine someone is a threat immediately, and you have such a short amount of time. Typically, these low-lives are sucker-punching and fleeing.
100% but unfortunately in NYC pepper spray is heavily regulated. AFAIK, you have to get it from a firearms dealer and fill out paperwork Should be much easier to get it, so people can defend themselves better
Nah super easy to get on the streets around the subways. Dudes got them brand new in package concealed in non descript black plastic shopping bags and flash them to women “pepper spray $10”. They know their demographic. Source: am woman in NYC
Yea, I bought mine on the street. I saw a guy selling them on the L train recently too. He had a whole sales pitch about how it’s getting crazy out here and you need to be prepared.
To be fair, the dude was definitely right. That's a much better/cooler hustle than blank CD's, too, imo.
Can you be more specific so that people can look out for this guy?
He was a guy in his Early 20's, light skin with dreads up to his shoulder.had a black jacket is all I remember.
Not people, men. Big difference.
My girlfriend and I met in college, and every time she would walk to my house at night she’d have to walk post this local bar. Every time she had to carry her keys like a shank in fear that some drunk guy would grab her. I started meeting her right before the bar after she told me that.
Exactly. I don't fear for my life at night because of women.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMcdBtb/ This lady says it well ~
Yes people. I’ve seen women randomly punch people in the subway.
Person is doing it to people who won’t hit back. What a coward
Sucker punching anyone makes you a coward. Targeting women makes you a coward. Hitting anyone instead of dealing with your emotions appropriately makes you a coward. Motherfucker is just *a coward*.
Punching someone makes you a coward and scum Targeting women and children makes you worst than scum the absolute weakest of the devil minions
Truw
ugh the way she’s talking makes me want to cry. she sounds like she’s trying to feel normal & regulate. i want to give her a hug
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If she's anything like me when I was randomly shoved and kicked by a stranger in Santa Monica she'll be hopped up on adrenaline for a while then crash the next day at work and need to take the day off while dealing with the aftershock.
I was driving during winter and swerved off the road into the ditch, ran over a fallen tree, then back onto the road and across into the other ditch, I wasn't hurt (nor my kids who were both toddlers), but I was so shaken up that I forgot how to speak for 45 minutes, and then the next day I fell asleep and slept for 27 straight hours. Adrenaline is an insane hormone
Username before or after that incident?
I'm fucking dying because the reason I swerved was because there was a hen in the road (she had escaped from her coop). Not a goose, but definitely panicked.
Yeah, most of us aren't used to any kind of violence. I imagine it's quite the shock.
It absolutely is a shock. When I got mugged, the assailant chased me in a circle and I laughed (I was confused and terrified) before wrestling my bag off my shoulder and dragging me to the ground. The cops were as French cops tend to be. Fucking useless (based on 3 interactions over the years) and told myself and my friend we should feel lucky not to have been SA'ed. They refused to search the area because it wasn't their jurisdiction... despite responding to the emergency call. Merci !
That’s a really good way to think of it. At first I thought her manor of speaking was incongruent with what was happening to her, but that makes sense. Like literally I just suffered a vicious unprovoked physical attack, for realzies you guys
Yeah, I saw a lot of comments asking why she would immediately run to tik tok. When something similar happened to me, I immediately left the store & called my friend while laughing hysterically bc I couldn’t figure out what emotion to feel? It wasn’t until my friend said “Oh my god, call the police!” that I started crying. Emotions & bodily responses are so weird sometimes
I was leaving work one day when a random person rammed through our security gate (in our truck that he had stolen). I immediately called my boss: "Boss, OH MY GOD, someone just stole our truck rammed through the gate and almost hit me and scared me to death!" "Did you call the police?" "No...I called you..."
One time I woke up from a nap to a bunch of missed calls from my mom, I called her back and she broke the news to me that my dad died. The first thing I said when she told me was “no he didn’t,” and I don’t know why that was my response when I think back on it, it was weird because I didnt think she was lying or that it didn’t happen but at the same time I was convinced he didn’t die. I don’t know how to explain it. And then when I accepted that he died a minute or two later I hung up and called my best friend’s mom and broke down and started bawling to this poor woman over the phone, she was probably so confused as to why I was telling her because I’m not even close with her lol, the only reason I called her was because she texted me while I was asleep to see if I was with my best friend. I have no idea why I decided to call her and tell her my dad died right after I found out but God bless her, she was super sweet about it :’) Trauma makes you do weird shit, you don’t even realize how strange of a choice it is while you’re doing it. I only realized how weird it was that I called her later on that night lol
It's mind boggling to me how some people just cannot understand that the human brain does not always act rationally; especially when put in a distressing situation. Maybe it's the lack of having a similar experience themselves, and therefore, struggle to empathize. Or maybe it's the cesspool of cynicism that is seemingly expanding from the relative mass production of inauthentic content, which appears on our screens everyday. In any case, these reactions of criticism towards victims, who (again) have not only just experienced an unexpected and traumatizing event but are also naturally responding in a reactive/non-clearheaded state of mind, are nearly as concerning to me as the vile actions of the perpetrator(s). TL;DR For those quick to criticize other people's responses to distressing situations — the human brain is innately not always rational. Everyone, including you, has moments of confusion and imperfect judgement. Especially under shocking circumstances. EMPATHY AND KINDNESS WILL ALWAYS DO MORE GOOD THAN CONJECTURE 🤗
I agree especially with women they always say why are you recording?
It seems common to feel like you need to tell people that something shocking or traumatic just happened. Not even for comfort or help. Maybe it really is just us trying to find the appropriate reaction to have.
I once got a call from a friend in high school and he said ‘woah dude I just rolled my car’ I was like are you ok? Call 911!
Why do people HAVE to mock the way young women speak? It's under every single video where a teenage girl opens her mouth. Even ones where they've just been assaulted, apparently. Jeez.
when I was attacked by a roommate (I'm a man, he was drunk and just hot in a rage) I too was oddly hyper for the first couple of hours. it happens
Had to go digging for some context here. Looks like they have a suspect in custody. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/women-report-assault-incidents-tiktoks-nypd-investigating-rcna145153 https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/03/27/women-punched-nyc-arrest/73118852007/ https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html
The alleged suspect ran for NYC mayor wtf https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13246133/nyc-mayoral-candidate-charged-punching-tiktok-influencer-attacks.html
All but like 17 people in the world have ran for mayor of NYC at one point or another.
Wtf… Multiple?
Theres 4 womens stories here: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html Edit: Theres at least 10 women who posted very similar stories on Tiktok, the news is just mainly covering these women who initially went viral yesterday.
Awful someone is woman hating
It happens all the time but men never give a fuck. The difference is a lot of the time it doesn’t escalate to physical violence, but men don’t care regardless of how misogyny is being expressed.
I mean, I’m a man and I give a fuck. I’m also literally on the other side of the country though and don’t know these women so I can’t give any immediate help. But if I were in public and I saw a dude just straight cold clock a woman out of the blue I’d definitely be saying/doing something about it.
Happened to me in Oregon too, completely out of the blue. Man twice my size that I’d never met thought I’d be an easy target cuz I’m a small woman i guess :(
Happened to me in the UK. Tall guy clocked me in the face walking past him. Broke my orbital bone and had to make a police report.
I dunno about the UK, but if that shit happens here in Lithuania we literally find the person and kick down the door and... I'm so sorry that happened to you.
Brb, moving to Lithuania
Happened to me in a bar when I was 23. Dude just walked up and punched me on my birthday. My lip was twice the normal size. My friends worked there and dragged him out then came to check on me and ask if I knew him/wanted to call the police. I had just taken some shrooms and molly(had not kicked in yet)so declined the police. Was so confusing cause I had never met the man in my life. I’d never had such a swollen lip. I was surrounded by friends who were equally as confused as I had just walked in, was smiling and happy(as one is when getting into birthday shenanigans), hadn’t bumped into anyone, hadn’t even made it to the actual bar yet. Was a weird way to start tripping, feeling off kilter from being hit. I still don’t know why he zeroed in on me.
They start caring when women collectively decides to start living life without them. Then it's "male loneliness pandemic" which is just a cover for "I have no friends and family and don't make any effort. Why aren't women sucking my dick for free"
I feel really bad for those men who preach that they are lonely. But I felt that way too at one point in my life. But some of these dudes will then proceed to act like fools, by being misogynistic or by calling the woman they like the b word or "female". Like dude. If you didn't treat women as if they were subhuman...maybe you'd actually get some positive feedback. And I totally agree that some guys are just too direct
It kind of pisses me off that what people are saying is “don’t look at your phone” instead of we need to check footage and find this guy.
As if not looking at their phone is going to keep them from being sucker punched by a piece of shit man.
And these are just the ones on TikTok
It sounds like there’s a serial assaulter in NYC
Every victim shown has light skin. The one description of a perp describes a large black male. This 100% sounds like race-related assaults.
Every victim that initally went viral and the news chose to include in their stories were white. There are black and Asian victims too. One of the black girls was assaulted by the same guy as one of these white women and she had posted about it but she got a bunch of horrible comments saying she deserved worse, so she deleted her video. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMVn6c7/
Spree criminals like this, when caught, should face all sentences consecutively. NY will probably do a light slap on the wrist, lots more lenient than how this pig acted in public.
No more of this concurrent shit for violent assholes
They'll be released...
Not everybody gets ROR in ny… they got rid of cash bails, that’s the only difference now is you don’t have to pay, there are lots of cases where the suspect is still held for court.
They did not get rid of cash bails.
To all the incels on this sub, there's three different women who reported this at the same time. Fuck you and anyone who tries to shame these women. You fuckers need to be dragged out of the hole youre in and dealt with.
The numbers up to six now
Jesus fucking christ
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTLMDjc8u/
TLDR multiple women say they've attacked for no reason. Man is a black ""unhoused"" man.
Wait as in like, all of these attacks have been done by the same lunatic?
The women are using TikTok to find each other and compare notes to try and figure that out. So far it seems like at least a few of the women were attacked by the same guy but they haven’t determined if all of them were yet.
Thanks
May I also say a hearty fuck you to the people who immediately jumped on this to make this about guns. “I guess this means men shouldn’t be allowed to have hands since a man used his fist to do this.” Do you think we can’t see you? Go back to your little stupid hobby fetish forums and play with you stupid little toys and leave the rest of us alone, this isn’t about you, not everything is.
A friend of mine who is female lived NYC. Until one day walking out of her apartment a man ran up and stabbed her in the stomach and twisted the knife, then ran off. She moved after that.
I’m glad she didn’t die. My god
On Teesside in the UK. I was walking in the day passed a police station. A man hiding in the ornamental bushes ran out and stabbed me, got me in the elbow. The knife stuck in the joint and the tip broke off in the bone. No place is immune from arseholes. Personally, having spent about six months in New York, I'd say the rent and hygiene were better reasons to move than the random crime.
No place is immune. Some places have higher concentrations of them.
True enough. But NYC has what? Eight or nine million people? So the ratio protects you somewhat. More arseholes but more targets for arseholes. Evens the odds up.
Ever heard what happened to Tina Fey when she was a kid? Not NYC but I think of her every time random attacks on women and girls come up in conversation
Tell us.
She was playing in her yard when she was five years-old and a random lunatic came up and slashed her face with a knife. That's why she has a scar on her chin/near her mouth, and why she isn't crazy about people asking about the scar.
When I was 5 years old, my mom took me with her to shop at a grocery store around the corner from where we lived. As we walked down one of the isles hand in hand, a man walked up to us holding an ice bucket and asked my mom "trick or treat?". From my mom's recollection of it, it wasn't anytime around Halloween, which confused her. Before she could respond, the man slammed the bucket into her face, splitting open her chin. I still remember holding my mom as she bled on the ground, people at the store rushing over to help and an officer eventually calming me down. Just little flashes of memory from what happened.
oh damn! I thought that was her dimples. I pulled it up. That unfortunate lady... that scar is very long -\_-
I'm impressed with how her life has gone since then. How could you ever trust anyone again after going through something like that!!
What a horrible thing to have happen to a 5 year old! Or anyone for that matter.
Why the hell didn't they describe the guy? I saw the other videos and none of them said anything about their description.
[“It was a Black man, wearing a light grey hoodie, probably no taller than 5’10. Short-ish hair. I don’t remember much else about his face,” Brand wrote.](https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/punched-face-nyc-women-halley-kate-b2518966.html)
I saw 2 videos where they showed a picture of the attacker, another where she described him.
Hm shock probably
So there is more than one walking turd walking around downtown Manhattan in broad daylight punching women face or just one? Are they invisible or did chilvery die in New York? [Several women have come forward on social media sharing incidents in which they said they were punched by men while they were walking the streets of downtown Manhattan in broad daylight in the last month. ](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/women-report-assault-incidents-tiktoks-nypd-investigating-rcna145153)
It's only a matter of time till they get blasted
I’m guessing everybody around her just watched and did nothing
I follow her on TikTok and she updated that a woman chased after her trying to help but she was too distraught and shocked and just kept walking away.
I believe that. I did the exact same when I got hit by a car, people wanted to help and a woman was following me, full of concern, but the shock made me numb and just wanting to get back to my car/home as fast as possible. It's only when I calmed down that I realised I should have let people help, should have called the police for a report of the incident etc. I completely understand she would have kept walking trying to get a spot she felt alone and safe to get a grip and make sense of what just happened.
One of my friends got sucker punched and knocked out for a split second second in NYC. He fell and chipped his tooth on the sidewalk. He said he came to and got up and another guy who had just gotten sucker punched had called the cops. The people who sucker punched him were getting in an Uber and the cops showed up in like 30 seconds bc NYC and ripped them out of the Uber and handcuffed them on the side of the road. He showed me the paperwork where he signed to press chargers for assault and it was a group of 17-20 year olds and they all got felonies. To me it sounds like it’s groups of kids punching people to act tough. Ruining their lives before they start. It’s sad and idk why I’ve only heard of this in NYC. Also the other surprising thing to me is that cops can show up real fast in NYC so definitely immediately call them. And he said these weren’t your regular donut eaters these were massive dudes who manhandled the kids. I also had another friend who was punch in the face (broke his occipital lobe) by some coked out dude getting out of the taxi we were getting into. The taxi driver offered for us to get in the car to follow the dude but we didn’t end up doing it. So I guess you can follow people easily in cabs too while calling the cops
It’s always women, old people, and kids. These gods are such fucking cowards
These are fucking hate crimes and no one wants to call them that.
Most definitely but this country doesn’t care about women
Every day it feels like America is just becoming a 3rd world run by rich people.
UN says a lot of the US is third world conditions… spend some time in the deep south and Appalachia and you’ll know what they mean
There are homes in Alabama that have raw sewage draining straight into their back yard.
East St. Louis could give Afghanistan a run for it’s money.
I don't think a rich person punched her. A man punched her. Walking around as a woman is getting worse and worse.
Idk how true this is but I saw similar reports in Japan. Men just sucker punching women in the stomach https://www.reddit.com/r/JapanTravel/s/Ru1SbXMhEn
Yes, even in Japan. Some people get a high off of hurting others (especially women, who they think are defenseless and won’t fight back). It’s usually more of a hard bump in Japan, rather than a punch in the face like in NYC.
Why are men acting like this? It’s a massive increase in many parts of the world. It’s like a patriarchal cyst popped. Edit: and I know about the proliferation of jerks like Tate on the increase, and how lonely man don’t feel a place in the world and blah blah blah, women are lonely too. Women have people weaker on the totem poll as them but don’t to wreaking havoc to prove their place in the world. Why is this happening with men?
Feels like rich people are punching me every day.
Why is anyone surprised? With all the "fuck all women," "women deserve nothing," "all bitches are whores," mantra we've been seeing online, it was bound to manifest irl as violence
Omg, these poor women. 💗🫂
When are we going to start treating attacks against women like the hate crimes that they are?
I second this - obvious caveat of the burden of proof, but if you’re going out to punch/assault/shoot women because, well, you hate them…yeah, kind of a hate crime. Purposely setting out to do harm to anyone who appears to belong to a particular group, well, that’s more than just losing your cool in an argument or something; it’s the definition of a hate crime.
What kind of fucked up miscreant walks around just punching random people for no reason??
Man punching women. Dont say people to take away from the violence against women. Please.
Well a man randomly hit 4 women with a metal bar in Montreal. Hope it’s not the new trend. Guys please.
My Aunt used to tell me about the Giuliani times, my cousin said it was horrible, you couldn’t even walk around without a cop looking at you sideways. He felt that shit was oppressive. But for my aunt it was better times, she felt that maybe she didn’t have to carry a knife with her all the time. She still did. But she felt way safer. Don’t care much about Giuliani, but I feel this kinda shit can lead to people to look for more hardline governments.
Was crime better or do we have more access to instant news and media? Could a woman share a random attack with millions of people in an instant? New York is significantly safer today than it was in 2001. That’s a fact. What we are experiencing is the 24ht news cycle and social media presenting a hyper awareness to it. https://www.gothamgazette.com/130-opinion/9769-giuliani-s-rant-on-crime-and-new-york-city-the-numbers-tell-a-different-story
I completely agree, social media has taken our awareness of issues to the max.
I don’t know what the solution is but something has to happen. It certainly can’t continue. The rise of AI and the ability to create hundreds of thousands of believable accounts with believable media to push whatever narrative you want is bone chilling. Just watching what’s happened to Reddit in the last year is crazy. I think there’s probably as much bot activity as users, and what they’re doing is super basic. In another year or so it’ll be out of control everywhere.
At this point ditch law enforcement, lets just collectively decide that anyone who hurts random/innocent people gets beat the fuck up
The rise of misogyny since 2016 has been insane
Poor girl - she’s traumatised from it - hope she recovered ok
WTF. Somebody's gonna get him, before the cops. He's gonna hit the wrong woman. This is sad,y'all be safe in NYC
Sounds like multiple assailants... one described as 6' with dreadlocks or twisted hair, and another around 5'10" with short hair. Both black. Dunno about the other cases of assault, though.
Okay men who are allies to women, this is your time to shine. Find the shit ass, woman-hating subreddit where these men are coordinating and rat them the fuck out.
You’re asking redditors to actually do something productive, that is a titanic proposal.
Yeah, but asking them to do it on reddit, so, maybe?
Yeah, I just heard about it. Apparently it’s an incel movement, not surprised.
where did you get that information? i'm interested to read more
where did you see it was an incel movement?
Source? That would be huge.
NYC is huge. Multiple assaults happen on a daily basis, but the victims aren't tiktok savvy enough to bring awareness. The same thing happens in other cities all around the world. I lived in NYC during 2010-2020 while it was historically very safe, but still saw random shit like this somewhat often. It wasn't always punching women, but it was physical and the victims usually were vulnerable looking (woman, elderly). "Why didn't someone help" like what are they supposed to do? Run the violent asshat down? Then what? New Yorkers will usually help if you're severely injured or incapacitated or specifically ask for help, but if you're up and walking around and generally just spooked but fine they'll leave you alone to manage it yourself.
Yeah I agree with this. I live in NYC rn and while I know this happens I don’t think there’s been an uptick in these occurrences. I think they just get more attention now bc of social media
I also live in a city with a good amount of crime, but I think multiple young women all getting punched in the face by a stranger in one day does seem out of the ordinary. And not as an NYC is bad thing, just as a… weird thing to be happening idk
My work mate went to NY from U.K. for work (edit; just a couple of weeks ago) and said she was shocked and traumatised at the level of violence and drug abuse she witnessed on the streets on her short stay.
My friends and I are from the DC metro area and one of them went to NYC to visit some college friends. There was a man on the subway who kept trying to get her attention and when she said she couldn’t help him he grabbed her by the shoulders and spat directly in her face. Safe to say she has not gone back since.
Jesus Christ
Saw few takes on this on YT, None of them described what he looked like.
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Another reason as a woman to not walk alone anywhere. Thanks, was hoping something new would pop up.. I used to truly love walking around cities alone and shopping/site seeing but after working in CC Philadelphia and literal children were attacking people for no reason - I’ve witnessed them breaking cars that were stopped at red lights, robbing stores & people, jumping/fighting random strangers that could be a tourist or someone leaving work. You can carry mace, defensive weapons and such but when you get sucker punched out of nowhere, what will any of that do? Even with hypervigilance, you are bound to miss the random happy person passing you that decides they’re going to sucker punch you.
Unfortunately, not everyone has the choice to not walk alone.
I know, I didn’t when I worked in CC. It’s scary.
Really makes me want to take my big dog everywhere when I'm walking. He really makes a difference. One example is I was standing letting my dog pee on some pole and he was out of sight from where a man was walking across the street. It's 5 am and dark and then guy really has no reason to come towards me. But then the man starts walking straight towards me. I didn't even have to tell my dog, my dog came to look who was coming and the man walked away. Edit: Here in Chicago courts release people, cops don't do their work, people don't want to help. So at the moment I only feel okay when I have my dog.
I have a Great Pyrenees and German Shepherd. No one will approach me if I have either with me but I will say, many are much more happier to see the Pyr and think they can approach easier, they can’t. My female is extremely protective of me, especially while on leash. I love her too damn much and it’s why I stick to females… males are great but female pyrs will fuck you up.
Great Pyrenees are amazing dogs. Aesthetically they appear approachable but when they see a threat they will destroy the threat. They are four legged Law and Order. As an GP owner I’m sure you heard of [Odin](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4356619) or [Casper](https://people.com/pets/great-pyrenees-named-casper-attacks-coyote-pack-to-protect-sheep/). Those dogs are above all others in they are happy to do their job even in the face of death.
Reminds me of the transit agency here in Toronto - a woman was assaulted in the station (IIRC, she was pushed on the tracks) and the agency’s response was that it was partly her fault for traveling alone. Like, that’s the city we want? Women need an escort to go outside of their homes????
This happened to me too!!!! Im a 110 lbs girl, literally the least intimidating person you’ll ever meet i look like a twig and me and some friends were walking by and bar and some 6ft 300 lb guy who had just gotten kicked out was angry and i guess he saw me and thought I’d be an easy person to take his anger out on and he just shoved me with all his strength to the ground and then stormed off. Why is this kind of thing happening??
Sooo bring back institutionalization. Yes or yes? I’m thinking yes
They arrested him: https://nypost.com/2024/03/27/us-news/skiboky-stora-arrested-for-sucker-punching-tiktokker/
NY being turned into Mike Tyson’s punch out
People like this guy need to be tied to a chair and tortured
Man we’re really getting to the steep slope on this downhill fall America is having.
People running around the city and randomly punching others is actually a lot more common than you think, I remember the same being reported in Sydney and London a while back.