Woman Says She Was Brutally Beaten By Teenage Girls On Subway In Brooklyn

[NaturalHigh]

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A woman was viciously attacked by a group of teenagers on the subway in Brooklyn – and she said it all started when she decided to speak up about their behavior.

As CBS 2’s Jessica Schneider reported Monday night, the 21-year-old victim said she was beaten by three teenage girls when her subway train pulled into the Seventh Avenue G Train stop in Park Slope.

It was a brutal attack the woman, named Amanda, said that all started because she asked the teens to stop swearing inside the crowded subway car.

Amanda, who did not want to reveal her last name, said she made the simple, peaceful plea to the group of 14- and 15-year-old girls on the afternoon of Sept. 10. The result was violence, she said.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/09/22/woman-says-she-was-brutally-beaten-by-teenage-girls-on-subway-in-brooklyn/

[geek tragedy]

1. this is why people mind their own business in NYC absent extreme circumstances

there is plenty of trash in the subways and on the streets that are looking for an excuse to engage in random violence



no good deed goes unpunished

[RKP5637]

4. When in NYC I just look straight ahead unless something extreme is going on. There are wackos all

over the place, many places, towns, cities, etc. Sometimes IMO this is asking for trouble, because it's a trigger, and some are looking to start something and hence their behavior. Same for me on bumper stickers, I don't feel like my car being keyed because some jerk doesn't like my bumper sticker.

[closeupready]

7. As we saw in Philadelphia recently, it's a good idea

not to engage with others on the street if you don't know them. I've learned the hard way to avoid almost all eye contact no matter what, because making eye contact can sometimes be the nonverbal equivalent of inviting miscreants to poke and prod you.

[RKP5637]

51. I hate to say this, but I can really understand Pink Pistols. I used to

bar hop years ago with a guy that carried a permitted concealed pistol. He said he had gotten into too many unprovoked weird incidents in parking lots with thugs looking for trouble.

I had another friend that was beaten to near death by a group of teens because they thought he was gay. He was not gay, but straight, married and was a doctor. But these jerks decided they had to seriously beat him up. That brings me around again to understanding those that belong to Pink Pistols. What is one to do.

One can look straight ahead and all, but there are some seriously fucked up people wandering around. In my peripheral vision before I've seen on a couple of occasions someone looking like they seriously wanted to kill me. Just a total WTF to me. I guess I don't look like a thug or whatever, so they think I'm a mark to fuck around with ... no idea.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

11. Isn't that kind of victim blaming?

sigh

[Mojo Electro]

29. Maybe. Who cares?

When something bad happens, people tend to discuss what might have been done differently to prevent it, don't they?

[nomorenomore08]

34. Or acknowledging reality. But of course, the line betwen the two can be quite fine. n/t

[Threedifferentones]

2. The comment section of this article is terrfyingly, stomach turningly racist. nt

[NaturalHigh]

3. The computer I'm on didn't pull up a comments section.

Do they have to comment through facebook? This computer often blocks anything to do with social media. I didn't see the comments.

[jen63]

5. Stories like this

are like a siren's song for the racists. It's disgusting. I always feel like I need a hot shower after I leave.

[951-Riverside]

18. I can't blame them for getting upset, people are getting real tired of the thug culture in America

Its always a group of coward thugs beating on one person or some coward thug punching an old lady to get her purse or a gang of thug cops beating on some skinny homeless guy or some coward cop thug shooting some unarmed kid who had his hands up or some coward thug fuck pointing a gun at journalists and threatening to kill them or some giant sports thug knocking out a woman then dragging her limp body around like it was a piece of trash.

I've personally had it with the culture and the BULLSHIT excuses that follow!

"Just one bad apple", "They're Heroes!", "I'm reserving judgement until all of the facts are known", "They're just misguided youths", "They don't have father figures to look up to", "They put their lives on the line!", " We need more after school programs!", "We need more training", "He said he was sorry!" and on and on and on and on!

[nomorenomore08]

35. I'm sick and tired of a lot of stuff myself.

But there's a big difference between "getting upset" and throwing around thinly veiled racial slurs.

[KamaAina]

21. Really? I've never heard of such a thing.

[Kalidurga]

6. Telling people to not swear in public is rude

I would have told her to mind her own bleepity bleeping business. Yep I would have actually said bleepity bleep. Cuz I like to yank chains that way. I might have given the finger too. Unless they were being loud and obnoxious. Then you adress the loud behavior not the words they are using to communicate.

That being said if she was physically attacked that is extremely uncalled for and illegal for a good reason. I hope they catch her attackers if she really was attacked and get them some help they are teenagers so they might be able to learn something and go forward with less anger issues.

[randome]

8. Good for you to include 'if she was physically attacked'.

We've seen too many hoaxes over the years.
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[TexasMommaWithAHat]

12. She was taken to a trauma center

I don't think she hurt herself in full view of other passengers on the subway. Besides, one girl has already been charged. I hope they find the other two and throw the book at them.

And swearing loudly in public in front of little children is what is fucking rude!

[NaturalHigh]

14. Yeah, I seriously doubt this was a hoax.

[Kalidurga]

19. Swearing in front of children srsly

If they know what the words mean its too late. If they don't then the problem only exists in the heads of adults. We don't need to censor other people's speach. If it was loud we can ask that it's quieter speach, there are laws about disturbing the public.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

13. So, the words don't matter?

How about the "n" word? Yeah, it wouldn't be smart to confront someone using that word, but words "do" matter.

[HereSince1628]

27. Or it is typically of peer/social pressure to conform to standards...

Oh, sorry, I know, we must accept that the perpatrators were victims of 1st amendment constraint.

Yep.

[Kalidurga]

30. 1st amendment is about the government not restricting speech

The girls initially were victims of rude behavior however, unless as stated before they were being loud and obnoxious. If they were talking among themselfs and dropping f bombs or whatever they should have been left alone. If they were loud that behavior should be addressed and that should be addressed no matter what kind of words they were using. But, the minute they battered someone they were criminals. I hope that clears things up for you.

[WinkyDink]

41. Did you even read the linked article?

[Kalidurga]

53. Yes she still should have walked on by

She didn't say they were being disorderly she didn't like their language. For most people it's not an issue. The girls were rightfully arrested they will be charged and would hope be tried as adults. They can swear all they want in prison so everyone is happy now.

[nomorenomore08]

36. Beating her to the point of injury was a grotesquely over the top response, regardless.

"Telling people to not swear in public is rude."

Maybe so, but should that really be your first thought in a case like this?

[WinkyDink]

40. You have a twisted notion of "rude," Miss Manners.

[smirkymonkey]

55. Seriously. Jeeze!

[snooper2]

9. I've learned from YouTube it's best to leave people alone on trains LOL

Just sit quietly and record so you can post it later-

[AngryAmish]

24. Yeah, you never know whi has a sock with poop in it.

[NaturalHigh]

25. That's just wrong on so many levels.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

46. I just threw up in my mouth remembering that one...

Ugh!

[AngryAmish]

47. The number one problem with public transportation?

The public.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

48. That one seems more like a mental heath issue

Uncouth assholes are one thing, flinging your own shit is quite another.

[closeupready]

10. Waiting for the NYT to call the recent gaybashing group in Philly 'no angels'

(as that recent NYT op-ed referred to Michael Brown) would be like waiting for the Second Coming to happen, in my opinion, given the assailants' ethnic and socioeconomic background as members of the majority.

So it's ironic to me how commenters to this story fail implicitly to recognize that thuggery is exclusive to no race or class.

[cwydro]

22. Actually, I saw one story

that the woman in that group (daughter of a police chief, no less) had comments by her neighbors that they "weren't surprised" though they would not elaborate.

[closeupready]

23. Oh, wow, that's quite interesting.

[XemaSab]

15. Maybe she should have minded her own business

n/t

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

16. Another blame the victim. :(

[XemaSab]

32. I was taught at an early age never to even LOOK at strangers

Yeah, it's messed up, but it's a necessary rule.

[TexasMommaWithAHat]

33. Oh, I believe

that we have to look out for yourselves. I'm sure I would be getting a "blame the victim" speech from some here based on how I caution my daughters to take care of themselves!

[cali]

39. I have NEVER followed that rule. Never.

and I have never been victimized by a stranger.

[geek tragedy]

26. Maybe you shouldn't justify criminal violence. nt

[NaturalHigh]

28. That's really a pretty crappy comment to make.

[rollin74]

31. disgusting thing to post

[nomorenomore08]

42. -1

I don't think her response was well-advised either. But the full blame still lies with the perpetrators.

[WinkyDink]

45. It became her business when the vulgarity reached her and everyone else's ears. Why must

decency play Casper Milquetoast to the barbarians past the gates?

[WI_DEM]

17. Hope they can somehow track who these girls are

and get them. If they are doing this at 14 & 15--it will only get worse.

[NaturalHigh]

20. I was thinking the same thing.

[Jenoch]

38. They were arrsted at the train platform.

[Raine]

37. I would be afraid to confront someone over their language, that's a dangerous risk to take. nt

[nomorenomore08]

43. A lot to risk for very little, I agree. n/t

[RKP5637]

49. Same here. It's like riding 55 mph at the posted speed limit in the left lane when cars want to pass

70 mph. I move to the right saying, I'm not the highway monitor. Also akin to the guy that ended up shooting the teens at the gas pump playing loud music, feeling threatened by them after he confronted them. I just move on. It's easy to get into really bad situations in life. I'm not victim blaming, just saying what I do. I also tend to bristle easily, so I know I could make a bad situation worse.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

44. This is why I don't use public transit

[RKP5637]

50. I was on public transportation once and this woman started yelling at me. We used to have them

where I lived, they rode the trolleys doing weird things. Then, she pulled back her fist like she was going to assault me, fortunately it was my stop. I ignored her, guess she didn't like that.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

52. It's amazing, isn't it?

I recently was assigned to work somewhere downtown for a day and decided I'd leave my car at my regular place of work and take the bus in to avoid the idiotic parking fees. Now this a suburban route on a Monday holiday in the middle of the afternoon....

Within minutes of sitting down, I'm listening to some guy, obviously not all there having some conversation with another rider about sports or whatever....somehow, the conversation turns to God and religion. Obviously not all there guy suddenly starts yelling....FUCK GOD, FUCK THE CHURCH, FUCK JESUS HE NEVER DID SHIT FOR ME, DON'T JUDGE ME, FUCK YOU, YOU STUPID FUCK, DON'T FUCKING PUSH YOUR BULLSHIT ON ME.....ASSHOLE FUCK!!!!

Thankfully, I had my MP3 and earbuds and slipped them on. Last time I do that.

[NaturalHigh]

54. We don't have public transit in my little hometown...

but I don't think I would take it either. When I lived in Denver I never took it.

[RedCappedBandit]

57. Many people don't have that choice.

[Dorian Gray]

56. I have

heard this story, as this is my subway stop. It's horrible. Sounds like she got into it with them (which sucks). The article I read said they argued loudly and she cursed at them before they beat her up. Regardless, their actions are horrible and she needs to press charges.

[randome]

58. She cursed at them? Oh, the irony!

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