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Uh...it still seems like a sexual assault with an unwilling victim Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #1
"Isn't there a button or cord or something that can be pulled to set off an alarm to stop the train? brooklynite Oct 2021 #8
Pull the alarm at a stop then. Can't that be done? This is what Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #15
The point is that it did not seem like an assault with an unwilling victime Hortensis Oct 2021 #17
It's pretty fucking depraved to watch even truly consensual intercourse on a train Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #18
Depraved to record it to show friends, maybe, but people Hortensis Oct 2021 #19
I have never seen people openly having sex in public. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #20
Yes, the real story is a shocking and more than disgusting event. Hortensis Oct 2021 #24
The article goes on to state that perhaps two people recorded the crime as it took place. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #2
Yeah, it's weird. Maybe the prosecutor is trying to defend the city by saying, "It's not that bad!" Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #3
Yep, that is my read of it as well. He is trying to do damage control. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #5
Even if they thought it was consensual, you still can't be doing that on a train. Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #4
Exactly. Anyway you slice it, looks very bad. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #6
I find this story so disturbing, especially as a woman--that someone can Wingus Dingus Oct 2021 #7
Yes, as women we think a public place is safe. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #12
Rape doesn't always look like rape. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2021 #13
As someone else pointed out, consensual sex on a train should be reported. Irish_Dem Oct 2021 #14
So it didn't happen... sarisataka Oct 2021 #9
Oh, well that's a relief... AkFemDem Oct 2021 #10
Right? The article itself states that "only" two people sat around recording it. yardwork Oct 2021 #22
Kitty Genovese story was also untrue greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #11
Wow that's some pretty BS spin pinkstarburst Oct 2021 #16
The text of the article doesn't match the headline assertion. yardwork Oct 2021 #21
The DA's statement is full of weasel words. former9thward Oct 2021 #23
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