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Verbal and physical abuse on Plaza Street East — Brooklynian

Verbal and physical abuse on Plaza Street East

dailyheights
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Keep your cell phone primed to call 911 if you see this guy I just saw tonight on Plaza Street East:

A guy with a toddler on his arm was screaming at the baby's mom and push-hitting her on the back, repeatedly. He kept saying "let's f-ing go! Can we just go home already?" literally about 10 times in the space of one block.

What's worse, she was maybe 95 pounds and 5 feet tall, and looked like a twig about to break every time he shoved her. She was trying to walk forward but she had a baby strapped to her chest. I guess he felt she wasn't walking fast enough, so he kept pushing her in the back.

Then he started going all self-conscious. I got pulled into it.

He looked back at me and stepped up his verbal abuse: "Would you just move it? F-ing crackers aren't looking at you. They're looking at me because I'm a ...(epithet)." For what it's worth, he was black and she was Asian.

The black woman walking to my left peeled off and tried to get a Plaza Street resident to call 911. Then she started trailing them down St. John's Place. He told her to get lost. She said she was just trying to make her destination. But she was clearly angry and watching this woman's back.

Cut to about 10 minutes later: I was walking down Park Place, and a cop car screeched to a halt in front of 3 residents who proceeded to tell the same story I just told you. I walked down past Soda, and kept an eye out, but the couple had disappeared into the night.

If these folks indeed live in the neighborhood, keep a lookout, and if this happens again, be quick to dial 911 for a domestic. If he does that in public, I'd hate to think what else is going on.

Comments

  • sounds awful.
    but peoples personal business is their business
  • sounds awful.
    but peoples personal business is their business
  • Right. And watching a grown man shove a smaller woman with a baby strapped to her chest is entertainment. :roll:
  • Right. And watching a grown man shove a smaller woman with a baby strapped to her chest is entertainment. :roll:
  • slimgoods wrote: sounds awful.
    but peoples personal business is their business
    Given the context, this has got to be one of the more asinine comments I've seen in a while...
  • slimgoods wrote: sounds awful.
    but peoples personal business is their business
    Given the context, this has got to be one of the more asinine comments I've seen in a while...
  • I'm not sure after reading this story if the Police were ever called. If you call 911 and state theres a man assaulting a woman, the Police response should be pretty quick. That area, especially around Grand Army Plaza is bordered by the 71, 77 and 78 Precinct so if you do happen to call Police for assistance be very specific with the address you use otherwise the result can often be a delayed response time.
  • I'm not sure after reading this story if the Police were ever called. If you call 911 and state theres a man assaulting a woman, the Police response should be pretty quick. That area, especially around Grand Army Plaza is bordered by the 71, 77 and 78 Precinct so if you do happen to call Police for assistance be very specific with the address you use otherwise the result can often be a delayed response time.
  • WhyFi wrote: [quote=slimgoods]sounds awful.
    but peoples personal business is their business
    Given the context, this has got to be one of the more asinine comments I've seen in a while...

    agreed. when you start physically threatening women/kids in public, it's no longer personal. human beings have to look out for each other.
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