[ChicagoConservative27]

Thus why I sit down waiting for the L trains.

[EvilCapitalist]

I can’t wait for the news that someone tried this and got shot for their efforts. I know it will happen someday.

[Steely Tom]

Obviously Trump’s fault.

[Bobbyvotes]

Or stand facing away from train tracks.

[MachIV]

What is a “straphanger”?

[Drew68]

Thus why I sit down waiting for the L trains.

Thus why I will continue to congest the roads in my pickup truck.

Though recently I had a very pleasant experience enjoying public transportation on a bullet train from Busan to Seoul. It was nice to relax, play on my phone and take in the scenery outside, all the time wistfully thinking that it's a shame we can't enjoy this here.

[ClearCase_guy]

unidentified assailant in a long coat

I'll be on the lookout.

[sit-rep]

how did they know he was a strap hanger when he wasnt even on the train?

[17th Miss Regt]

Bedford-Stuyvesant. Anyone care to guess?

[ETCM]

“a woman in a gray trench coat”

That’s all the description they can provide? I guess it’s enough...

[Tell It Right]

Basically, in NYC the memo is that you’ll be charged if you fight back (exhibit A Daniel Penny), but the attacker is labeled a hero (exhibit B Jordan Neely).

[metmom]

Amazing lack of description of the attacker except for
*wearing a gray trench coat*.

[xp38]

woman in a gray trench coat

I guess we can eliminate Carmen Sandiego. Her coats are red.

[Aut Pax Aut Bellum]

Always stay sharp when you are out in the public. Especially if you are around “diversity”. Wear good shoes or sneakers, not slides, flip flops , crocs, or the like. My father always told me when going out to run errands, etc, to pick the right footwear as if I was dressing to go to a fight. Good advice.

[Brooklyn Attitude]

“Woman randomly shoves male straphanger onto NYC subway tracks”

“Woman”?