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Why I no longer feel safe on Metro
Washington Post ^ | 4/13/2012

Posted on 04/17/2012 3:31:08 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

“[Expletive] the white man! [Expletive] the white man!”

The man’s yells reverberated through the Metrorail car, breaking the quiet typical of an early-morning ride. I turned down the music on my iPhone. What was that? “[Expletive] the white man!” he screamed again. My fellow Blue Line riders and I looked around uneasily. I couldn’t see the man, but I did note that I seemed to be one of very few white men in the car. Still, I brushed it off. It’s not unusual to encounter crazy behavior while riding Metro. Rarely do things turn serious. As the train arrived at L’Enfant Plaza, I briefly considered switching cars. I didn’t.

I should have.

What happened next is a blur. I remember hearing “Look me in the eyes!” Now the voice was close — too close. I turned. The man had squared up directly in front of me, his face level with mine. I met his rage-filled eyes the moment before he head-butted me. Then his right fist came around in a hook, connecting just above my cheek.

“What are you doing?” was all I could yell, rather lamely, as I shoved him away. He turned his punches toward another victim as other passengers came to our aid. One of them pulled the man’s jacket over his head in a hockey-like maneuver. A woman was pushing the emergency call button. Feeling stunned, I remember wondering: Why isn’t the conductor responding?

So began a series of critical failures by Metro to protect its passengers.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: dcmetro; urban
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To: Conservative Vet

“He should never have taken his eyes off of the man and had a plan in place. “

Yup. And these people are running our world. I’m amazed we haven’t sunk to disarming citizens, killing unborn babies and celebrating faggotry. Oh, wait...


41 posted on 04/17/2012 4:59:38 PM PDT by APatientMan (Pick a side)
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To: therut
I will never step a foot in DC, NY city ,Chicago, NJ or California.

Add Portland, Oregon to that list. The MAX trains and TriMet buses are full of Holder's angry people.

42 posted on 04/17/2012 5:05:15 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: GladesGuru
Such are the rightful prey of the Urban Ferals.

You have to take your justice where you can find it.

43 posted on 04/17/2012 5:10:55 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (For every black person murdered by a white, thirty-nine white people are murdered by blacks.)
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To: GladesGuru
Odds are the author is a government trough feeder. Probale, too, that he is a Libtard and a hoplophobe.

If he is a liberal, I have no sympathy for him. It is votes of millions of Liberals, decade after decade that have given us these feral animals.

44 posted on 04/17/2012 5:17:20 PM PDT by sand88 (Nothing on this Earth would get me to vote for Mitt.)
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To: Altura Ct.
“[Expletive] the white man! [Expletive] the white man!”

After the MSM finishes editing the audio, that will be morphed into "Excuse me sir, would you be so kind as to estimate our time of arrival at the Foggy Bottom station?"

45 posted on 04/17/2012 5:29:24 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Gay State Conservative

Anywhere I can’t carry in an urban area, I don’t feel safe.


47 posted on 04/17/2012 5:32:59 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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48 posted on 04/17/2012 5:32:59 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: Altura Ct.

Guess we would have heard more about it if it was a white guy screaming “F the black man!”


49 posted on 04/17/2012 5:34:12 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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To: therut
will never step a foot in DC, NY city ,Chicago, NJ or California. I would never take public transit.
I may out on limb but I am wagering that the citizens in those places won't miss u much.
50 posted on 04/17/2012 5:34:44 PM PDT by bagadonutz
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To: Altura Ct.

I like to stay here in VA where I can carry.


51 posted on 04/17/2012 5:34:59 PM PDT by bmwcyle (I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
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To: GladesGuru

Well put.


52 posted on 04/17/2012 5:42:53 PM PDT by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

GSC: You have to move somewhere safer. I have a cabin in the Rocky Mountains. I may get eaten by a bear but at least I won’t get mugged. %#*?


53 posted on 04/17/2012 5:50:55 PM PDT by Mountain Mary ("This is OUR country and WE will decide"... Mark Levin)
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To: Altura Ct.
I'm a Washington lawyer. I ride the Metro daily. Just today, a crazy black woman ran through my car, screaming insults at everyone in quite obscene language. A couple of stops later, a group of black teens got on and quite deliberately stepped on my feet several times.

In the first case, I just got off the train. In the second, I did nothing. Why?

Because I'm carrying a Kimber .45 for which a permit in DC is unobtainable. When I unholster that baby, it will be for very good reason. In the meantime, I avoid trouble.

54 posted on 04/17/2012 5:56:46 PM PDT by joe.fralick
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To: Altura Ct.
"So began a series of critical failures by Metro to protect its passengers."

Actually the critical failures occurred when you:

1. Decided at some point that your life was not worth defending.

2. Abdicated the responsibility for your defense to others

3. Made yourself an easy mark by displaying a complete lack of situational awareness and courage.

In other words, Holmes, you brought it on yourself.

55 posted on 04/17/2012 5:58:42 PM PDT by Free in Texas (Member of the Bitter Clingers Association.)
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To: Altura Ct.

I am so very tired of Metro. The ignorant “workers” who spend all their time standing around talking among themselves instead of helping their customers. The lack of even the most basic maintenance. Hell, they can’t even keep an escalator working, why should I believe that their rail car and track maintenance are any better?

Refuse to ride, shut em down. Then, when they are out of money, make them fire all their employees and rehire from scratch.


56 posted on 04/17/2012 6:04:51 PM PDT by Have Ruck - Will Travel (Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I...)
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To: Altura Ct.

Solution for me: stay away from DC. And Chicago and Detriot and other large city dominated and run by libs. They are all turning into sewers.


57 posted on 04/17/2012 6:13:46 PM PDT by upchuck (Need is not an acceptable lifestyle choice; dependent is not a career. ~ Dr. Tim Nerenz)
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To: Conservative Vet

Outstanding! You saw the predators, saw their predatory signals and intent and then made them realize that you were a predator too.

More people need to be like this. These ferals prefer ambush attack and sucker punching the unwary, especially old white people.


58 posted on 04/17/2012 6:16:50 PM PDT by Molon Labbie (A Bounty on Zimmerman, Can Be A Bounty On ANYONE. No NBPP Mob Justice!)
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To: OpusatFR
There was a post a couple of weeks back about the lack of diversity at the DC Metro. The EEOC record keeping is non-existent.

They'll hire a convicted felon just out of prison for upwards of $200K before they'll hire a white, white Hispanic, Hispanic, Asian, whatever, etc.

Culture is also entrenched bureaucracy, so any improvements, let alone any real work, are discouraged and frowned upon.

59 posted on 04/17/2012 6:21:36 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: bagadonutz

I do not miss them either. I have been to DC. I was embarressed that people from all over the world see the slums about 2 blocks from the “Nice Places”. Been to NY also same thing. NJ is a police state been there. I do not even want to try Chicago and CA. Dead man lying in parking lot in NJ was enough for me.


60 posted on 04/17/2012 6:47:35 PM PDT by therut
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