Postal worker violently attacked on SEPTA platform, video shows

Philly.Com ^ | 04/04/2020 | Vinny Vella and Mensah M. Dean

[Kid Shelleen]

A Philadelphia mail carrier was assaulted by a group of young males late Thursday as he waited for the subway during his commute home, officials said.

The attack took place at 7:30 p.m. on the Broad Street Line platform at City Hall, according to Sgt. Eric Gripp, a Philadelphia police spokesperson. Charges were pending Saturday. Gripp said that the victim was cooperating with police and that the attackers could face aggravated-assault and robbery charges.

Video of the attack was shared on Facebook after the incident, and quickly spread across social media. In the footage, a group of five males approach the postal worker and pummel him, knocking him to the ground. They continue to hit him after he falls, and threaten to rummage through his pockets.

The motive of the attack was unclear Saturday.

[Kid Shelleen]

No need to look. It is the usual MAGA hat wearing, xenophobic, nationalistic, white supremacist neo- nazis, displaying poor social distancing etiquette. Thanks to DA (Soros toady) Let Em Loose Larry Krasner they might not even get arrested..

[PghBaldy]

Federal offense I assume?

[EvilCapitalist]

Paging Bernie Goetz. Bernie Goetz, please answer the white courtesy phone.

[roadcat]

The "kids" have a virus, from news accounts:

“These kids are bored at home, they have cabin fever, they just have nothing to do,"

Cabin fever, they call it.

[Midwesterner53]

Just because they are out of Africa doesn’t mean Africa is out of them. Imagine the screaming if the races were reversed? It would push the pandemic right off the front page. As is, just another group of “young males” being violent, filled with hate and out of control, nothing new.

[Dacula]

Give the race of the assailants.

[Libloather]

The motive of the attack was unclear

We pay people for this?

[ASA Vet]

as he waited for the subway during his commute home

Federal offense I assume?

Nope, he was off the clock.

[Panzerfaust]

Was Jesse Smollet in Philly? Likely got jumped by the Amish

[TXnMA]

"No need to look. It is the usual MAGA hat wearing, xenophobic, nationalistic, white supremacist neo- nazis, displaying poor social distancing etiquette."

Yep...

Doin' a little Federal crime "jes fo' grins"...

[Eagles6]

When I'm bored I take a walk, read a book, cook, always something to do around the house.

Why, just today I entered the reloading sanctuary, reloaded 100 rds of 9mm then, coincidentally practiced drawing and hitting 3 targets from 7 yds.

Worked on fine motor control, situational awareness, got some fresh air and had fun.

Wasn't bored.

[Right Wing Assault]

they just have nothing to do

Beat each other. Pick a different each day and beat the crap out of him. Pick a different guy next day.

Or, play Russian Roulette. Yes!

[Bullish]

No no no no no... Group of “young males” is Orwell for don’t even ask.

[Labyrinthos]

Given the proximity to Lancaster, PA, I assumed they are Amish.

[Pollard]

The motive of the attack was unclear Saturday.

Gimme a break. It's a damn black on white crime aka hate crime

[CondorFlight]

Was he still in his postal uniform? Might be a federal offense in that case.

You can’t threaten the mails (or the mail carriers) and get away with it; the feds take one crime (at least that one) very seriously.

[EvilCapitalist]

Hate Crimes only exist when it’s White on Black crime.

[Calvin Cooledge]

Tie them to the SEPTA tracks.

[Dogbert41]

People there gave up their rights so this can freely happen. There was a time...

[Bullish]

Are you kidding? You do know that packs of violent ferals are immune from such laws nowadays, right? We see this more and more all the time. Law abiding citizens need to be packing heat.