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Grass8989 t1_jc4hqua wrote

Reply to comment by fishy1738 in Teen brutally attacked in NYC subway station; hate crime probed: NYPD by OpinionPoop

Nothing more dangerous than a group of unsupervised teens in this city.

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bittoxic00 t1_jc4m2go wrote

Indeed, risk going to real jail for hitting a kid and if the kid hits you they get a slap on the wrist. Another downside is you’re seriously injured, a lot of these kids know how to fight and want to, I don’t know how to fight and really don’t want to

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Shreddersaurusrex t1_jc61kgb wrote

Nah I’d fight that case tooth and nail

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bittoxic00 t1_jc6uron wrote

Also fighting a group of kids if you intervene. If you lose you can lose 1v1 but if you get the upper hand 5 more are going to jump in

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whatshisfacethatdude t1_jc7dh5v wrote

You won’t lost a 1v1, the moment you intervened, 10 of them started attacking you for sure. This is exactly what they did to this teenager no? The moment he hit the girl back 2 others attacked him - it’s planned. Friend of mine on the subway stood up to these teens one time since they were being racist towards a younger kid, they jumped him, gave him a black eye then fled. Nypd did shit all and kept giving him the run around - waste of our taxes that day

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bittoxic00 t1_jc7ztxn wrote

Sorry about your buddy, no good deed. He has a black eye and the kids went home and ate ravioli like nothing happened

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Vegetable-Double t1_jc4zki1 wrote

Always been the case. I’ve been taking the subway and bus almost everyday of life for over 30 years. Starting from junior high school, through high school, college, and my career.

I got jumped on the train in both high school and junior high by groups of teenagers for no reason (this was late 90s). I got harassed by groups of teenagers even as an adult. Not saying all groups of teenagers are bad, but being part of those groups of teenagers myself at some point, the peer pressure and need to look cool in front of others makes you do dumb shit. Nothing annoys me more, even now, than seeing a group of rowdy teenagers on the bus or subway. I know they are kids and I let it slide, especially being in that position myself once. But, even if a bystander stepped in, he or she would risk getting attacked too.

Also, anyone bringing race into it is stupid. The same stuff happens regardless of the race or location of the kids. Even in the suburbs, groups of unsupervised teens are the worst.

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TeamMisha t1_jc4kkum wrote

Indeed for assailants with high risk tolerance and lower understanding of consequences, more unpredictability and more error prone or lack of good judgement, you've got no idea what could happen, I can't say I'd be rearing to intervene with my lanky ass lol.

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oreosfly t1_jc4oh0d wrote

That's the shittiest part of this situation. We have so much to lose. Sure, we could deck one of those teenagers and knock them the fuck out and in defense of another kid, but if we are arrested or our names are dragged through the mud by a bunch of Twitter warriors, our paychecks, housing, careers, and livelihoods might be toast. These bum teenagers along with the bum adults who breed them have nothing to lose by acting like a bunch of zoo animals in public. Unless the government holds them accountable for their actions, we're powerless against them.

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Henrychinaskismom1 t1_jc5pln5 wrote

Zoo animals are pretty chill. Do you think that animals in the wild pick on other animals just to hurt them. Not even eat them after. A cartoon animal yeah sure I can see that but a zoo animal.

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theilya t1_jc6csdg wrote

This

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Introduction_Organic t1_jcbxyxx wrote

Curfews would be good parents being fine would instantly check those kids cause it's to expensive not to

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