Chicago Woman Stabbed to Death On Subway, Bystanders Filmed Incident, Suspect in Custody

Jessica Hampton, 25

[From article]
The family of a young woman stabbed to death on a Red Line train was furious photos and video of her murder were posted to social media, but no one stopped the man who took her life.
“My sister was beautiful, gifted young lady. She didn’t deserve to go the way she did,” said Lorel Hampton.
She and her mother were grieving over the loss of her 25-year-old sister, Jessica Hampton, who was stabbed to death on board a CTA Red Line train Thursday afternoon on the South Side.
Lorel and her mother were furious about images of the brutal attack going viral on social media.
“This is not a game. This is not a show,” Lorel said.
Crisis responder Dawn Valenti said it’s “very hurtful” for the Hamptons, because they saw photos and videos of the murder before they knew the victim was Jessica.
“This family was watching that video yesterday. They were looking at the pictures on Facebook that people were spreading, not knowing until 9 o’clock last night that that in fact was their loved one that they were looking at,” she said.
After seeing the video themselves, they also questioned why no one acted to help Jessica.
“Everybody that was there taking pictures, and shooting videos and stuff didn’t try to help her,” Lorel said.
Valenti acknowledged passengers might have tried to help during the attack. That’s what witnesses told CBS outside the scene Thursday, saying they backed off after seeing the knife.
Police have said the murder apparently stemmed from a domestic dispute. The man who stabbed Jessica was taken into custody shortly after the attack, but has not yet been charged.

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/06/24/murder-victims-family-outraged-after-red-line-stabbing-goes-viral/

Murder Victim’s Family Outraged After Red Line Stabbing Goes Viral
June 24, 2016 4:40 PM
CBS News Chicago IL

Bikes On the Subway?

[From article]
I got on the 4 train at Fulton Street. At Astor Place, a short, muscular guy in tight black Lycra shorts pushed his stupid peeling, white bike into the car next to me.
He almost hit me but didn't. I wondered if I should punch him if he did. I never punch anybody except in the ring, but I am always fighting imaginary fights in my mind.
Probably not too bright to think of street fighting. Most of these guys carry weapons.
[. . .]
I thought bikes were used up in the streets to prevent pollution. I thought they were used for exercise, to keep in shape. What the hell was he doing here, causing congestion in an already crowded train?
Bikes should not be allowed on the train. Or if allowed, the MTA should charge extra for them. They take up space for about two people plus the rider. Instead of charging $2.75, he and his bike should be charged $11.
[. . .]
Why not let the jerks bring kiddy pools with them so they can take a dip when they are bored?

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/05/a_little_tirade_against_bringing_bikes_on_the_subway.html

May 14, 2016
A little tirade against bringing bikes on the New York subway
By David Lawrence

Updated: Mass Transit Advocate Encourages Development of Green Line Extension

Posted April 18, 2016 10:39 PM ET; Last Updated May 10, 2016 8:57 PM ET



Welcome to the Big Green Dig. Original Big Dig, original estimate, $2 billion. Latest cost $14 billion. Original Big Green Dig estimate, $2 billion. Don't kill the job. 

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160509/glx-gets-crucial-go-ahead-vote-but-with-strict-conditions

GLX gets crucial go-ahead vote, but with strict conditions
By Dan Atkinson
Somerville Journal
By Danielle McLean
@DMcLeanWL Follow
Posted May 9, 2016 at 6:42 PM
Updated at 6:51 PM
SOMERVILLE

Cambridge Chronicle

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Editorial and comment from US Rep. Capuano indicate a lack of patience. This is government in action. It took New York City over 85 years after first proposed in 1929, to build the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan. It will open soon, they say.

[From article]

1929: NYC Board of Transportation budgets $86 million for its newly proposed Second Avenue T line, predicted to open between 1938 and 1941.
New York Magazine
July 24, 2009 5:00 p.m.
The Long, Tortured History of the Second Avenue Subway
By Sam Jewler

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20160506/NEWS/160507269

EDITORIAL: Don't stop the GLX in its tracks
Posted May. 6, 2016 at 12:57 PM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

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Posted April 18, 2016 10:39 PM ET



MacDougall says, "There are serious public health problems in East Somerville because of major highways in the area, and building GLX will significantly reduce traffic on those highways." He does not mention the money pledged to upgrade that area by Steve Wynn for his casino one mile from Sullivan Station. He adds, "For all of these projects we absolutely need major revenue increases. [. . .] New revenue must come from major increases in taxes and/or fees, with the revenue dedicated to sustainable transportation.” Spending other people's money is great fun. Ask any politician. Why not provide free food kiosks at every Green Line station so non taxpaying riders will enjoy sustenance while they travel. Foot massages for the feet weary will improve emotional health.

[From letter]
There are serious public health problems in East Somerville because of major highways in the area, and building GLX will significantly reduce traffic on those highways.
Let’s not lose sight of the big picture, and of unmet long-term needs. For instance, on the Green Line, we should upgrade electric power supply so we can run three-car trains; we need major expansion of some MBTA bus routes; and we need major improvements on other subway lines.
For all of these projects we absolutely need major revenue increases. Good transportation should be seen as an essential public good. New revenue must come from major increases in taxes and/or fees, with the revenue dedicated to sustainable transportation.”

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20160418/letter-build-green-line-extension-and-community-path

LETTER: Build the Green Line Extension and community path
Posted Apr. 18, 2016 at 12:30 PM
To the editor:
Cambridge Chronicle
— John MacDougall, Richdale Avenue

Snowflakes Cannot Tolerate Crowded Subways

This is an apparent snowflake who is unable to wait two minutes for the next train or to move to another car which is not so crowded. He is probably unable to function in New York City or Tokyo, where the trains are really crowded. 

[From article]
Buses and subway cars are often over-crowded to a degree that would be considered inhumane.
[. . .]
The current state of service is no way to treat the good citizens of the commonwealth—it is patently disrespectful and lacking in the moral decency that is integral to the American ideal.

http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20160326/NEWS/160327412

Guest column: MBTA fare hikes will worsen riders' plight
By Joseph Levendusky
Posted Mar. 26, 2016 at 7:53 AM
CAMBRIDGE Chronicle

NYC Subway Rider Slashed By Beggar

[From article]

A man was slashed across the face by a beggar inside a lower Manhattan train station Friday morning, police said.
The victim told cops that as he was standing on the subway platform at the Chambers Street station on the A line at around 5:10 a.m., a man approached him and asked him for money, police said.
When the victim refused, the man slashed him across the face.
The injured man then left the train station and called 911 from his place of work, cops said.
He suffered a minor cut to his face and refused medical aid on the scene.
The suspect, who police described as 5-foot-8 wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, is still at large.

http://nypost.com/2016/04/01/man-slashed-by-beggar-at-manhattan-subway-station/

Man slashed by beggar at Manhattan subway station
By Natalie Musumeci
New York Post
April 1, 2016 | 11:19am

Two Black On White Attacks In New York City

“He really shouldn't be on the streets,” Randy Aveille said about the bruiser who punched him as he exited the Church Ave. station about 9:45 p.m. Saturday.

[From article]

Attention hate monger: This “cracka” has been in the community for awhile.
The 44-year-old white Brooklyn train commuter pummeled by a black man who told him, “Cracka, you don’t belong here,” at a Flatbush train stop said he and his fiancée are bonafide neighborhood residents — and he has no idea why he was attacked.
“He really shouldn't be on the streets,” Randy Aveille said about the bruiser who punched him as he exited the Church Ave. station about 9:45 p.m. Saturday.
[. . .]
In an exclusive interview with the Daily News, Aveille — who works at American Express and sells photos of the city — said he had gotten on the Q train at Seventh Ave. with his fiancée after the couple went out for dinner.
Once they were on the train, Aveille thought he saw actress Emily Bergl of the Showtime series “Shameless” on the other side of the train car.
His attacker — a well-groomed black man sporting a beard and wearing a skull cap with embossed white lettering on it — was in his line of sight, he said.
“He must have thought that I was staring... or challenging him in some way,” Aveille said, showing the bruised right eye he suffered because of his stargaze.
[. . .]
When Aveille and his wife got off at the Church Ave. station and approached the stairs, his attacker crept up behind him — and suckerpunched him in the head, he claimed.
“I was kind of stunned,” Aveille said. “I didn't know what was going on. As I started to turn a little bit, I got hit in the (right) eye. At that point, I lost my equilibrium, I tripped, probably over my own feet (and) fell to the ground.”
“I was just trying to regain my composure when he started to kick me,” he said.
The crazed commuter also elbowed Aveille’s fiancée in the head as she and another woman — the one Aveille thought was Emily Bergl — tried to stop the attack.
The suspect spit in the other woman’s face as he ran off, Aveille said.
“Someone get his white cracka ass off the floor,’’ witnesses told police. “It’s a black neighborhood ... You don’t belong here.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-called-cracka-brooklyn-beating-explains-attack-article-1.2526015

EXCLUSIVE: Brooklyn train commuter explains attack by man who called him 'cracka'

BY JOSEPH STEPANSKY, THOMAS TRACY
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, February 9, 2016, 5:58 PM

[. . .]


Police released security footage of man who allegedly punched and called a white man a "cracka" at the Q train platform at the Church Ave. station in Brooklyn on Sunday.[From article]
Police are investigating a second anti-white bias incident in Brooklyn where the attacker called his victim “cracka,” the Daily News has learned.
A 51-year-old white man told cops he was on Nostrand Ave. near Glenwood Road in East Flatbush when a black man ran up and knocked him to the ground about 5:40 p.m. Monday.
“This is for Malcolm X, cracka,” the brute said before storming off.
[. . .]
“I came forward to police because I don’t want this to happen to anybody else,” said the victim, who requested anonymity. “I’m afraid of the guy knowing where I live and having my windows broken in.”
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
Cops are trying to determine if the assailant is the same man who beat Randy Aveille less than two miles away on Sunday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/exclusive-anti-white-assaults-brooklyn-week-article-1.2527899

EXCLUSIVE: Cops investigating second anti-white attack in Brooklyn this week: ‘This is for Malcolm X, cracka’
BY THOMAS TRACY, CHELSIA ROSE MARCIUS

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS 

Updated: Thursday, February 11, 2016, 4:14 PM

Limited Vision Of Massachusetts Officials On How To Improve Mass Transit

Future New York subway cars could look a lot more like the London Tube and Paris Metro, a new design released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has revealed.

New York City (a real world class city), has adopted an idea from the far east to increase subway capacity by ten percent. NYC's system carries about 6 million each weekday. If only some MA state and local officials would read about the world, they might learn something outside of their bubble. Here's a recent report on NYC's plans.

http://nypost.com/2016/01/25/mta-to-test-open-gangway-trains-to-give-passengers-more-room/

MTA to test open-gangway trains to give passengers more room
By Danielle Furfaro
January 25, 2016 | 3:31pm
New York Post

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3416768/MTA-reveals-new-open-gangway-subway-train-design.html

New York subway cars of future: MTA unveils $52m plans for 'bendy' cars that passengers can walk through
The open gangway configuration seals the space between cars
It allows passengers to spread out and move from one to another
Design predicted to increase passenger capacity by up to 10 percent/car
MTA said it plans to spend $52m on 10 open gangway cars for two trains
By Dailymail.com Reporter and Associated Press
Published: 23:50 EST, 25 January 2016 | Updated: 07:18 EST, 26 January 2016

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http://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/article/20160125/NEWS/160127325

MBTA looking for ways to reduce crowding on the Red Line
By Andy Metzger
State House News Service
Posted Jan. 25, 2016 at 4:42 PM
Updated at 4:51 PM
Cambridge Chronicle

Husband Beaten On New York City Subway, After Wife Argues With Passenger

[video embedded]
[From article]
Cops say the argument started in Manhattan, when the woman tried to tried to squeeze into a seat next to a man in a reflective vest. The woman told police that he elbowed her and she elbowed him back and the two launched into a tirade that lasted across the river and four stops into the Bronx.
At Jackson Avenue, the argument escalated, with the woman and man chasing each other around the car and the woman holding the car doors for several minutes as she called for help and the other straphangers yelled at her to calm down and get away from the doors so the train could move. Even the woman’s own husband told her to stop her antics.
“Yo, chill,” he said to her.
But it was too late for the 38-year-old husband as the other man decided to take his frustration out on him and promptly laid him out.

http://nypost.com/2016/01/21/husband-pummeled-in-crazy-subway-brawl-after-wife-spits-at-man/

Husband pummeled in crazy subway brawl after wife spits at man
By Danielle Furfaro and Daniel Prendergast
New York Post
January 21, 2016 | 4:45pm

Sex Crimes Increase on New York City Subways

Crowded subway cars can make passengers vulnerable to gropers, flashers and voyeurs.

Photo: Getty Images

[From article]

Sex crimes on the city’s subways have soared by nearly 20 percent this year, due to a surge in the number of gropers, flashers and voyeurs, NYPD officials said on Monday.
“I think everyone has a subway horror story,’’ said straphanger Ashley Ezparda, 27, of Jackson Heights, Queens,
[. . .]
The most common offenses are forcible touching, lewdness and unwanted surveillance, NYPD Deputy Chief Vincent Coogan told MTA officials at a meeting.
Coogan said the rising number of complaints stems partly from riders getting more serious about inappropriate behavior and reporting it.
He said cops have been able to make arrests in more than half the cases — an increase in busts — because more straphangers are snapping cellphone photos of perpetrators.
For example, earlier this month, police were able to arrest a Level 3 sex offender — the most dangerous — because one of his victims took his photo as he grabbed women aboard trains and on platforms, Coogan said.
The vigilant straphanger, whom the creep smacked from beneath a bench slat at Columbus Circle on Nov. 27, promptly handed her cellphone shot over to cops, and officers then spotted him preying on another woman a week later in the same crowded station, the deputy chief said.
The suspect, Roger Reid — who has 31 previous arrests, almost all for subway sex crimes — was promptly busted.

http://nypost.com/2015/12/15/city-subways-are-turning-into-a-sex-crime-filled-horror-show/

City subways are a pervert’s paradise
By Danielle Furfaro and Frank Rosario
New York Post
December 15, 2015 | 1:12am

New York City Man Freed After 25 Years in Prison For Murder

Johnny Hincapie sobs after a judge says he will be freed from jail following a 25-year term. Photo: Steven Hirsch
[From article]

A man who spent the past 25 years in prison for the infamous 1990 subway slaying of young Utah tourist Brian Watkins has his conviction tossed Tuesday.
Johnny Hincapie, 45, sobbed as his family in the Manhattan Supreme Court gallery cheered at Justice Eduardo Pedro’s decision.
At a hearing earlier this year, Hincapie testified that he was beaten by cops and forced to sign a false confession. He was one of seven men found guilty in the sensational case. “The court does find that the defense has born their burden of proof” in terms of justifying a new trial, Padro said. “The court is going to set aside the verdict at this time. The court is going to order a new trial on these grounds.”
Hincapie’s lawyer, Ron Kuby, asked the judge to release his client without bail.
“Should Mr. Hincapie face a jury again, there is a reasonable likelihood he’ll walk out a free man,” the lawyer said.
The judge set bail at $1. The necessary paperwork was still being prepared Tuesday afternoon.
Watkins was stabbed in the heart as he tried to protect his parents from a gang of subway muggers.
The 22-year-old man and his family had just returned from the US Open when he was killed.
[. . .]



The horrific slaying galvanized the city, with an iconic New York Post front page imploring then-Mayor David Dinkins: “Dave, Do Something!”

At his previous hearing this year, Hincapie insisted through sobs that he wasn’t even on the subway platform where the killing occurred.
A surprise defense witness who read about the hearing in The Post also came forward and may have been instrumental in swaying the judge.
Mariluz Santana, 45, of Flushing saw the rowdy teens as they surrounded the Watkins family and attacked them, she testified.She knew Hincapie as an acquaintance from their neighborhood and insisted he was not among the group.
The gang robbed the family for money to get into Roseland Ballroom, where Hincapie and Santana were headed for a night of dancing. Hincapie was only 18 at the time of the murder.

http://nypost.com/2015/10/06/man-convicted-of-infamous-1990-subway-killing-ordered-freed/

Man convicted of infamous 1990 subway killing ordered freed
By Rebecca Rosenberg and Amber Sutherland
New York Post
October 6, 2015 | 1:46pm

New Midtown IRT No. 7 Station, But Still Worst Subway Line

[From article]
The No. 7 train just opened its 22nd subway station this week in the Hudson Yards at West 34th Street and 11th Avenue in Manhattan.
But while the station was hailed for its design and sweeping mosaics, the line’s 52nd Street station in Queens takes the cake for being the worst station in the entire system, with a whopping 79 percent of its structural components in bad shape, the study found.
“This is one of the most neglected stations in the area,” said straphanger Michelle Vasquez of Woodside, Queens.
[. . .]
By contrast, the No. 6 line received the best reviews, with only 15 percent of structural components across its 38 stations requiring attention.
The study also projected that, based on the MTA’s current spending, New York’s subway lines would not be up to snuff until 2067.
[. . .]
A recent report by the same group found that 24 percent of all structural elements across New York’s 467 subway stations are in disrepair.

http://nypost.com/2015/09/15/the-7-is-still-the-worst-subway-line-despite-new-34th-street-station/

The 7 is still the worst subway line despite new 34th Street station

By Emily Saul
New York Post
September 15, 2015 | 6:01pm

New York City Mother Turns in Son Suspected of Rape

Brenda Ramon from Harlem, New York, turned in her 19-year-old son Anthony after seeing on the TV news that he was wanted in connection with a rape.

[From article]
When Brenda Ramon sat down with her son Anthony to watch the evening news, a report came up involving a teenager wanted for alleged rape.
Surveillance footage started playing on the screen and she immediately recognized the 19-year-old as the person sitting next to her.
She therefore woke her husband so they could take him down to the precinct on Wednesday, where he was arrested on a number of charges including rape and burglary.
His father Franklin told The New York Post: 'It was shocking, to see your son up there, wanted for some crime that we knew nothing about. He’s a good kid, goes to college, works in the night.'
Ramon was wanted in connection with a the brutal attack of a 33-year-old woman in Washington Heights, New York.
He allegedly started to follow her after seeing her on a Subway train in Midtown.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3222568/Mother-turns-rapist-son-seeing-TV-news-segment-brutal-attack.html

Mother turns in 'would-be rapist' son after seeing him on TV news during appeal stemming from brutal attack
Brenda Ramon sat down with son Anthony to watch the news in New York
She then spotted her 19-year-old son in surveillance footage
Was in connection with a brutal attack on a woman in Washington Heights
Mrs Ramon then woke up her husband and dragged their son to a precinct
He is now facing a number of charges including rape and burglary
By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com
Published: 10:30 EST, 4 September 2015 | Updated: 13:24 EST, 4 September 2015

New York City Gentleman Meets Woman On Subway, Sells Some Weed, Rapes Woman in Central Park

[From article]
A young Harlem woman was raped in Central Park early Tuesday by a smooth-talking predator she met on the subway only hours before the attack, law enforcement sources said.
The 22-year-old victim told cops the brute forced her to have sex with him on a bench near the Loeb Boathouse just before 3 a.m. She then managed to run away and hail a cab to a local hospital, sources said.
The woman said she was riding an uptown A train earlier in the evening when the man boarded at the 34th Street station and sat next to her, law-enforcement sources said.
The charismatic fiend struck up a conversation with the woman, telling her that his name was “Golden” before getting her to agree to leave the train with him at the next stop.
Two then grabbed coffee at a Starbucks near Times Square and food at a Shake Shack at Eighth Avenue and 44th Street, where the victim allegedly saw the man sell a bag of marijuana to someone outside the restaurant, law-enforcement sources said.

http://nypost.com/2015/08/11/woman-sexually-assaulted-in-central-park/

Woman raped in Central Park after meeting attacker on subway
By Jamie Schram, Shawn Cohen, Natasha Velez and Priscilla DeGregory
New York Post
August 11, 2015 | 9:32am

Black Teen Gentleman, College Dropout, Stabs To Death White American University Grad On DC Metro

Kevin Joseph Sutherland is shown in the undated photograph. 

(Family Photo)
[From article]
Jasper Spires boarded the Red Line Metro train at Rhode Island Avenue shortly before 1 p.m. on Saturday, joining fellow passengers from the District and elsewhere headed to various July 4 festivities, among them the Foo Fighters concert at RFK Stadium.
As the train rumbled toward its next stop at NoMa-Gallaudet, a three-minute ride, D.C. police said the 18-year-old Spires — who might have been high on synthetic drugs — tried to grab a cellphone tucked into the waistband of a recent American University graduate headed to a gathering with friends.
The two struggled, police said, and the terror began.
Police and a witness interviewed said passengers trapped in the moving train huddled at both ends of the car and watched in horror as Spires allegedly punched 24-year-old Kevin Joseph Sutherland until he fell to floor, then stabbed him until he was dead. Court documents say the victim was cut or stabbed 30 or 40 times in the chest, abdomen, back, side and arms. Police said the assailant then threw the victim’s cellphone and returned to stomp on Sutherland’s body.
[. . .]


Jasper Spires is seen in an undated picture released by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC.

(Handout/Reuters)

Spires, who had attended a private college in North Carolina but was no longer enrolled, was arrested most recently on Thursday when police said he accosted a man on Wisconsin Avenue in Friendship Heights, and later kicked two officers as they tried to handcuff him. Police had forwarded to prosecutors charges that included felony robbery, but because nothing was taken, the U.S. attorney’s office said there was insufficient evidence to support the charge. Prosecutors instead charged Spires with misdemeanor assault, and he was freed from custody on Friday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/victim-in-metro-slaying-stabbed-repeatedly-during-robbery-on-train/2015/07/07/8dd09132-249b-11e5-b72c-2b7d516e1e0e_story.html

Court filing details violent struggle on Metro train in July 4 slaying
By Peter Hermann, Michael Smith and Keith L. Alexander

July 7, 2015 at 7:34 PM

Vandals Steal Copper Wire, Disrupt A and C Lines in New York City Subway

[From article]
It "led to delays and crowding along all 31 miles of the A train, and forced thousands of Rockaways customers to use shuttle buses to get to work,” MTA New York City Transit President Carmen Bianco said in a statement.
[. . .]
A train service will be suspended and replaced by shuttle buses on Wednesday around 10 p.m. so the agency can conduct emergency repair work overnight, an MTA spokesman said. A train service will be back to normal by Thursday morning, the spokesman said.
The cable theft also disrupted service along the entire C line as it prevented some trains from turning around or from getting out of the storage space in Rockaway Park yard, the MTA said.
[. . .]
The cable theft was discovered at 11:22 p.m. Tuesday night when a northbound A train lost power north of the Howard Beach station.

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20150527/howard-beach/power-issues-along-line-cause-morning-service-disruptions-mta-says

Thieves Cause Chaos on A and C Trains by Stealing Copper Cable, MTA Says
By Trevor Kapp and Sybile Penhirin

May 27, 2015 8:27am | Updated May 27, 2015 10:46am

Police Arrest Teens Vandalizing NYC Subway System

[From article]
Police have arrested seven teenagers in the last three months, on accusations that they committed acts of vandalism on the subways.
The group, known as the Subway Conquestors, has been implicated in several incidents in recent months.
In the latest video posted to YouTube, the group sneaks onto a darkened train at an unknown location and begins manipulating doors. An announcement and digital map indicate that the train is set to run as a D Train, but the train is of a newer model than those actually used on the D line.
D.J. Hammers, who uploaded the video, alleged that they used stolen subway keys.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/05/22/subway-vandalism-arrests/

7 Teens Arrested In Recent Weeks In Subway Vandalism Incidents
After Months Of 'Conquestors' Ruling The Underground, Cops Strike Back
CBS News New York NY
May 22, 2015 8:03 PM

CBS News New York NY

One More Reason To Dress Down in New York City

[From article]
The NYPD says it happened at about 3:25 p.m. The victim was on an "L" train at the Broadway Junction station when he was attacked.
The attack continued on the train to the Atlantic Avenue station where it spilled out onto the platform.
Police say the man continued to be beaten. In a short video clip that was posted on social media, the man appeared to be unconscious and dragged back toward the train by one of the attackers.
The attackers then stole his pants, shoes, and phone and then ran off.
The victim was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was being treated for various injuries.
Police say there have been no arrests and the investigation continues.
Community activist Tony Herbert says it appears to be part of a growing pattern where gang members will walk up to someone, ask what gang they are in, and then attack.

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/29080061/victim-beaten-and-robbed-of-pants-on-subway-platform

Victim beaten and robbed of pants on subway platform
Posted: May 15, 2015 10:55 PM EDT
Updated: May 15, 2015 11:03 PM EDT
By LUKE FUNK, Senior Web Producer

Updated(2): Judge Approves Subway Ads Exposing Muslim Hatred; MTA Votes To Ban All Political Ads; Board Member's Specious Arguments

Posted April 22, 2015 9:06 PM ET; Last updated April 30, 2015 9:18 PM ET


Pamela Geller Showing the Disputed Advertisement

[From article]
Moerdler’s rant was not about the jihad ads. No. In a vicious and disgusting tirade, Moerdler attacked our BDS ads (below) that expose his pals, wealthy Jewish donors who support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiatives against Israel.
Moerdler railed against our ads exposing wealthy donors’ support of the New Israel Fund, which supports BDS organizations, shrieking about lashon hara. Actually, truth is not lashon hara, but calling me an egomaniac and a zealot is. Calling our ads “filth,” Moerdler fails to acknowledge the damage and destruction of BDS to the Jewish state. Even an Israeli court ruled that funding BDS was terrorism. Mr. Moerdler and his country club buddies are OK with that, but a “zealot” calling them out about it is “filthy.”
This is part II of Moerdler’s meltdown. After several board members stood in defense of free speech, Moerdler berated us again with his “filthy” mouth.
Moerdler uses the Holocaust and Mein Kampf as examples of why free speech should be banned, but it was because free speech was banned that totalitarianism was able to spread in Germany. If the Nazis had allowed free speech, they would never have remained in power as long as they did. His flaunting of being a Holocaust survivor was simply evil.
The rich and powerful trumped our unalienable rights in New York City, April 29, 2015.

http://pamelageller.com/2015/04/moerdler-lashon-hora.html/

VIDEO: MTA Board Member Charles Moerdler’s “Filthy” “Odious” Attack on Free Speech
By Pamela Geller
on April 29, 2015

Published on Apr 29, 2015
VIDEO of a power-mad MTA Charles Moerdler Board Member who led the He was the only one on record to support the ban. His tirade was not about the jihad ads. In a vicious and disgusting meltdown,Moerdler attacked our BDS ads (below) that expose his pals, wealthy Jewish donors who support Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) initiatives against Israel. . Moerdler railed against our ads exposing wealthy donors' support of the New Israel Fund, which supports BDS organizations, shrieking about lashon hara. Actually, truth is not lashon hara, and calling me an egomaniac and a zealot is. Calling our ads "filth," Moerdler fails to acknowledge the damage and destruction of BDS to the Jewish state. Even an Israeli court ruled that funding BDS was terrorism. But Mr. Moerdler and his country club buddies are OK with that. But a "zealot" calling them out about it is "filthy". videographer- Pamela Hall


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the decision to change MTA policy on advertising was prompted by safety concerns.
"We drew the line when we thought our customers, our employees and the public were in danger," he said. "The judge gave short shrift to those concerns."
"Under the First Amendment, the fear of such spontaneous attacks, without more, cannot override individuals' rights to freedom of expression," U.S. District Court Judge John Koeltl said of the ruling.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/MTA-Political-Advertising-Ban-Pro-Israel-Subway-Bus-301651991.html

MTA Votes to Ban All Political Advertising After Judge OKs "Hamas Killing Jews" on City Buses
AP

NBC New York NY

Published at 1:53 AM EDT on Apr 29, 2015

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“Killing Jews is Worship that draws us close to Allah,” reads one such ad next to the image of a young man in a checkered headscarf. “That’s His Jihad. What’s yours?”
The poster is at the center of heated legal debate over public safety and free speech. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge John Koeltl ruled that New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) cannot stop the controversial ad from running on scores of subway cars and buses.
The MTA has argued that the ad could incite violence against Jews, but Koeltl rejected that idea.
MTA officials “underestimate the tolerant quality of New Yorkers and overestimate the potential impact of these fleeting advertisements,” he ruled. “Moreover, there is no evidence that seeing one of these advertisements on the back of a bus would be sufficient to trigger a violent reaction. Therefore, these ads — offensive as they may be — are still entitled to First Amendment protection.”
Making the case all the stranger is that the posters are not the work of an Islamist group, but rather a pro-Israel organization.

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Hamas, the group cited on the ads, has not said whether it approves of the message.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/04/22/killing-jews-is-worship-posters-will-soon-appear-on-nyc-subways-and-buses/?tid=hp_mm

‘Killing Jews is Worship’ posters will soon appear on NYC subways and buses
By Michael E. Miller

April 22, 2015 at 4:13 AM

Black High School Student Gang Beats Down Individuals on Philadelphia Subway Platform

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Groups of high schoolers attacked each other.
Some of the teens were seen stomping on each other's heads and one teen even fell on the tracks.
SEPTA hopes the surveillance video will lead to identifying the combatants and police arrests.

http://www.my9nj.com/story/28890905/video-brutal-train-station-attack

Video: Brutal train station attack
Posted: Apr 24, 2015 11:25 AM EDT Updated: Apr 24, 2015 11:25 AM EDT
By Alex Zdan, Chaser

My9 New Jersey

Sophisticated Vandals On NYC Subway

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The YouTube clips shows the vandals, who belong to a group they call the “subway conquestors,” repeatedly opening a B train car door– which transit sources say requires two different transit keys.
It appears the B train is laid up underground, possibly because of winter weather, sources added.
One of the keys the group has obtained can open a subway car door when it’s stopped inside a tunnel, and another can open a door into a train cab,
“The tools they have give them a lot of power,” said a transit source. “They seem to have enough knowledge to pull off something very dangerous. These kids have the tools and knowledge to open the doors of the train between stations, put trains into emergency braking, and even hijack a train with passengers on it.”
Transit workers suspect Keyshawn Brown, who was busted Tuesday for a small subway explosion in Brooklyn, may have stolen the keys, but this has not been substantiated. His mother is an MTA subway conductor.

http://nypost.com/2015/04/09/vandal-mashes-buttons-in-moving-subway-trains-cab/

Vandal mashes buttons in moving subway train’s cab
By Rebecca Harshbarger
New York Post
April 9, 2015 | 2:32pm

Published on Apr 9, 2015
These are NOT railfans. They are vandals. Railfans are not vandals, and do not damage the subway system. **NOTE: Nobody on this channel network was involved. This is a compilation of more videos and images sent to me of the "Conquestors" vandal group that steals rollsigns, damages transit property, and trespasses. I am not associated with these people. This has been posted to raise awareness of the issue. Note that these people have the tools required to operate train motors, brakes, and doors. Videos and pictures compiled and sent to me by openbve news and development group

Warning: Video contains graphic language