Street Harassed in NoMa: “The Next Thing I Knew, They Threw A Glass Bottle At My Feet.”
Street Harassed in NoMa: “The Next Thing I Knew, They Threw A Glass Bottle At My Feet.”
Location: New York Avenue and 3rd St NW (Mt. Vernon/NoMa)
Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm)
I was walking toward the Mount Vernon metro and walked past two males as they made comments about my body that I didn’t really try make out because I was so accustomed to them at that intersection by that point. I didn’t bother to even look in their direction, which must have enraged them because one yelled something my way as I crossed the intersection and the next thing I know a glass bottle shatters to the right of my feet. I didn’t want to give them any satisfaction so I kept walking as though nothing had occurred but I made sure to move far from that area later that month.
Emphases by CASS.
Submitted 4/8/14 by “SH.”
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