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Location: Staircase exit at the Tenleytown Whole Foods Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was leaving Whole Foods, and a man said hello to me. He looked about 30 years old, and I am 17. I said hi and kept walking, and he ran after me saying he wanted to talk to me and got really close to me. I […]

Location: Garfield & Mass Ave NW (Tenleytown) Time:  Evening Rush Hour (3:30pm-7:30pm) I was walking from my apartment building on the corner of Garfield and Mass Ave to my car, which was right around the corner. Some jerk at the stoplight started yelling the most obscene things at me. It takes a lot to shake me up, […]

Location: Bus stop for the 31/32/34 buses; Wisconsin Ave at Tenleytown Circle Time: Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) I was walking past a bunch of commuters on my way down Wisconsin Avenue around 8:30 AM, and a man standing next to the busstop (sic) caught my attention by saying, “Hey lady!” When I looked over, he continued, “I’d love […]

I am a student at American University, and one afternoon, I was running with some friends on Wisconsin Avenue NW. In-between Veazey Street NW and Van Ness Street NW, a man walking by lunged at me, and seemed to try to grab me around the hips with his arms. I quickly jumped away from him, […]

I got on the N2 in Tenleytown this morning, which was full of women, some children, and a lone man at the back of the bus. A woman got off the bus about halfway down Nebraska Ave, and as she stood up to get off, the man started shouting, “WOO, THAT’S A NICE ASS! LOOK […]