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Location: 14th & U St. NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I had just left Tropicalia and was unlocking my bike when I saw a cop in uniform comment on a woman’s body and striped dress. After she said ‘I’m on the phone to my boyfriend’ he persisted a bit and then joked loudly to the other cop (in […]

Time:  Morning Rush Hour (5am-9:30am) Location: Navy Yard Metro Station/USDOT Building Last Friday, I was riding the metro elevators when I noticed two teenaged boys had stopped next to me and were staring. I gave them a dirty look, which seemed to incite them to make lewd comments. They continued to stare at me and I was […]

Location:  9th & U St. NW Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I had just stepped outside a bar to call the friends I was meeting. I was standing quite close to the bouncer, just far away enough to hear the phone. A man walked past with a group of friends, GRABBED ME BY THE WAIST, pulled me in, and […]

Location:  Bus stop at Georgia & Columbia Road NW (Petworth) Time: Night (7:30pm-12am) I arrived at the 70 bus stop shelter to wait for the bus around 8:30 p.m. on March 31. I heard someone moving around inside the stop so I decided to wait next to it since it was dark. A man (maybe 25-30 old) came […]

Location: 7th Street, outside Verizon Center Time: Daytime (9:30am-3:30pm) I was walking back to the office from lunch today, enjoying the beautiful, sunny weather. I walked by a group of three men who were talking with one another on the street; as I was walking by, one of them made an inappropriate comment to me about my […]