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Ew, guys, seriously: Stop groping women on the subway. Complaints of sexual abuse in New York subways are up four percent this year, to 587. ... New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service #rants #newyork ... Councilman Peter Vallone Jr. has a funny/good(?) idea for preventing the groping. Writes Gothamist:
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This week, news broke that the MTA's quiet preparation of an anti-groping subway ad campaign was put to a halt by MTA officials, even after they had developed mockups.
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Read More: New York City Subway, New York Subway, Sexual Harrassment, Subway, Subway Groping, New York News ... Subway Groping: Women Speak Out (4 Letters) - New York Times ... MTA must crack down on epidemic of subway groping...
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Inside Edition took hidden cameras into the subway to demonstrate just how crowded the cars can become, oftentimes forcing people to be wedged between one another, creating an ideal opportunity for groping.
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“[I]t is hard to find a woman who rides the subway who hasn’t been harassed – or who doesn’t know someone who has been. Our goal is to raise the profile of these crimes, so that the police can formulate a plan to combat them, and so that the victims can ... No Responses to “Subway Groping Makes the News”...
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The T is now plastered with signs warning that subway gropers will be prosecuted, and there’s a unit of police officers assigned to the case. ... Because the sense of “getting away with it” that almost all subway gropers experience (since most are never even reported) can encourage them to escalate their behavior.
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Is harassment really just ... The New York Times is reporting that the NYPD announced an increase in the numbers of arrests for subway groping and flashing -- 13 in total for the last week.
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Subway groping seems to be a regular frottage industry these days, to the point where New York City transit officials have shelved a planned anti-groping campaign because they fear it will actually encourage perverts.
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