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Video: Brave Woman Confronts Subway Jerk Who Spits On Her
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Ben Yakas
Published Oct 27, 2012
Modified Oct 27, 2012
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It would be an understatement to say that there are a lot of pervs and shmucks clogging up the subway with their cruel pranks and disturbing criminal behavior—we'd much rather ride with the rats than most of these people. Which is but one reason why we were impressed with the woman in the video below, who stands up to the jerk who was harassing her on an A train.
"Shut up, dumb bitch. You get me mad, I'll punch you in your fucking mouth right now," the harasser keeps repeating as she confronts him, daring him to pull down his pants and show his "shaved dick." "Drop your pants," she taunts him. In the end, she is able to singlehandedly chase him off the subway, but not before he spits on her, putting himself in the same class of people as subway smokers and belligerent elderly ladies.
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Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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