Today, on my way home from work, I witnessed 4 young (15-16 year old) black guys about 5-5.5 feet tall mug a guy for his phone. The man was standing there waiting for the train and they ran up to him to snatch it and he instantly fought back and they in turn jumped on him, punching him in the face. It was surreal. Right in front of me!! I immediately thought, Kitty Genovese!! I should do something!! Kick? Punch? OMG!! My heart was racing and as they ran off with his iPhone, with the victim in pursuit, I called 911. They transferred me to transit police and the victim came back and I handed him my phone to tell them what happened. I think he managed to wrangle his phone back but he had a cut lip. Another guy there said he thought of fighting them but with 4 or maybe even more of them, it was a planned, organized group. Crazy. And unfortunate. I wish I had my camera but I’m sure the metro stations have cameras everywhere.
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geez don’t they have security? I’m always seeing security walkin around the metro…
I’m glad he ran after them though, that’s pretty awesome.