Arrest made after man kicked woman down Brooklyn subway escalator

[Quixote1818]

God I hope they caught the fucking scum who kicked the woman. The original story was posted on DU several days ago.

Original thread: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215849582


2 hours ago
By Eyewitness News
Friday, September 17, 2021 7:16PM

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- An arrest has been made after a woman was kicked down an escalator at a Brooklyn subway station.

Police announced the arrest of Bradley K. Hill on Friday evening. The 32-year-old was charged with assault and attempted assault.

The incident happened around 7:15 p.m. on September 9 at the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center station in Boerum Hill.

Video of the incident showed the suspect kicking the woman in the chest after he walked past her on the stairs.

The 32-year-old victim, who didn't want her name used, said earlier this week that the man pushed his way past her as they rode up the escalator to the street, and she told him he should have said, "Excuse me."

Link: https://abc7ny.com/arrest-woman-kicked-down-escalator-subway-attack-brooklyn/11028202/

[mshasta]

1. Good!!

that was really awful the way he push her .

[ornotna]

2. Excellent

Hopefully mr Bradley K. Hill will soon be unemployed if he isn't already.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. No matter what, it will likely be a very expensive act on his part.

[Deuxcents]

4. What is wrong with people?

[BigmanPigman]

6. I can't blame it all on tRump

for encouraging every loser in the country to be a bully since these types always have existed and always will...but the fucking moron is certainly to blame for the increase in this behavior since 2015. He encourages this crap since he is a 100% bully and always has been. His daddy would be proud of him.

[calimary]

7. Yep.

[Moebym]

5. Good.

Can't even politely tell people off these days without worrying about whether they will retaliate with violence.

[Scrivener7]

10. About the other guy, when you see something like that happen

in front of you, you might freeze for a moment because you can't believe what you are looking at.

I have reacted like that. I moved once I got my head around it but it took longer than I would have thought it would.

[LizBeth]

18. Good point. Thanks. Video didn't last long. I was wondering about the non reaction myself.

But I can see what you are saying there.

[PoliticAverse]

9. "assault and attempted assault" - If it was "assault" the attempt succeeded. n/t

[Devil Child]

11. Good n/t

[Renew Deal]

12. What happened was savage and wrong but...

She violated norms by standing to the left middle of the escalator. She should have been very close to the right. The person behind her was forced to follow the violation.

The problem with standing on the left is that most people know to stand on the right. The right is for standing, the left is for walking up/down the escalator. If one or two people stand on the left, it forces those walking to either zig zag around or eventually blocks the escalator and everyone has to stand. You will receive hostile comments for being the one person on the left or blocking the escalator in NYC.

I don’t fault her for saying something to the guy. Small arguments are part of living in NYC. Unfortunately, so is dealing with crazy people. This sort of incident is where the city gets its reputation from. “Eyes down and don’t talk to anyone.”

[Dorian Gray]

13. Violating norms

is an everyday part of living in NYC.

I'd say the man who kicked her down the stairs violated MORE norms.

I'm glad he was arrested. People in our neighborhood have been pissed about this.

[IL Dem]

14. "Norms" in the city aren't necessarily known by tourists who come from less urban environments.

I didn't know about this expectation when I went to NYC. I was there for a week and never realized it. Then I went to DC some years later and was "educated" about it there.

Most of my life I lived in rural areas: MO as a child and then in rural IL.

[Renew Deal]

16. People will inform you as you found out.

That and standing around on sidewalks will get you pinned as a tourist real quick.

[Polybius]

24. My big thing is slow drivers in the fast lane

I'm surprised that there are so many people who don't know that if you want to drive slow, stay out of the right lane.

[LanternWaste]

21. What then is the direct relevance of "she violated norms"

You made a special point to point it out, yet tell us it does not rise to the level of the consequence. That being so, what then is the precise relevance of her violating benign and trivial norms?

I mean, it's gotta be directly relevant to what happened, as its the very premise and introduction of your contention.

[Renew Deal]

22. She stood in a bad position, which he might have interpreted as naive or discourteous.

So he might have felt that he could bump her. She took offense and said something. He then kicked her. It definitely should not have escalated the way it did, but people are crazy.

[GulfCoast66]

26. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch! Sounds like you are assigning blame to her!

May not be your intention. But you have done so.

I seldom ride escalators. A few times a year. So if I violate some unposted ‘norm’ I’m partly at fault if some rando tries to kick me down the escalator?

She could have been blocked the whole fucking thing it’s still 100% on the dude. And I guarantee he would have not done that to me. Men who commit violence against helpless women are not the type to do the same to big white guys.

[Scrivener7]

23. This is asinine.

[bullwinkle428]

25. I'm a cyclist. Don't get me started about failure of some to follow the basic rules

of using the bike path!!!

[Raine]

27. I didn't know that but then I live in the burbs of Los Angeles County

where they aren't that many escalators. Well now I know so I'll make a point of staying on the right side on an escalator.

[joetheman]

15. When will people learn? NYC has eyes everywhere. You will be seen on camera and caught. nt

[Treefrog]

17. Thank god. I surprised she wasn't much more badly hurt or killed.

I hope he does time.

[senseandsensibility]

19. Completely off topic, but when I clicked on the abc7 link,

there was an ad on the right that said new Cadillac's are here. Wow.