Horrific Attack at Chinatown SEPTA Station

**krapug1** · 01-18-2013, 07:03 AM

They did make an arrest yesterday.

There is a video showing the attack that is making the rounds on national media.

Woman was pushed onto SEPTA tracks; man arrested

Ken

**luchobucho** · 01-18-2013, 09:24 AM

She wasn't really pushed....more like dragged and thrown. What a savage attack.

I'm just glad she wasn't hurt more.....bumps and bruises is pretty lucky.

Perhaps NYC and Philly need to go with the glass subway walls with doors that open only when the train is in the station?

**Volanova** · 01-18-2013, 10:05 AM

That is insane, absolutely insane. That video was very disturbing. Glad they got it on tape, though, even though it was horribly low quality. If anything this just goes to show that you have to be alert and aware of your surroundings and what people are doing around you all the time, especially when on public transportation. You'll note that he waited until she was back in her phone, not paying attention to what was going on.

Also...completely unrelated, but am I the only one that gets really annoyed at the asses that smoke on the platforms or right next to the no smoking signs at station entrances?

**luchobucho** · 01-18-2013, 10:16 AM

No, you're not. Its like people just don't care. Septa cops never say anything to the offenders also. I think there is just a certain sense of lawlessness in this town that is troublesome. I watched a half dozen teenagers jump the turnstyles at City Hall BSL the other day. It's just pretty ridiculous.

Originally Posted by Volanova

Also...completely unrelated, but am I the only one that gets really annoyed at the asses that smoke on the platforms or right next to the no smoking signs at station entrances?

**forkiks** · 01-18-2013, 10:34 AM

um, who cares about smoking....this woman was assaulted.

Glad they caught the animal.

**radiocolin** · 01-18-2013, 10:48 AM

Originally Posted by forkiks

um, who cares about smoking....this woman was assaulted.

Glad they caught the animal.

Broken windows my friend.

First you ignore the prohibited smoking, then ignore the high schoolers jumping turnstiles, then those that do these things push farther until this happens.

**luchobucho** · 01-18-2013, 10:48 AM

I don't care about smoking specifically, I care a about a general sense of lawlessness and a lack of consequences.
I am not equating smoking with an assuault at all.

Originally Posted by forkiks

um, who cares about smoking....this woman was assaulted.

Glad they caught the animal.

**hubba1** · 01-18-2013, 10:52 AM

Yea, that was crazy... he went out of his way to make sure she hit those tracks! Dragged her across the station, then tossed her by her ankles!! Absolutely insane! (and he probably is also) I'm sure people will give Septa crap for holding onto the tape, but it was a good idea, and it worked! The guy didn't have a chance to change his jacket before they located him, which if he saw himself on tv, he probably would have ditched the thing.

**Gladys** · 01-18-2013, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Volanova

That is insane, absolutely insane. That video was very disturbing. Glad they got it on tape, though, even though it was horribly low quality. If anything this just goes to show that you have to be alert and aware of your surroundings and what people are doing around you all the time, especially when on public transportation. You'll note that he waited until she was back in her phone, not paying attention to what was going on.

Also...completely unrelated, but am I the only one that gets really annoyed at the asses that smoke on the platforms or right next to the no smoking signs at station entrances?

No you are absolutely not.

Originally Posted by luchobucho

No, you're not. Its like people just don't care. Septa cops never say anything to the offenders also. I think there is just a certain sense of lawlessness in this town that is troublesome. I watched a half dozen teenagers jump the turnstyles at City Hall BSL the other day. It's just pretty ridiculous.

Stopping quality of life crimes are key to getting us on the road to a better city. Broken window theory.

Why is it the most heinous attacks in cc appear to happen mid afternoon?

**Debbie1125** · 01-18-2013, 11:05 AM

Just saw that he's been arrested a dozen times before.

Maybe we should starting euthanizing human scum like this instead of making excuses for their criminal actions.

**Litter Box** · 01-18-2013, 11:43 AM

Originally Posted by Debbie1125

Just saw that he's been arrested a dozen times before.

Maybe we should starting euthanizing human scum like this instead of making excuses for their criminal actions.

Agree, why should taxpayers pay about $36,000 a year when he will never change.

**MRguy** · 01-18-2013, 11:44 AM

This should be an attempted murder charge, but we all know it won't be. Ridiculous. She could've been killed by either a train or the third rail.

**Bixbyte** · 01-18-2013, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by krapug1

They did make an arrest yesterday.

There is a video showing the attack that is making the rounds on national media.

Woman was pushed onto SEPTA tracks; man arrested

Ken

FOX is my fav they certainly painted a pretty picture of the City of Philadelphia.
Across from the Main Police station.
Beat her up, threw her on the tracks and took her pocketbook.
Must have stole the TAJ casino jacket?
This psycho will Kill someone for their pocketbook.

Man Arrested After Throwing Woman Onto SEPTA Tracks - Philadelphia News, Weather and Sports from WTXF FOX 29

**O.H. Lee** · 01-18-2013, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by forkiks

um, who cares about smoking....this woman was assaulted.

Glad they caught the animal.

NYPD lowered their crime rate substantially in the middle '90's by going after the little things. Stopping the fare jumpers, smokers, litterers, etc. reduced crime on their transit lines by a great deal. Like Radiocolin mentioned, Broken Windows.

So much little stuff is ignored in this city, that it leads some to believe anything goes.

**Hospitalitygirl** · 01-18-2013, 12:04 PM

Originally Posted by O.H. Lee

NYPD lowered their crime rate substantially in the middle '90's by going after the little things. Stopping the fare jumpers, smokers, litterers, etc. reduced crime on their transit lines by a great deal. Like Radiocolin mentioned, Broken Windows.

So much little stuff is ignored in this city, that it leads some to believe anything goes.

So why aren't we doing it? Where does the directive come from? Upper echelons of PPD or Sh*tty Hall?

**ScottBudman** · 01-18-2013, 12:22 PM

How New York Became Safe: The Full Story by George L. Kelling, City Journal 17 July 2009

**AsYouWere** · 01-18-2013, 12:30 PM

Originally Posted by O.H. Lee

NYPD lowered their crime rate substantially in the middle '90's by going after the little things. Stopping the fare jumpers, smokers, litterers, etc. reduced crime on their transit lines by a great deal. Like Radiocolin mentioned, Broken Windows.

So much little stuff is ignored in this city, that it leads some to believe anything goes.

I'm just not seeing the connection here as it applies to the truly criminally insane. Take Sandy Hook as an example idyllic small town with none of those infractions and yet a local kid goes in and shoots up the school.

**mixiboi** · 01-18-2013, 12:30 PM

No place is truly safe as long as you have wild cards called humans with mental issues....

**Debbie1125** · 01-18-2013, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by mixiboi

No place is truly safe as long as you have wild cards called humans with mental issues....

So true.

**eldondre** · 01-18-2013, 02:06 PM

Originally Posted by AsYouWere

I'm just not seeing the connection here as it applies to the truly criminally insane. Take Sandy Hook as an example idyllic small town with none of those infractions and yet a local kid goes in and shoots up the school.

it may not address outliars, but it would address most of the crime. mental health is a big issue. remember the hammer attack on the BSL?that guy was a schizophrenic who refused his meds. his family pleaded with the hospital not to discharge him because he wouldn't take meds and they couldn't control him. he thought the kid he attacked was a government agent following him. of course, this station is no stranger to problems. it's poorly used (just a couple people a day). a few years ago a woman was raped there.

Originally Posted by O.H. Lee

NYPD lowered their crime rate substantially in the middle '90's by going after the little things. Stopping the fare jumpers, smokers, litterers, etc. reduced crime on their transit lines by a great deal. Like Radiocolin mentioned, Broken Windows.

So much little stuff is ignored in this city, that it leads some to believe anything goes.

In NY they found there was a link between the farebeaters and the people who were committing crimes on transit.
it led to problems processig people so bratton outfitted a bus and made a mobile processing center...they also handcuffed the people they caught and left them in the station in plain sight (until the bus came)as a warning.