Stop Street Harassment

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Serial groper along “the View”

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Echo Park, via WorldWidePhotoWalk

In separate incidents, police say an unidentified man grabbed three young girls from behind and groped them as they walked on streets around Belmont and Bellevue streets (“the View”), overlooking Echo Park in Los Angeles, CA. In two of the incidents a lone girl was walking to school along a pedestrian walkway. In a third incident, he groped a 12-year-old girl walking with her mother. Chances are he’s groped other girls who haven’t reported him.

From ABC News in Los Angeles, CA:

“The suspect is described as a Hispanic man with a dark complexion, between 18 and 30-years-old, about 5’4″ tall, around 150 pounds.  He has short black hair, a mustache, and acne.  Anyone with any information is asked to call Rampart Division detectives at (213) 484-3624.”

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A Message to Muni Passengers

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Picture from M.J. Scanlon via railpictures.net
Picture from M.J. Scanlon via railpictures.net

Via Silicon Valley’s Mercury News:

“Police in San Francisco on Friday asked for the public’s help locating Muni passengers that may have been victims of sexual harassment or assault while using the city’s transit system.

Police reported that on the morning of May 8, a man was witnessed rubbing his pelvis against a woman on the inbound N-Judah rail line. The same suspect was witnessed committing a similar assault on the outbound N-Judah line later that evening. The victim has not been located.

The witness who reported the incidents to police said the suspect exited the train at the Powell Street station.

Police believe the suspect has been committing similar sexual batteries that have not been reported, and are asking anyone who has been a victim of such a crime to contact the San Francisco Police Department as soon as possible at (415) 553-1651.”

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