At the risk of adding to the bad folk-image of dangerous NYC, the major incident I saw was on the subway, and it was incredibly one-sided: the guy doing the beating had no reason at all (one of those "stop shoving me" things that usually just goes away), jammed the other guy's head under an arm-rest so he was helpless, and just kept punching. I was the only person who even stayed in the same subway car, but as I said, police were called. All told, that's probably the sanest approach, in part because the police are trained to detain all involved and try to figure out responsibility later.
This just proves how various people can be, for good and ill. Years ago I concluded that no one can really know how she or he would react to violence until it happens, and this just reinforces that.
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Date: 2008-05-07 05:08 pm (UTC)At the risk of adding to the bad folk-image of dangerous NYC, the major incident I saw was on the subway, and it was incredibly one-sided: the guy doing the beating had no reason at all (one of those "stop shoving me" things that usually just goes away), jammed the other guy's head under an arm-rest so he was helpless, and just kept punching. I was the only person who even stayed in the same subway car, but as I said, police were called. All told, that's probably the sanest approach, in part because the police are trained to detain all involved and try to figure out responsibility later.
This just proves how various people can be, for good and ill. Years ago I concluded that no one can really know how she or he would react to violence until it happens, and this just reinforces that.