@@Yukiabiannightmare So you take an extremely rare event, then claim that is the norm. It's not what happens. It's illegal to defend yourself in the United States. Your own example proves it, he was arrested, put on trial, and somehow won after spending tons of money on lawyers. That is not "getting off."
NYC is still a great place for food. Nepalese, Turkish, Egyptian, Peruvian, Indonesian, Australian, Moroccan and Bolivian cuisines are all represented in NYC. And it's got a lot of history to it. And at least 2 teams in each major sport. There's a lot of reasons to visit, you just gotta brave the crime and high taxes to get to the good stuff...
I'm from Europe and was persuaded to go to NYC for a week. I thought I wouldn't survive. The noice, stress, polution, cost, how on earth do people survive there? It is a lost city. Disgusting, malfunctioning, scary, expensive,...
My Danish aunt and grandmother went to NYC on vacation last year and I was so nervous when she told me. She also used to regularly travel to Israel. I asked her if she was gonna go to Afghanistan next and then maybe swing by Somalia on the way back >_> There's probably a nice no-go zone in Sweden, where she could spend a weekend as well, I'm sure. Maybe finish it off with a hotel stay in North Korea, just for the memes or somethin'.
@@maddiesenator5491 ikr. But Paris and London feel like a breeze compared to NYC. I feared for my safety multiple times a day there. Are the people ok? Or are they all on drugs? Really sad! I was really happy to be home but I still want to move away from where I am now and live somewhere in the south of Europe on an island where nobody knows me.
I know it is a common theme to say to women "Take a self defense class" but despite what Hollywood wants you to believe, a 100 lbs woman can not beat up a 200 lbs man. The best defense is to know your surroundings, don't be alone and if you see trouble, run or hide.
Although what you said is true... Those classes are great for teaching you how to escape from all kinds of situations. Even if you have zero chance of fully defending yourself you'll at the very least have the knowledge you need to buy yourself some time so you can run to safety.
Insane how the crime rate has gone up. My parents are in their 60’s and I asked about what crime was like growing up - they said it’s never been worse.
It’s actually the safest time to live in human history. Things seem worse/terrible bc of social media and the internet allowing everything to be broadcasted to everyone.
A few of the guys have already been caught. There is a pattern to it, all of the girls are a certain type, and all of the punchers are a certain type...
There’s a video I saw on x of a man yelling “pow” and swinging the air at subway riders faces 🤔🤔🤔could he also be part of the mentally ill guys going around punching randoms?🤔🤔🤔
Because all they do is stand by the entrance of the subway so people won’t hop it but not be down stairs but in the summer there in the train because they don’t want too sweat they don’t know there laws can’t read a map there lazy rather stand nd give tickets then protecting nd serving
Simon is a guy name. Does that mean you're a guy? Why do you keep chestering little kids since that's mostly a guy thing and that's your label, too? See how the cliche argument (you copied from 1000s of othes) isn't helping anything?
Hi, another nyc woman here. I have been sitting on a bench on the side of the street in broad day light. Wearing heels and a classy dress. A homeless looking black man came up to me and spat in my face (and hair). Then walked off really quickly before i could do anything or call anyone. I was honestly frozen. I have a difficult time leaving my home here in nyc more than 5 years later.
I’m a 66 year old man, I live in Texas… I never owned a gun till 2021… I train, I conceal carry EVERYWHERE… and yes I have my LTC… in today’s world you’re risking your life if you live in a place where you cannot carry a gun… PERIOD
@MeMe-zg7gx Big cities in the UK are highly dangerous. Probably on par with American Big cities. Knife attacks and muggings are far too numerous there.
Wow! I was just talking about this with my cousin 2 days ago. He has a daughter at NYU Stern School of Business and is very concerned for her safety. I am too. I swear the girl was born with AirPods in her ears. She is rarely aware of her surroundings and is totally engrossed in her music most of the time. The perpetrator seems to be targeting women. If you are a woman in this area, please, please, please be vigilant!
I work at a dental office and recently saw a female patient who was punched by a homeless man when crossing the street in San Francisco. Second molar was fractured from the impact (multiple cusps broken off completely).
I wanna add, 4.25 when you advice to yell, and you're 100% right, it is great advice. However, it is important to keep in mind that in those cases, a lot of women freeze and are unable to react that way. This is also what happens in a lot of rape cases. Sometimes the shock/suprise is so intense that the brain can't process what's happening and can't even get into surviving mode that way. There's a complete shutdown. I have often felt into complete shock when assaulted. Freezing completely at first, and then enter into that rage, but when it's already too late. When my brain processed what happened.
Yeah, it's very surreal. Difficult to comprehend that this random person is actually attacking you, when you've done nothing to provoke any such treatment from them. Very understandable :(
European here. My daughter and her boy friend wanted to go to NYC this summer. We came with our daughter in 2017. I dissuaded them by showing them some videos I found on vidmax of what NYC has become since the last time we were here. European media never show these kinds of images.
NYC should bring back the “Fear City” brochures from 1975 that warned visitors and residents of nyc how to survive in the city. The crime is definitely back up to mid 70s level, or probably worse.
Good point about the 70s. I just saw Charles Bronson in the 1974 film, Death Wish, and it's just as relevant in 2024 as it was 50 years ago. You could literally drop that story exactly as it was into a 2024 context, and basically the only thing that wouldn't play out the same is that someone couldn't bring a encased gun with them on a plane. Everything else was as timely as ever. They're gonna get vigilantes, protection rackets, or both if they don't get their act together.
Good luck with that. The Tourism authorities would NEVER allow it. There's a landmark near me (a mountain) and the local Tourism office won't even publicly warn female hikers that the mountain trails are sometimes the scene of sexual assault of lone female hikers. To find THAT out, you should ACTUALLY know it happens there and check out news reports on it online. Also, it's not the ONLY thing that my local Tourism organizations hide, either.
I was going to say it. Watching social media I’m seeing not just a lot of black & illegal perpetrators…I’m seeing a lot of white victims. And I wonder if this is a byproduct of the left’s demonization of white people all over media.
@@tommack9395nypd has surveillance cameras on every street. They get good footage and they are usually released in situations like this. Not this time.
Don’t call the police. I had a mugging attempt in NYC. They kept me in the station until dawn, and contacted me daily for weeks, but never found the guys. Women- get some pepper spray. Men- get some hands.
I'm glad I left NYC. I never felt safe there and worried about my family. I can now conceal-carry a weapon, and I feel I can defend myself now if I have to. Hopefully, I will never need to use it. My wife and I took lessons on the proper use of a weapon and what is allowed as self-defense by the law. I feel that learning the proper use and the laws should be required, but it's not.
Pepper spray is illegal in my country (Denmark) 🙁 It was made legal in 2019, then illegal again in 2021 because criminals also used it... Yeah no joke. Non-criminals aren't allowed to own means of self-defense against criminals, because criminals would also be able to obtain those means to commit crimes... but it's not like criminals gave up *their* pepper sprays when they became illegal (that's what makes them frickin' criminals). Everything sucks.
@@VelkanAngelsthat’s because people are evil, not the weapon. You tiny countries might be able to get away with looking angelic (no guns) for a while… but it’s much easier to police a border the size of Rhode Island than Texas lol
@@johndeaux3703 Does it matter? If it really was a skin color issue, wouldn’t the women with that skin color be doing the same things to the same extent? Yet they aren’t, so again… Men ☕️
Semi-off topic: I actually have a video of random attempted murder in the subway. The man tried me first, but I gave him nothing to go on. So he tried someone else. He was looking for a fight. Literally.
@@angelinavxs4277 "why do we fall sir? So that we can learn to pick ourselves up." Me: uhhh... So that's akin to circular reasoning, isn't it? Not exactly circular reasoning. But I don't know what to call it. There's no need to learn to pick ourselves up if we hadn't fallen. Ergo the reason that we fall is negated before we begin. So that's some lame misfire at an attempt to establish wisdom.
Same! Honestly I’ve been on my own since 14 and I have been attacked in too many ways to count (strangled, beaten bloody, held at gunpoint TWICE, stalked, abused by dating partner and have had several guys attempt to follow me and sexually assault me). The thing that has saved my life more times than I can count is to take on the mental attitude/mindset of a murderer (it sounds weird I know, but being more aggressive than your attacker will save your life). A man is instantly turned off by a woman who acts masculine or psychotic 8 times out of 10.
@@angelinavxs4277I can understand why; I used to be like this myself. Trauma or abuse growing up is what causes this; it all starts at home. “One who does not feel love from their village will burn it down to feel warmth”
I'm from Spain, in here there isn't as many cases of violence, but all of them go unpunished. If you think that the police doesn't do nothing or that the police has no legal support to stop crime, you haven't been living here. In Spain its pretty common that someone "occupies" your house (this means that someone can't stop paying the rent or simply enters in your house when you aren't in it, and he/she can be in your house for years and you can't go back to your home or expelled it). Simmilar case of the one you are talking about: a guy punched several women in the subway of Barcelona, he broked the eardrum of one, and he was released without any type of consequences:ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BivRfSE4BMA.htmlsi=u5GJ3BXK0i4g5Ieu
@@Faith_Southers yes, dude just got locked up today or yesterday behind it. Another woman got pushed by her ex-boyfriend, the had to take her legs from the knee down.
This comment section is interesting. Let’s not blame the person who’s doing the attacking and instead justify why the ones who got attacked had it coming. Wild.
Yup... especially when they have absolutely NO idea how the person voted. They just assume they voted for the Democratic idea that criminals are the REAL victims and shouldn't be villainized. I doubt you'll find any city anywhere, where everyone in it voted for the same party. Pretty sure it's mathematically impossible. If someone did vote for that and then got punched, I would have a hard time feeling sorry for them, 'cause there are lots of victims out there who DIDN'T facilitate their own victimization (often with the mentality that they won't get victimized themselves, "only" people they don't care about) but these are random women on the street.
My suburban white girlfriend recently had this happened to her in philly. Just out of the blue some black dude came up and punched her in the face. No reason. He didn’t rob her. Nothing. Just ran up and punched her.
Perhaps it's getting worse but unfortunately, this is not a new low for NYC. Psychos have been doing this for years. Pro tip for young women: get off your phones and observe your surroundings. See someone approach you who gives you bad vibes? Trust your instincts and keep your distance. At night, walk in groups-yes with men. These losers prey upon women alone.
This. I’m in NYC and I can’t tell you how many possible situations I have avoided. Been followed, talked to, etc. One person even said “you walking away because I’m ____?” I won’t be guilt tripped into a potential assault. I’ll judge you for anything in this city. Been just fine being hypervigilant.
Glad to hear you’re aware, and have been safe, but damn. I cannot imagine living in a city where I had to deal with that so frequently. Respectfully, couldn’t live in a city where self protection was so frowned upon either. So many better places to be.
@@joshking2991100% this. But I don’t think that people who live on those environments realize how insane and unnatural they are. Hypervigilance is unhealthy. Stress as a way of being is harmful to the mind and the body. I have a ton of family in NY, so grew up visiting since I was a kid, and it still shocks me what they normalize and push through.
In a case, in New York just a few years ago, the court argued that the police are not required to protect you. Think about that statement. What does that tell you?
@iamme25yago According to a cop friend of mine it is about serving and protecting the community aka the people through enforcing the law so what you say is debatable. And no need to be rude with the "open a law book"remark. I roll my eyes.
OK that's an interesting story because we lived something similar. As soon as we came to NY, right out of the airport. We were waiting for a friend, and my wife got hit by a black midget (it's not a joke it's for real). I thought he accidentally bumped into her. He looked at us for a while, and walked away. She was hit really hard on the waist. I don't know what I'd do if I knew they guy hit her on purpose. We're not even Americans by the way so think of our impression of NY. The other thing was, the black midget had a bruise on his eye, so he probably does this often and gets punched sometimes. Anyone else know about this?
Wow, so surprised a place that embraces crime would have something like this going on! I'm sure there are people telling these women to stop telling their stories as they are making people think negative things about NYC... Thats the sad truth of America these days.
70-90% of people I see daily are not being situationally aware. Most are on their phones the rest are just plain oblivious to everything around them. Doesn't anyone look around themselves anymore? Notice the people and things around you, you are not alone on this planet!
Let's see: Keep your head down and stay safe; or look around and glance at the wrong person "the wrong way" and get attacked. I know which one most people are choosing.
Being aware of your surroundings doesn't protect women from men who truly want to hurt them. I got sexually assaulted mid day, no headphones in, extremely aware of everything around me with pepper spray in my pocket, while other people saw what happened and it took them at least 2 minutes to react. No situational awareness can protect an average woman, that's weaker than an average man.
Being serious, is it worse than when people were being killed for their Nike’s in Times Square? I was somewhere else as a kid, I don’t know what it was like for you.
I never been and wouldn't go to that sh*t soup city if I was paid. It WAS great...in the 30's, 40's, 50's. 1990's. early 2000's. But since the Democrats took over, it is junk.
Not all of victims are in their early to mid 20's, they are just the ones posting on social media about it. There was a woman in her 50's who was punched in the face last week. It happened in the afternoon & was captured on a security camera. The poor woman had her jaw broken, her mouth it wired shut now.
I agree with 98% of what you were saying, but this is EXACTLY the time to be rubbing this in their face... The time to enforce the consequences of their actions is immediately after they experience those consequences so that they will REMEMBER those consequences when they are in the voting booth and questioning those that they are voting for... otherwise they will fall right back into their rut and keep doing, and voting, for the same foolish things.
True. Looking at the polling, women voters are the major cause of woke proliferation. These assaults are a direct consequence of women's voting on women. This should be highlighted as much as possible. Hopefully, women will start voting more like men.
It doesn't matter how much evidence and data you give them, even if it's happening directly to them. Most Leftist will never, ever change their minds or voting habits. Pretty much all the ones capable of learning, already have.
We have literal serial killers in the world. A serial puncher just isn't surprising at all. In fact years ago there was a viral prank where kids would get in a group attack an easy target such as an elderly person then run away. The world is full of terrible people.
After the Jordan Neely vs Daniel case, WTF do women in New York expect? The good men are arrested for ridding the city of bad men,... NYC is exhibit A. You voted for this.
Do any of you "You voted for this" parrots understand you follow the same way you think the other side does? You're like the YT comment section joke thief. Nothing you say is of individual merit or valuable addition to discourse. You're just a printing press for someone else's ideas and think the likes and laughs are compliments to you. But the compliments aren't yours.
Do the "You voted for this" parrots understand they follow in the same way many on the other side do? It's ike the YT comment section joke thief. Nothing they say is of individual merit or of value to discourse. They're someone else's ideas, yet the parrot thinks the likes and laughs are compliments to themselves. But the compliments belong to someone else.
This is terrible!🥺 Ladies, yiu should ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings, it's a matter of personal safety no matter where you are! I'm a grown woman, 5'-10" over 180 lbs. I live in a small little town 18 miles outside of L.A. in a nice neighborhood. It was broad daylight at a little neighborhood park when i suddenly felt UNSAFE! A young man that should have been at school was randomly hanging out at the corner and then an older larger man joined him. Nope! Im taking me and my little charge outta there as fast as I can without looking like I'm alarmed! I didn't slow down my rapid pace until we got home. The whole time i kept alert, listening for footsteps behind me. Do not let your guard down, stay alert to your surroundings and listen to your intuition. Be safe out there!🥹❤️
Don’t tell empowered females what to do..If they want to roam naked in streets at late night it’s their choice they are empowered, they should be able to walk the empty streets freely it’s all the mens fault
Couldn't agree more, I live in nyc and do this myself. People esp women here now, in growing numbers walk around here like zombies. And its pissing off a lot of people. Even myself, I do not condone violence at all. But I hear, and see it everyday, mostly women. Just abusing etiquette, not paying attention, blocking traffic, the list is really really long. Just before I wrote this a woman was on the wrong side of the sidewalk head buring in her phone, and walked right into me and my grocery bags. And then proceeded to get mad at me... I was elated. You better be a big big strong person in nyc to be able to be that oblivious and not expect any repercussions.
_Ladies, yiu should ALWAYS be aware of your surroundings_ And Yte ladies, keep voting Democrat, keep the diversity going! You bought the ticket, now you get the whole ride
@@littledickydolittle3071I'm sorry,but politics is part of this. But when you read the Bible. It says there's going to be hate and persecution in the world.
What these punchers aren’t considering is when they punch the person who has nothing to lose. People will end up dying and then it will stop. It’s bad that it has to get that far to understand it’s wrong to do.
People who fight back often get treated as the criminal. They say the NYPD should handle it but they're understaffed and almost never where the crimes happen such as subway trains and anywhere near the tracks.
Did you watch the same video? They are very clearly considering exactly who to target. They are going after easy targets, distracted, and too weak to do anything after a single punch. You think everyone this has happened to being average to small women who are distracted isn't on purpose? New Yorkers will walk around, by, or over people bleeding out on the sidewalk after being stabbed... These people can do this forever without anyone fighting back.
Thank you for stating that we can have empathy for these women. They were victims and in no way "deserve" what happened to them. The lack of empathy for others suffering is hugely an issue in recent years. Thank you for being uplifting.
This happened to me in St Louis. I wasn’t punched, but hard-karate-kicked while passing a black man in the street. People told me there were common random acts of violence and beatings of innocent victims, including families with children as part of gang initiation. This was back in 2009. Scary world. And I had just moved from a small Texas town where people smile and wave to each other in passing so it took a LONG time and therapy to get over this trauma!
@@Xx.bygracethrufaith "Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive" Andy Grove Context for this quote is entrepreneurship but can also be applied to living in a challenging environment.
You mentioned fewer police, a policy of releasing criminals, and denial of the tools of self-defense. To these you can add the city striking fear into the heart of any man who might think to protect a woman being attacked in public. One who did so in the subway accidently killed the attacker -- and he's being prosecuted for murder. To the elimination of fear of the police you can add elimination of the fear of bystanders and witnesses.
there was no action taken during the Asian hate situation so these people are now moving up to their next victim. If society does nothing, evil will evolve.
Yeah they dropped that as fast as they did the whole thing about native American women getting beaten when they found out native American men were the ones beating them.
The guy who’s being accused of doing this goes around recording women instigating a problem in most of his videos. They’re saying he’s been arrested multiple times now and released…
@@michaelreeser5833 I know but I was talking about the movement at the same time about native American women being beaten. Both tried to make it seem like White people were doing it but were dropped when it came out lacks were beating asians and native American men were beating native American women.
yo i hate when ppl mix 2 diff issues together. men assault women. it has nothing to do w the protests from 4y ago that took place FOR A COMPLETELY different reason
I don't know. Lived in Queens and took the train into the city for school almost every day back then. I was a kid at the time. We all felt relatively safe. This is getting to be beyond Thunderdome.
If you really are interested in helping women why don't you provide a description ? What race are they how tall are they that kind of thing. From what it sounds like is the suspects are usually black. If that's the case then just state that. You don't help women by telling them some nondescript male is punching women tell them what to look out for
Sounds like the old Knock Out game is back. Be careful, I remember an older man in Syracuse, NY dying from getting hit. The one woman talking about feeling sick after reminded me of that.
NYC- lax on crime unless the defendant is Donald Trump just doing his job as a real estate developer. They can’t prosecute actual criminals but they’ll prosecute a real estate developer doing normal business.
As a new york city citizen, there is ton's of mental health issues going around. But also, for a long time now there is a growing number of zombies walking around who do not pay attention to their surroundings, and it's very frustrating. And I think some of these people are getting fed up with it. And it's women who abuse this the most, walking down the wrong side of the sidewalk barreling down with their head buried into their phone, and when they run into you because THEY weren't paying attention, they get mad at you. It is super super frustrating. I see people stopping on subway exit stairs while there is 100 people behind them, to answer a text. Its unreal, stop being zombies, get off the phones, and pay attention. As a grown man, I do not keep earbuds in, and do not use my phone much. and if I see someone shady I try to avoid them, cross the street. Women walk around like no care in the world and its crazy.. this is nyc not kansas or ohio lady.. I do not condone violence, but I will say people are really annoyed by the lack of etiquette. Note: The reason men do not do this as much, they know they will get into a fight or get their ass beat...
Fellow NYCer here and I totally agree! I have to battle this behavior regularly on my way to get my morning coffee and it get be very frustrating how rude and entitled they are. And yes the worst offenders are those who pause to text in the middle of a subway stairwell or in a small station blocking the one available turnstile just as the train is arriving... completely ignorant of their surroundings and other people. As someone who was jumped about a decade ago in Brooklyn, late at night with my earbuds in, I've made it a point myself to be alert and not look at my phone - and if I absolutely have to answer an important text or check maps, just like a car would I "pull over to the shoulder" making sure I'm clear of the sidewalk and other people. When you live in any major urban area, anywhere in the world, it's important to keep your head up and be aware of your surroundings. Thing is NYC can actually be a pretty safe city if you look up and keep an eye out - most of the time people like this target anyone who isn't alert. Not only safer but who knows, on the plus side you might even enjoy the sights and sounds of your walk more by being present!
I always say that it is important to be aware of your surroundings all the time and they call me crazy and paranoid for that. Well, that has saved from many potential bad situations and I am here to tell the story.
@@jupeether4855 just like those 2 kids at the superbowl rally did, I happened to have missed them get a lead sandwich. Also, in your parts a bad guy with a gun started a shootout, and all kinds of good guys with guns had no idea who was good or bad and it was a $#% show. In nyc with the population density, no thank you.
@@jamesr8584 absolutely. but lets be real, we have the military capability to whipe the rest of the world and rename the planet usa. The only real danger to our nation is our politicians.
@@jamesr8584 yep. They deleted my reply. To sum it up and censor i guess "it absolutely can be both, but lets be real, murica have have m*lit*ry capabilities to no longer exist rest of world and rename planet to usa, only real threat to murica is our politicians.
I’m a grown man and when I walk around the city I never put on headphones or keep my head buried in my phone. If you look like an easy target and a victim you will become one. And I keep my eyes out for weirdos and sketchy looking people. I will look around and keep them in my peripheral vision if they go behind me. And I listen for fast moving footsteps. And I’m not even a small woman. Keep your heads on a swivel young ladies.
I'm a small woman but I live in a Danish town and have never been attacked by a stranger. I still do all the things you mentioned, lol. There's been a significant increase in division and hatefulness here, same as in U.S.A. (though not AS bad... yet), so I don't trust anyone or anything, especially because crime has also been incrimentally increasing over the past 15 years or so. I'm a massive music-lover but I absolutely don't dare going outside without my hearing at max efficiency.
@@VelkanAngels God dag! From across the Pond :) Stay safe and I wish your Country the best. I hope the western countries can turn the corner back to unity, safety and prosperity.
Exactly, I’m born and raised in NYC for almost 40 yrs until I recently moved. It don’t matter where I am, I’m always alert if out in public. It could be the mall in a rural PA, I’m still watching people. AND I’ve never had someone randomly punch me in NYC. Any fights I was in I knew well before they started and I stayed to handle business.
I'm glad you mentioned the whole 'knockout meme' thing - this was my immediate thought when I first heard about this. My biggest concern is that this will become a trend, encouraging others to lash out their misplaced anger against innocent women. Stay safe, ladies.
When citizens live in poverty with nothing to lose, why would they fear jail? The destruction of our economy through minimum wage spikes causing the increasing cost of goods and services has put the U.S. further into the slums than ever before. Give people something they're afraid to lose, reset the economy, and you'll see crime rates plummet. But we all know it won't happen, things will always get worse. I just wish we'd hurry up and get it over with.
@@jonnysongs Yeah, I know who he is. I was speaking to the larger issue. An elderly woman recently got brutally mugged at a nearby Publix and everyone just stood around and watched.
If you defend yourself, in any way, You get in just as much trouble, if not MORE, than the assailant which is totally Bass Ackwards and needs to stop. The laws regarding self defense and how much is considered "reasonable" are a joke and should be repealed. Make every state in this country a "Stand your ground/castle doctrine" state and I'm pretty sure people wouldn't feel as limited and helpless because they can defend themselves and not worry about getting in trouble. Either as much or at all
Just found this... On Wednesday, 40-year-old Skiboky Stora was arrested and charged with assault after multiple women in New York City reported being randomly punched in the street.
Not the time to remind people what they voted for? When IS the time, exactly? When are people going to listen, exactly? I'd say getting punched is a pretty good wake up call and one that an alarming number of people have to experience before waking up, unfortunately. A lot of the time, they still don't get it.
That's based on the assumption, that the people getting punched all voted Democrat... Just because you live in a town/city/village, doesn't mean you elected the policies that run it. They don't need 100% of votes to get into office, after all.
Im not mad because this is happening. I am mad because i know the odds are nothing will happen to the perpetrator/perpetrators and this situation will either worsen, be forgotten or most likely both
