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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 11:40 am
(August 25, 2021 at 9:37 am)Jehanne Wrote: Of course, if it happened once, it can happen again; been thinking about what I should do next time?
Write down license plate number and report/ sue that person.
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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 11:50 am
I agree with FM. I’ve head of gang initiations to randomly attack strangers as well. It might have nothing to do with your identity, so much as your availability. Whatever the reason it was battery and wrong, sorry I had to deal with that/
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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 12:03 pm
(August 25, 2021 at 10:48 am)brewer Wrote: Sorry that happened, glad your weren't seriously hurt. Sidewalks might be preferred.
I think I asked you once about your perception of acceptance in town. Would this incident change your response?
This recent incident was the only one involving violence. Once, I had a woman who drove by and yelled, "You're a fu**king woman" at me while I was walking on a sidewalk with my 9-year old daughter. (At least she did not think that I was just some ordinary woman!) Somewhat more typical is strangers honking at me (either in approval or disapproval); on a daily basis, people will stop at intersections for excessive amounts of time and gawk at me. Somewhat, perhaps, ironically, when I am wearing a tee with a full skirt, I am ignored almost entirely, except for men in large pickup trucks who go out of their way (so it seems) to stop at intersections so that I may cross in front of them, or strangers (usually, women) who will say "Hello" to me. I always feel good when such happens!
As for where I was at when I got slapped, it was a residential side street with 25 mph (the guy was speeding) with no sidewalks.
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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 12:57 pm
Sorry to see this. I'd report it as battery, because next time, since the jackass got away with it, he'll probably try again. He needs to be put on notice about that sort of bad behavior.
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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 2:15 pm
Maybe you could also read that famous book "The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence" by Gavin de Becker to recognize the danger zone in advance because, as he says, "Violence never comes out of nowhere."
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Should I have dialed 911?
August 25, 2021 at 3:20 pm
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(August 25, 2021 at 9:37 am)Jehanne Wrote: Several months ago I was walking on the street, minding my own business. I was in the area of the street that is part of the curb, the little off-white area of the street where the curb meets the road. A car drove approached (I was walking facing the traffic, common advice, at least as I understand it), and a man opened his window and extended his head and shoulders out of the moving car and hit me in the head with his fist. I believe that he did so, because, he recognized me as being a transgender female. I wasn't injured, but, his wack smarted. I decided to call the police non-emergency number; it took the police where I live a full 10 minutes to send a single officer, and then, only after I called the non-emergency two more times, as the car continued to approach me. (I think that they were afraid that they were going to be arrested.) The police never called me back; I just saw a patrol car in the area, which, I believe was in response to the incident, although, I am not sure.
Of course, if it happened once, it can happen again; been thinking about what I should do next time?
Most definitely yes. It was an assault, and quite probably a hate crime if your state has the appropriate legislation.
Oh, and dangerous driving.
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