Guardian Angels increase Metro patrols, report Angel attack on listserv
- Everyone cool it. (Photo: Jay Westcott)
The Guardian Angels say they will increase patrols on Metro in the wake of a reported attack at the Suitland station, which left one man with a black eye and some serious dental concerns.
Robert Joy says he was attacked when a group of teenagers turned on him on last week. Joy had pulled out his cell phone to call 911, after spotting the teens pummeling another person. That's when he says the teenagers started kicking him. He lost a couple teeth and needed stitches.
"The attacks are out of control," John Ayala, of the Guardian Angels, told the Washington Examiner in an e-mail. "It's time for the community to do their part to make the Metro safe for everyone."
A spokesperson for Metro told Fox5 that the Angels would be allowed on the system as long as they paid their fare, which is kind of the rule for almost anyone on Metro, right?
TBD doesn't want to knock anyone for trying, and we do appreciate attempts at do-goodery, but we'd also like to use this moment to highlight a recent patrol report from the Angels, which went out over the MD-2d listserv Sunday.
According to the report, the Angels patrolled Metro for about three hours. They were out in the Anacostia, L'Enfant Plaza, Gallery Place-Chinatown, and Fort Totten stops. No arrests were reported in that time.
Then, the Angels tried to go home.
Two members of the group say they boarded a green line train at Anacostia at about 11:35 p.m. There were about 30 juveniles on the train who were "acting disorderly," according to the e-mail. The group exited the train at the Waterfront-SEU station. That's when one of the kids apparently decided to mess with the pair, and unleashed the fury of an Angel scorned.
One of the juveniles threw an object at an Angel, prompting a call to authorities. The kid who threw unidentified object was arrested. A second youth was busted for a curfew violation.
So let that be a lesson to the rabble-rousers among us. If you're going to chuck something at someone on Metro, try and make sure they aren't wearing an Angel uniform first.
5 Comments
Pacha Pigg
Thank goodness SOMEONE is trying to do something about the violence on Metro; goodness knows, nobody connected with Metro is doing a thing. Thanks Angels for your good work!
R G
On thing Metro is attempting may help. Metro is trying to implement "Student SmartTrip" cards. The benefit of them would be that they can be restricted as to when these knuckleheads can gain entry into the system via programming the "chip" inside. The current "plastic" cards are usable at all hours. Why should these "kids" be allowed to roam the system at midnight for a discounted fare? Plus, I suspect---Big Brother Alert!--- the kids' whereabouts could be tracked. That may be beneficial in a situation like the Suitland attack where maybe the thugs involved could be located once it's determined "who" was in the area (by using the faregates data/ card registration data) combined with the DVR camera video.
Pacha Pigg
Mark L, I agree with you; these aren't cases of little kids stealing a candy bar from a store, these are young people attacking innocent Metro passengers. If nothing is done, it's only a matter of time until these punques kill or seriously injure someone. In assault cases like these, I don't care HOW old the assailant is, his/her picture, name, and other pertinent information should be made public.
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