In the News: (Black) Man Groped Woman At Brown Line Station On Near North Side

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2014/10/01/prosecutors-man-groped-woman-at-brown-line-station-on-near-north-side/

Prosecutors: Man Groped Woman At Brown Line Station On Near North Side
Adrian Balle / photo from Chicago Police

(STMW) — A registered sex offender is accused of groping a woman Tuesday night at a Brown Line station on the Near North Side.

Adrian Balle, 48, of the 5400 block of West Huron, faces one felony count of criminal sexual abuse, according to Chicago Police.

About 9:30 p.m., the 23-year-old woman was on her way up the stairs to the Franklin Brown Line stop in the 300 block of West Chicago when a man ran up behind her and grabbed her buttocks, prosecutors said.

The man continued to follow her, then reached between her legs and groped her again through her clothes, prosecutors said. The woman turned around and pushed the man away from her.

The man smiled at the woman and made a joke, then smacked her hand away, prosecutors said. He walked up back down the stairs, while the woman ran the rest of the way up to the station.

A CTA employee noticed the woman crying and asked her what happened, prosecutors said. The woman told the CTA employee and pointed to the man, who was entering a Dunkin Donuts at the bottom of the stairs.

The CTA employee called police and gave a description of the man, who was arrested in the Dunkin Donuts.

The woman identified Balle in a lineup as the man who groped her, and surveillance videos captured the incident, prosecutors said.

Balle is a registered sex offender with a criminal history dating back to 1986, according to court records.

Judge James Brown ordered Balle held on a $300,000 bond in court Wednesday.

(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire © Chicago Sun-Times 2014. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Harassed at East Columbia Library; Columbia, Maryland

One day I was typing up some work at the East Columbia Branch Library off Cradlerock Way in Columbia, Maryland.

I sent a document to the printer and as I approached the printer located on top of the information circular counter I noticed there was a Black male and Black woman having a conversation. I thought nothing of it until I reached for the paper off the printed and slightly turned back around only to have a tall black “Christian” male literally in my face blocking my view and stated “Hi-yah..” with a smirk and would not leave my presence.

What was odd was that not only did he jump in my face, block my frontal view in a matter of about three seconds but he abandon the conversation he was in. My startled look was apparent as one of the librarians turned around and stared at him. About a minute later the Black woman he was in the company with stated “Don’t do that” and gestured for him to leave me alone.

A G-d-fearing religiously clad, quiet woman working on the computer being blocked in for just existing.

In broad daylight, if it was not for the woman speaking to the male in a tone disparaging his conduct disapprovingly and the librarian turning around–he would’ve surely grabbed me. Black male harassers everywhere, cannot even go to a library and be productive without these cretens disturbing you.

Black man leave me alone.

Two Separate Conversations with Sunni Muslim Women: Black “Christian” Males Are Sexual Harassers and are Nasty

One day I was at a retail store when a younger (continental) African woman who worked there asked if I needed assistance. As I was looking for a scarf we discussed higher education. As the conversation progressed we discovered we had something else in common–black Christian males are disrespectful and continuously sexually harass Sunni Muslim women. Although I wear hijab and modest clothing and she doesn’t the result was the same. Interestingly, she referred to black “Christian” males as unattractive and thugs, and that she preferred white men, sentiments shared by many highly educated Sunni Muslim Black women.

Another conversation I had was with a Sunni Muslim Black woman from the West Coast. We met at an Islamic celebration and she revealed she was married to a white man who converted to Islam whom I met towards the end of the event. As we talked, I asked her why did she and her family move to Maryland. She stated the environment was not condiucive to raising a family and black (Christian) males sexually/street harassed her even when she had her chidren with her. Although she  is a covered, Sunni, practicing married woman, she too endured years of black male harassers. Knowing how ignorant and uncivilized black men are she was probably harassed for being in a interracial marriage. Why do black Christian males and women insist on imposing their insidious views on Sunni Muslim Black women who do not share religious or cultural beliefs with them and are at peace with their choices? It is because they have no peace, are unhappy and jealous and want to mock and destroy Sunni Muslim Black women who share little or nothing in common in common with them religious wise or culturally.

I must admit I was surprised that their family moved to Maryland/DC area where the same type of thugs persist. However, after discussing real estate and how her family can purchase farm land and be further away, I understood that in California it is nearly impossible to do so.

Interesting to note that these black male thugs do not bother Arab or South Asian Muslims because black males have a special hatred of seeing successful, religious women at peace. For some reason they harbor a special IDIOTIC and IRRATIONAL notion that skin pigmentation grants them a right to cat call, sexually harass and otherwise make women of color uncomfortable with their disrespectful and diabolical behavior. These sexual black “Christian” predators will rape you, assault you, invade your space, intercept your conversation, threaten you, call you out your name, molest you, try to embarrass you–yet wonder why you stay away and avoid their presence. This type of behavior gives credence to racists who promote the bell curve as black men do not act responsibly or with intelligence on a daily basis in civilized society. These deviants pillaged and devastated their own “black Christian” community (with health issues and illegitimate children/children they don’t care for) and now attempt to infiltrate the Sunni Muslim community with the same. We have our eyes on you (all of us). They mock G-d, modest, decent women and G-d’s creation, yet they think they have a right to G-d fearing women simply because we exist? Only demons believe such foolishness.

Two separate conversations, two different Sunni Muslim women of color, from two different parts of the world and the same problem: nasty, black “Christian” sexual/street harassers. They are a plague and are everywhere. God help us all.

Black Male Stranger SLASHES Woman’s Throat Because She Rejected His Sexual Harassment October 2014

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/26732943/woman-throat-slashed
Man slashes woman’s throat in Queens
Posted: Oct 08, 2014 7:01 AM EDT
Updated: Oct 15, 2014 7:09 AM EDT
By MYFOX NEW YORK STAFF
 
NEW YORK (MYFOXNY) –
The NYPD is on the hunt for the man who slashed a woman’s neck in a building lobby in Jamaica, Queens after she refused to talk to him.

Police say it happened at around 5:17 a.m. on Oct. 1 inside 90-23 171st Street.

The man approached the 26-year-old victim and tried to engage her in what police described as an “unwanted” conversation. When she turned away, police say he grabbed her from behind and cut her neck with “a cutting instrument.”

The woman sustained serious injuries. She was listed in critical but stable condition at a hospital.

Security camera video shows the man approaching the woman. Police released the video in the hopes it will help them catch the attacker.

The suspect is described by police as Black or Hispanic with brown eyes, short black hair, approximately 20 years old, approximately 6′ tall and about 180 lbs.  He was last seen wearing black sneakers and blue jeans.

Police ask anyone with information to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers at any of the following:

1-800-577-TIPS (8477)

WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

The NYPD says all calls/texts are strictly confidential.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

The NYPD is on the hunt for the man who slashed a woman’s neck in a building lobby in Jamaica, Queens after she refused to talk to him.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Just a Thought: Black Male Hypocrisy and Street Harassment

Black Male Hypocrisy and Street Harassment

Recently, there has been a wave of news reports regarding law enforcement officers harassing and or killing unarmed black men. What these news reports fail to emphasize is that most of the time police are within their rights to question someone who is a suspect when a crime has been freshly committed. It’s interesting that black males who are reasonably suspected of a crime receive protests and outrage from the Black community but the voices of these anti-system protesters when INNOCENT Black women are harassed and sometimes killed as a result of sexual/street harassment are but a faint whisper…

These black women are not guilty or suspected of a crime, yet the black community will yell at the top of their lungs on behalf of many a black
man who was reasonably suspected of such. That is because the black community including Black women of the old guard do not see value in Black women and Black girls. Blacks will teach their daughters to shake things off or it is not a big deal or that is how men are. In other words these crazed enablers attempt to inculcate a sense of guilt, shame or less value in the life worth of Black women and girls including their bodily integrity. Older black women are guilty of this oft times from jealousy of seeing younger generations with greater opportunites in life due to changes in social circumstances. The former black actually enabling Black men in this behavior because their ex-husbands, boyfriends, rapists or baby daddies left them with little mouths to feed, no child support and no self-esteem. So these women call their sons “little man” and emotionally use them to replace the social and psychological void of single motherhood. ‘Little man’ grows up thinking that ANY Black women are to serve whatever needs they have whether it be monetary, sexual and psychological and seek these from total strangers who are Black women. These Black men who usually accuse women of being “emotional” have a grave sense of entitlement reminiscent of their welfare mothers mentality towards the government. They know this mentality is wrong but seek to force society, especially decent Black women into catering to it.  Since the generations of Black women grew stronger and more educated she looks upon Black men with disdain as their predatory behavior has no place in civilized society… 

Black men you decry and whine about law enforcement officers harassing you even when they have cause, yet you harass, stalk, molest, cat-call, deride and abuse women, in particular Black women who are total strangers–have you not heard of karma? or justice? Payback for all those times you harassed and put innocent women safety and lives in danger and imposing post traumatic stress syndrome because you cannot simply two letters of the English alphabet N-O.

Maybe, just maybe the universe is giving you exactly what you deserve.

No Surprise: Black Men Sexual Harass and Brutally Beat White Woman and Boyfriend

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/09/06/Black-Gang-Beats-White-Couple-in-Missouri-After-Sexually-Harassing-Woman

BLACK GANG BEATS WHITE COUPLE IN MISSOURI AFTER SEXUALLY HARASSING WOMAN

by WARNER TODD HUSTON  6 Sep 2014 

Police in Springfield, Missouri released shocking surveillance footage of a gang of six black males viciously attacking a man and his girlfriend in a driveway near a downtown nightclub.

The woman, Meredith Cole, told police she was sexually harassed outside the club by several of the black males on August 22. She quickly went inside to retrieve her boyfriend, Alex Vassey, a DJ at the Outland Ballroom. The pair then went outside to see if they could identify any of the harassers.
Once out on the street, a gang of six black youths snuck up behind them and started attacking the couple, beating them in their faces and kicking Vassey after he was knocked to the ground.
The video clearly shows Vassey being viciously assaulted, as well as showing the young woman being punched in the face and knocked to the ground twice.
The victims were both sent to the hospital and treated for multiple contusions, bruises, and cuts. Cole also suffered a fractured ankle.
Police were not able to apprehend any of the perpetrators and ask that if anyone recognizes the attackers in the video that they should call Crime Stoppers at (417) 869-TIPS (8477).
 

Black Man Kills Black Woman Because She Rejected His Advances October 2014

Like I said black males are sinister and believe Black woman’s primary purpose on earth is to satisfy their inordinate sexual needs. A Black woman already in a relationship which she disclosed. Quite frankly it is no one’s business whether this or any other woman is in a relationship if she is not interested she’s not interested. Back off. Here’s the article:
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http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5945518
Woman Shot, Killed After Saying No To A Man’s Advances, Detroit Police Say
Kate Abbey-Lambertz The Huffington Post 10/07/14 02:06 PM ET
Police say a man shot and killed a woman after she rejected his advances at an event in Detroit over the weekend. Five people were also injured during the incident.

Mary Spears, 27, was at the American Legion Joe Louis Post No. 375 on the east side of Detroit when the 38-year-old suspect allegedly approached her and began talking to her, according to WDIV.

When the suspect asked for her number, Spears, whose fiancé was also at the event, told him she was already involved with someone, WJBK reports. The suspect, however, continued harassing her, family members told the station.

Police said security took the man out of the club through the back door and escorted him to the front. After a fight broke out, the suspect allegedly took out a handgun and began shooting, killing Spears around 2 a.m. Sunday.

Some on social media were horrified by the news.

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This is an op-ed about her death:
Who cries when black women die?

I’m not asking that as some type of rhetorical, poetic question, meant to move you toward ferocious finger snaps. I want to know. Who cries when black women die?

Further, who cries when black women are killed?

Mary Spears was killed. The man who killed her did so because she refused to give him her phone number. She told him “I have a man I can’t talk to you,” and yet he persisted. Rather than respect her wishes to be left alone, he shot her.

Who cries when black women die from street harassment? 

I really do need an answer. Because Mary Spears’s right to move about freely in the world was denied to her, her life taken from her, and there are no marches. No one has broken out the bullhorns or their comfortable sneakers. There are no widespread calls to protect the autonomy of black women and their bodies. The community leaders haven’t deemed this unacceptable and a fate no one should ever face simply because they reject a man’s advances.

No, when black women die from that toxic mix of violent misogyny, male entitlement, and hypermasculine posturing, there is no movement to be born. There are condolences to be offered and “unfortunate”s to be uttered, but no tears to be cried. There is no anger that propels action.

You’ve read this piece before. You’ve read it a dozen times over. I’ve written it before. I could have written it a dozen times over. It’s the piece where someone complains about how little outrage there is surrounding something which deeply affects them, and then the reader is left to wonder, “Well, if it means that much to you, what are YOU doing about it?” You may have written that piece before. And we keep writing them because I don’t think any of us are quite sure what to do.

Where black women are concerned, we aren’t just talking about mounting the evils of misogyny, or even racism. We compete with the sacrifices black women make for their community.

I understand that there’s an impulse to not make black men the faces of street harassment, given all of the ideas that already exist around black male hypersexuality, as well as the disproportionate amount of police violence that black men face as the result of the constant criminalization of behaviors associated with black men. But black women have been allowed to suffer too much for the protection of black men. They have paid with their lives.

And here I am, writing another blog post wondering why no one seems to care.

Street harassment is vile. It makes women feel unsafe in public. But when black women die because we have failed to teach boys and men to keep their thoughts and hands to themselves, that they are not entitled to the sexual attention of any and every woman, or that their attempts at proving their masculinity through verbal and physical assaults on women are failures, the concern fades before it has a chance to actually surface. Black women are expected to keep sacrificing.

Who cries when black women die? Nobody. No damn body.

Mychal Denzel Smith is a Knobler Fellow at The Nation Institute. 

Black Man Sexually/Street Harassed Black Woman at Shell Gas Station, Prince George’s County, Maryland

On an occasion I was in Prince George’s County I ventured to a Shell gas station off Riverdale Road which leads to a split by-pass of Princess Garden Parkway in the late morning. As I began fueling a Black woman appeared to be there alone began yelling at a black man for propositioning her. Her tone of voice was wrought with anger and disgust but was also characterized as an intent to alert bystanders that she may need help. She stated, “You don’t talk to no female that way!” As more witnesses continued to look upon the situation the black man looked guilty and began retreating yelling “All I said is how she was doin’!”

None of the bystanders, including myself were close enough to be privy to what he said.  Whatever it was she was offended, not interested and he wouldn’t let her be.

However, let’s take this black male at his claim that he simply asked how she was doing. Most able bodied black people know this is more than a simple query into a woman’s day or what some may deem a mere flirt (as you know black men are the biggest “slick talking, justifying every bad act they do everyday con artists). When a black man says this to a black woman he is really stating “I want to *expletive* you and you BETTER acquiesce.” This is why the black woman felt threatened because he refused to take her no, her attempt to ignore or simply get away from a total hedonistic stranger as her response.

Remember Joey from the hit sitcom ‘Friends’ and when he asked “How YOU doin’?” and everyone knew what he was up to–the difference is that he didn’t corner the woman in a small space or block her freedom of movement until he got the answer he wanted (which by the way is illegal and deemed ‘false imprisonment’).

This black male wanted to force his lustful desire on a black woman stranger who he viewed as his property simply because of her skin pigmentation. This ignorant black brute demanded what did not belong to him. This is very common street/sexual harassment by black males to Black women. At least she brought immediate attention to it and got away from the predator in a safe manner. Now just imagine how many Black women who are not as fortunate.

Another Black Woman’s Story: Black Men Keep Sexually/Street Harassing Her

Disgusting Black Men Never Stop…They carry the mark of Satan–troublemaking, debauchery and sinister lust. Here is her story:

http://www.beyondblackwhite.com/name-baby-rant-street-harassment-discrimination/

“My Name is NOT Baby,” a Rant About Street Harassment and Discrimination
MARCH 11, 2014 | ** GUEST AUTHOR ** |

One day, I was standing outside of a store waiting for my dad to meet me. While I was waiting, I made a phone call to my mom. While I was on the phone, I was approached my a man who was obviously more than twice my age who tried to engage me in a separate conversation. “Hey baby. I like them pants. What you up to tonight?” While there are so many ways in which I could have responded to him, I settled for a simple “I can’t talk right now, I’m on the phone” which he followed up with “Damn, girl I’m just trying to get to know you”. I suppressed a severe eye-roll and politely asked him to please leave me alone. When I didn’t respond to his advances, he proceeded to berate me with so many variations of “prude bitch”, my head began to spin.

I can’t walk down the street, pump gas into my car, shop in a grocery store, even sit in church without a man feeling entitled to harass me. They tell me to smile, they follow me around, they stare and whistle and honk their horns at my backside. They reach out and touch me without my permission.  Some even take pictures!

When I don’t acknowledge the man cat calling me from across the street, I’m a Stuck Up Bitch. All because I inform a man that my name is not “baby“, “sweetie“, or “ma“. I’m told “If I don’t want attention, I shouldn’t dress so attractively.” Some would say I shouldn’t be offended. This isn’t harassment, this is a compliment. If my boss, a strange man on the street, a security guard or store clerk wants to talk to me or stare at me or compliment me or follow me around, it’s just because they think I’m attractive. I should be honored. Shouldn’t I?

Let me go on record and say no, I shouldn’t be honored. This type of behavior isn’t a compliment, it’s harassment. I’m not obligated to smile just because a man wants me to. I don’t exist for the visual pleasure of men. I’d don’t have to speak to satisfy a man’s physical attraction to me or perceived “courage” in approaching me. And I’m not a bitch just because I don’t want to talk to a man I have no interest in.

Society has not changes much since the days in which Nathaniel Hawthorne penned “The Scarlet Letter“. Women are still judged harshly for our actions (and for our inaction). Only instead of having embroidered letters slapped upon our breast, we are instead being stamped with #hashtags in social media and with harsh labels from society and our peers.

Women in bad romantic relationships are labeled #SideLineChicks, #Sluts, #Hoes, etc. As if being in their predicament represents a character flaw on their part, not on the man who created the love triangle. A women who is assertive, aggressive, and is confident is labeled a #Bitch or #Bossy. A woman who enjoys sex and explores her sexuality is called a #Whore. When I don’t want to give my phone number to a stranger, I’m #StuckUp. A man being the boss, having sex as much sex as he wants, or wanting to be left alone is labeled a man.

What gives men the perceived right to label, ridicule, harass and demean women they don’t even know? Why is the biological fact that they are “men” enough for them to communicate with and about women in any kind of way? People say “that’s just how boys act” … “oh, he’s just being a man”. To me that’s barely an excuse. How can a man born of a woman be naturally inclined to treat women with disrespect? Sometimes, people assume I’m just a jaded woman. They tell me “you must not like men, that’s all” or they ask me if a man hurt me in my past. Why does there have to be something wrong with me just because I insist on being respected?

I tell people I’m a feminist and they look at me with confusion. What is a feminist, anyway? Many people (male and female) hear the word and they think of a radical bra-burning, man hating, ugly, lesbian who is under the delusion that they’re lives and treatment need to be equal.

That’s both offensive and limiting. Women are diverse. Our wants are diverse yet men assume we are all the same and treat us as such. A feminist is someone who believes in the social equality of all people regardless of gender. A feminist is someone who believes in respect for another human being regardless of gender. A feminist believes that being a man does not make you more powerful or more entitled to me, a woman. But I’m finding out now that people who hold this belief are few and far between.

Sexism is another unbelievable term. Even today, men are startled by the idea that women are oppressed anywhere outside of the Middle East. Why is it so unbelievable that in 2014 there is still harassment and discrimination against women? Why is my word and experience not enough to prove that the tragedy still exists?

It saddens me to admit that most of this discrimination and harassment comes from black men, my so called “brothers”.  How am I supposed to be responsible for lifting your spirits in a world that beats down upon you while you, the black man, is constantly berating me? Not only must I bear your suffering, but I must suffer under you. That’s not to say men of other races are excluded from harassment epidemic. When white men approach me the first thing they comment on are my lips, my hair, my hips, my breast and how they “always wanted a black women” as if all women of color are interchangeable and to have one is to have us all. As if having me at all is even an option, just because you want me. As if!

I confess to feeling a little depressed and powerless in these scenarios because in reality, I am somewhat powerless. Sometimes I feel like the only beings with the power to make any real change in the way women are treated and reacted to are the main ones responsible for the oppression. Women’s issues are everyone’s issues. And yet I feel constantly alone and criticized for crying wolf and calling men out on their privilege and outrageous behavior.

To the men out there, in case you still need convincing of your innate privilege given to you simply by being male (especially if you happen to be a white upper middle class male over 5’7″), allow me to break it down:

No reporter ever asks men how they plan to balance both their family and their career. (That’s a woman’s concern, right?)
Should you decide to run for office, political commentators will have nothing to say about what you wear to the podium.
Your value and intelligence are not directly linked to your sexual expression or lack thereof.
What goes on in your reproductive system is not under government regulation.
You can expect to see a group of men on a reality TV show who are not fighting. (“Bad Boys Club” just wouldn’t sell)
You can walk down the street at night (or anytime of day, really) and not be concerned for your sexual safety. (Do they make anti-rape, boxers yet?)
You can go nearly anywhere in the world and be allowed to wear what you want, go where you want, ride a bike, vote, go to school, work, pretty much do anything you want because you have a penis.
You aren’t criticized or called some variation of whore for appearing in public in minimal clothes (go shirtless if you want to, guys. Show off those abs!)
You can feel the freedom and right and even responsibility to comment on this article and tell me that my life experience and my opinions written here are wrong.
I have no ending for this piece. Just a plea for people to treat me (and others) with the respect I deserve not because I’m cute, or because I yelled at you and demanded that you speak to me with respect. But because I’m a human being. Not an object of your affection existing for your protection and attention That’s all.

Part II: Stalked and Harassed for Months by a Black Man: Baltimore City, Maryland

So the State filed the charges and set the court date. My case started with a male judge when called but was interrupted when another judge took over the day’s docket. Before the second judge took over the judge was already entering the order and stated Defendant cannot contact the victim or go near her job which, thank G-d he did not disclose.  After reading the charges, the judge began to ask me a series of questions:

Do you know the Defendant?
My response: “No.”

Is he a relative?
My response: “No.”

Is he a friend? Former boyfriend?
My response: “No” and “no.”

Did you date?
My response: “No.”

Did you work together?
My response: “No.”

It was apparent that the judge was attemoting to find a logical connection between myself and the assailant and finally realized there was nothing rational about the black male defendant and his conduct (though logic dictates he was likely a rapist).

I continued to explain that the Defendant was a total stranger and that his conduct lasted several months and no matter what preventative or offensive measures I took, the Defendant would still harass me and know what time I walked to the train station to commute to work. The judge’s mouth literally dropped. The judge put the harassment charge on hold and granted me an immediate protective order.

The judge explained to the black male defendant that he cannot speak to me, bother harass follow me or contact me in any way. The judge asked the black brute whether he understood the terms and conditions of the order. At this point the brute flipped over the courtroom table and began yelling at the judge. I was near the bailiff who kind of gestured me to stay back. The bailiff instructed me to wait until he left the courtroom and floor of the building before I went to the Clerk’s office to get a copy of the protective order.
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In essence, he confirmed what the judges knew: This black inner city male was a predator and victims needed protection from this type of menace to society.

Imagine that– a protective order against a total stranger for a year. I had no reason to stay in that City as I wasn’t from there and was already looking for a new job. I relocated out of there soon after the order expired. Black men have cause me post traumatic stress disorder and I have ample reason to keep away from them.

Black men still don’t get it. Black men have yet to leave me alone.