February 24, 2017 News Article: DC council member proposes new bill to eliminate catcalling, street harassment

DC council member proposes new bill to eliminate catcalling, street harassment

http://www.fox5dc.com/news/local-news/238016034-story

By: Tisha Lewis
POSTED:FEB 24 2017 11:27PM EST
UPDATED:FEB 24 2017 11:46PM EST
WASHINGTON – Catcalling on D.C. streets by District workers could soon be a thing of the past. D.C. lawmakers are reviewing legislation that would mandate all city employees to undergo street harassment training. And if they get caught harassing other people in public, they would have to face consequences.

“If we can train all of them on what is appropriate conduct and how to be good, helpful bystanders, then we have an army of people in the city looking out and helping create our safe spaces,” said Councilmember Brianne Nadeau.

The Ward 1 council member introduced the anti-street harassment bill this week. She said several personal confrontations on city streets led to her proposed legislation.

DC council member proposes new bill to eliminate catcalling, street harassment
“Walking down 16th Street and being harassed by a government worker on duty in uniform,” she explained. “When I was commuting every day on the Metro, every block I would be harassed. One day, I was walking to work in my professional attire and somebody commented and I asked them not to do that. The response was, ‘Well if you don’t want us to comment, why do you dress like that?’

**********************************My Comment:  is that today’s grown black men STILL have to be taught what is appropriate behavior in an industrialized, democracy. Just shows they are animals cloaked in human flesh.

Black Man Nearly Exposed Himself-Target off Route 198, Laurel Maryland

Due to safety concerns I do not share stories in chronological order. Incidents that I have experienced could have occurred yesterday, a month ago or a year ago. These are the trials I deal with being a practicing Sunni Muslim and Black American woman in America at the hands of Christians, particularly Black men:

One cold Fall day I was returning to my car after picking up some items from the Target off 198 in Laurel, Maryland near Ashley Apartments. As I was warming up my car, I decided to jot some notes down when all of a sudden a black male in his twenties with a baseball cap and urban streetwear began humping the driver’s side door and window. I was startled an made sure my doors were locked he had lifted his shirt baring his torso and the upper part of his boxer shorts and yelled for money yet stated he disnt have a gun. This happened in one minute. I turned and drove my car next to a 50+ while male sitting in bis car who appeared to have seen what happened and the black male ran away.

When I looked around the parking lot not only was I shocked that this Black male conducted himself this way but in broad daylight in a parking lot. I looked at the previous parking spot I was in and figured at an angle that he must’ve been watching me from the 7-eleven and ran from there.

Why would a Black Christian male think it was ok to approach a covered Sunni Muslim woman who is also Black American in this manner. Why would this ignorant beast assumed I would respind to him? As an adult I can say with statistical confidence that 98% of occurences and involuntary i teractions with black men have been negative. Please get this through your head. Sunni Muslim Black women due not want uou unless they are 1) poorly educated 2) from the inner city and act just as ignorant as you are.

You are disgusting and know that you will likely go to hell for all your sins including your disrespectful and predatory behavior against innkcent Black women.

Black man leave me alone, you do not belong amongst the civilized.