70 people involved in brawl at Gallery Pl metro stop

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/07/AR2010080700075.html?hpid=newswell

Anybody really surprised? I'm not. Too many worthless pieces of shit hanging out on that stretch of 7th at night, that metro stop is by far the most poorly designed in the system, it was only a matter of time before a huge fight engulfs the entire stop. Where are you going to run to? Nowhere. I'm glad DDOT is making an effort to reduce the congestion and improve pedestrian traffic near the VC, but until they take care of the juvenile criminal element hanging out on 7th, this will surely happen again.

feel better after your rant?

so who won?

just how do you take care of juveniles raised by juveniles who hang with and think like juveniles?  you know, when there are too many deer or bear or mountain lions in one area . . . they kill them to thin out the herds.

betao wrote:
so who won?

bloggers

An NPR intern was stabbed by a crazy girl at 7th & H the other day.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/08/06/details-on-npr-intern-stabbing/

DC .. got to love it….

MonkeyPants wrote:
An NPR intern was stabbed by a crazy girl at 7th & H the other day.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2010/08/06/details-on-npr-intern-stabbing/

the chick that allegedly stabbed the intern had a modeling profile on Modelmayhem….  the profile's been deleted but Google will still find images:



and she's got a Myspace too!  Complete with poetry…

http://www.myspace.com/516690437

Were they fighting over the ridiculous fare hike I've heard about? Because, if that's the case, duh.

More coverage from the Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/07/AR2010080701992.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/story/2010/08/07/ST2010080703001.html

I'm still wondering how 70 people can be involved in a "brawl" and yet only three arrests made? Why does this not compute?

This brawl sounds lame, now was it in the train? How did it spill over 2 stops? 3 stops? Unless I misread something. 70 person brawl and only 7 people were taken to the hospital? I think there are bigger fights at Bonnaroo.

How is there no camera phone footage of this yet?

The first thing that came to mind was "cheesy 80s movie."

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
This brawl sounds lame, now was it in the train? How did it spill over 2 stops? 3 stops? Unless I misread something. 70 person brawl and only 7 people were taken to the hospital? I think there are bigger fights at Bonnaroo.

azaghal1981 wrote:
The first thing that came to mind was "cheesy 80s movie."

DeathFromAbove1979 wrote:
This brawl sounds lame, now was it in the train? How did it spill over 2 stops? 3 stops? Unless I misread something. 70 person brawl and only 7 people were taken to the hospital? I think there are bigger fights at Bonnaroo.

Blazing Saddles is not a cheesy movie.  :D

Metro police have released a sketch of the incident.

Sage wrote:
How is there no camera phone footage of this yet?

I find that really odd, given the huge number of amateur paparazzi walking around DC at any given moment.    Not to mention all the tourists with video and cam.

I'm wondering if this isn't being massively overstated.  5 people fighting can seem like 70 if you're in the middle of it.  Likewise, there could've been a few people fighting, and lots more teens walking by – and teens of course will yell and taunt as they pass, but they might not have been directly involved.

Thousand wrote:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/07/AR2010080700075.html?hpid=newswell

Anybody really surprised? I'm not. Too many worthless pieces of shit hanging out on that stretch of 7th at night, that metro stop is by far the most poorly designed in the system, it was only a matter of time before a huge fight engulfs the entire stop. Where are you going to run to? Nowhere. I'm glad DDOT is making an effort to reduce the congestion and improve pedestrian traffic near the VC, but until they take care of the juvenile criminal element hanging out on 7th, this will surely happen again.

And it continues…
Man attacked by kids at L'Enfant Metro – bystanders watch, film it
http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-on-foot/2011/01/man-attacked-by-kids-at-l-enfant-metro----bystanders-watch-film-6880.html

What's your spin on this one Doctor Doom?

nobody on here will dare talk about this . . . because if they do, they will be considered racist.  is there a white al sharpton; a white jesse jackson?  we need one.

Whatever. bystander effect knows no race or gender…just a few examples
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kitty_Genovese
http://gawker.com/5523739/more-than-20-people-passed-as-homeless-new-york-man-bled-to-death