The wild video filmed by the “terrified” metro conductor shows an “unhandling” Stranger going to his locked token booth in Queens early Monday morning – after allegedly chasing the activist and spitting at him ” Threatening to “cut”.
“I’m gonna punch you, N-A,” the man says in the clip, a cigarette swinging from his mouth as he makes punching motions with his fist in the direction of the conductor behind the window.
“I’m knocking you out, N-A. Clock!” He says in the clip, which was released by transit union TWU Local 100, in which the rider was described as “uneducated”.
At one point, the man shouts “This is my hood!” Moves right to the door of the booth and tries to keep it open.
“You got scared, N-A! You don’t want to fight? He asked.” This is my hood, N-A. What’s wrong with you, boy? “
40-year-old conductor Kevin Rivera told The Post that the man began harassing him shortly before 1:21 a.m. The Manhattan-bound 7 train was also ejected from the Flushing-Main Street station.
In uniform after a hard day’s work on the Riviera, Rivera plans to ride a stop to get his car from a nearby depot.
But the man came to curse him and the MTA. When the conductor told the man that he was trying to go home, the man threatened that you would be cut off.
“He was telling me that I’m robbing ’em.” I don’t know what S-T means. I like, ‘I just finished an innings. I’m a tired man, going home. “He came close enough to spit on me. It was disgusting. It was like a snot, or a booger or something. “
The MTA worker says he exited the train at the next stop, the Mets-Willetts Point station, with the rider still on his tail. At one point, Rivera claims the man took out a boxcutter from his pocket and accused him, which he said.
“I ran for my life. I was scared. I was scared. I did not feel safe at all. There was no police there, nothing was there, ”Rivera said, adding the man also threw homophobic slurs at him. “I went to the booth and saliva was still dripping from my hand.”
River said police arrived 20 minutes later, but did not take action against the man, as officers would have to look for spit attacks in the act to suppress the charges.
“After this whole situation, when the trains stopped at 2:15, they let him go back to the streets,” he said. “It is as terrible as it gets. If the station was not an agent, who could help me? There is no one there “
Union leaders have been pushing for a greater NYPD presence in the transit system in recent months. But Mayor de Blasio has responded that “real New Yorkers know that subways are safe.”
“Our Clueless Mayor says the metro is safe. Every day there are people who threaten and harass and attack people on serious mental issues.
“This conductor is a real New Yorker, Mr. Mayer. This station agent is a real New Yorker. They are concerned for their safety. It is not a matter of laughter. “
A NYPD spokesman said Rivera reported the incident to police and an investigation is ongoing.
Leave a Reply