I almost got jacked last night!
 

Ok, so last night I met up with my friend at this jazz club in Fullerton. Well I couldn’t quite find the club, so I was walking around the streets. It was around 8 o clock, really dark and the streets were totally empty. So I notice this man at the corner of my eye. I turn around and it’s a Mexican man, wearing really dark clothing with a hood over his head. Well instantly I become suspicious. So I see him at the corner of the eye, so I walk around the corner of the street. I turn around, and he is right there behind me. So then I cross the street onto the street in which he was on. I turn around, and he is about 30 feet away from me on the same street (anytime I turn around...he looks at me real quick and turn his head away). So then I am like. Ok I am gonna die. But I am gonna put up a fucking fight with this motherfucker. so I cross the street AGAIN but this time I grab my cell phone in my pocket, I dial 911 press talk and then I press end (so just incase something happened, I could just press redial). Anyways, so I cross the street again (onto the original street I was on) and I turn around as if I am waiting for him. And at this point, he is halfway on the street, and he looks at me. And I just keep looking at him, making sure my face is turned to him so I can see everything he is doing. So he walks up to me, and I have my hand in my pocket. Both of them clenched up in a fist. And he walks closer and closer, and he keeps staring at me, and I keep staring at him. And he has both of his eyes like bulging as if he is ready to do something to me. So then I raise my eyes too because I have all this adrenaline going on, and dammit. I know I am gonna get jacked at this point, but I don’t care. If something happens I am gonna put up a fight. So then I don’t know why I did this but I lipped the words “I’m gonna FUCK you up" to him. This is all as he is walking towards me, and we are both looking at each other. He is 50 feet away, then 40 feet, and 30 feet. To the point where he is 10 feet away from me, and we are facing each other on the same sidewalk. And I start tapping my left leg because I am nervous, but it’s as if I am ready to charge him. Then he just stares at me. And I just stare at him. Waiting for each other to make a move
. And at this point I am so ready, I am fuming. All these things are running through my mind. My nostrils are flaring, my eyes are bulging, heart pounding.

And we are just staring at each other, eye to eye. Then he walks away. And he crosses the street. And he turns around at me as he is walking away staring at me. And I just keep staring at him
. Then I start walking backwards, still staring at him, making sure I can see him in sight then I was just like fuck this. And I call 911 because I saw a broken window at a car, at the area where he was at. So I call 911 and report him, report exactly what he was wearing, where he was headed. What he looked like
I was so scared. Really scared! Cause he kept following me. And no one was there. So I was just said FUCK IT. I aint gonna let this motherfucker jack me up.

When I got to the jazz club however, I told my friend what had happened and she was upset at me and told me that I should have done nothing and let him take my stuff for safety reasons. Oh well.

that could have been hugely ugly. thank god, you are ok.

Im glad you are ok but there are racial overtones all over this thread. :mad: :(

THAAAAAAAAAAANK YOU!!

Now that it's been said, I too am very glad you're ok. I tend to disagree with people who say not to fight back or "bear your teeth" to use puppy language.

I didnt see any.






Bobby-

Glad youre alright bro, did that shit pike style.

Um, maybe he should have used "latino" instead of "mexican" (remember he's in Southern California) but otherwise I think you're seeing monsters under the bed.

Seriously, I know! I deleted my earlier post as to not incite any more race discussion, but I live in Southern California too and we don't really have a problem discussing race here...it's kind of a melting pot more than other parts of the country. Also, I got the impression that the scary part about the guy was not the fact that he was mexican, but that he had on dark clothes and a hood and eyes bulging out of his head...:)

Some of you all may have missed the post when someone said that she could relate because once her and her friends got lost going to a party and felt like a "target" because they were "a bunch of white girls in a car"....

Um yeah, that was me and what it actually said was we got lost going to the Forum and I felt we had a target on our car saying "sheltered white girls inside"...I also mentioned that this is when i was in high school. It was more of an insult to myself and my friends than anything else because we were freaked out to get lost in an area where there is known to be a lot of gang activity. I wasn't saying we felt like a target because we were white...it was a joke. Clearly not funny to people who don't live where I do...which is why I deleted it.

Bobby- Glad everything's ok.

It shouldn't matter if the other guy was Mexican, African, Caucasian, Russian, or even a little old lady.... if you feel threatened and someone seems suspicious you have a right to be scared and want to call 911. As for the whole "racial overtones", I believe it was just a wrong word choice in a physical description. But hell, I would've been scared to death if I saw someone dressed in all dark clothes following me and approaching me at night on a dark street without saying anything.

As for your friend saying you should've just let him take your stuff for "safety's sake", I disagree completely. What if it got out of hand and you couldn't get to your cell phone, or worse yet, he took your cell phone leaving you with no money, no phone, no ID, and pretty banged up and unable to move. He could've had a gun, who knows, then it really could've been messy.

Thankfully, everything is alright and no harm was done.

bobby...that's SCARY!

maybe, though, he was targetting (sp?) you b/c he doesn't like samoans????? who knows. racial isht everywhere!!

:cool:

for the love of god.

ok yeah fine i should have said latino. but i will tell you right now. that dude was a mexican. a chicano. a hispanic. and homie was out to kick my ass dammit. anytime i see a cholo, maybe I shouldn't assume they are mexican. but yeah, this is southern california.

sorry if i offended any of you. but c'mon. i didn't mean anything by it. and lets not all get over senative. if you are going to cry about this little thing, i wish you luck in the real world.

and i am not samoan! :mad:

It's ok pike buddy! I'm still glad you're alright. But I'm sure you're a cute samoan. Hehe. Just teasing you. :p

Well for speaking for one who has been out of college and working and living in the "real world" since you were probably in middle school, I would say that,

has racial overtones.

If you cant see something wrong with the fact that you assumed he was suspicious because he happened to be Mexican, then I feel sorry for you. If he was white, wearing the same thing would you have felt so "suspicious" then? (that was rhetorical)

But as I said earlier, I am glad you are ok.

I really don't think the "Mexican" part was the part that made him suspicious...if I were walking late at night and saw a white/mexican/blue/green/etc. guy with dark clothes on and a hood pulled over his head I would instantly become suspicious too...just because someone mentions race doesn't mean they are racist. I think maybe you are the one who is assuming suspicion based on race...LET IT GO

I don't see anything wrong. Mexicans are always cutting up people in my area, more than the black people. Maybe it is the same in his area.


;)

"Let it go"......in other words...."Sweep under rug" ;)

Wow, this is sad on so many levels.

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I turn around and it’s a Mexican man, wearing really dark clothing with a hood over his head. Well instantly I become suspicious
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I think we should re-read it - im sure he was going more along the lines that he became suspicious because the man WAS WEARING DARK CLOTHING WITH A HOOD OVER HIS HEAD.
honestly, im not so sure that he was being racist, just stating the fact that he was, in fact, a mexican, and wearing dark clothes on a desolate street at 8pm at night in fullerton. :rolleyes:

edited because i apparently never learned to spell

My Cali boy I'm glad you're ok. :)

Anyone wearing a hood on a dark street late at night freaks the hell out of me. Heck a hooded man on a crowded subway freaked me out this afternoon. But then again his face was all bandadged up and he kept looking at me cross eyed.....you never know. I won't mention his ethnic background cause here in NYC everyone hates everyone :)

I'm sorry...
 

I agree with Syrinx...

Bobby--why did you feel so intimidated enough that you felt your life was threatened? Did this man say anything to you for you to believe that he would harm you?

Did you ever stop to think dude just got off the bus from working all day up at the Bonaventure--catering to a bunch of hoity-toity asinine folks, cold from the rain and maybe wanted to ask if you had some cigarrettes or something to help him out?

You sterotyped him from jump--'cuz he was wearing a LA Raiders hoodie? And you had to bitch down and dial 9-1-1?

It sounds he was the same size as you... And why were you all parking in an unlighted, unpopulated area from the beginning? I'd pimp slap you, like your mama, just for doing a crazy, stupid thing like that!

And what you are saying is pretty fucked up... And I expect better from you. Period. That's all I am going to say about this issue and I ain't posting anymore on this subject.

quick hijack...I hope everyone will look at the posts here and see from each other's points of view. To some of us (me included) there are obvious racial "overtones." To some, there simply aren't. Let's think about where the opposing opinion is coming from.

No flames wars here please.

It was just a description people . . like a description in a novel or something else to provide details in a story.

Read more carefully people.

<shudder>
 

true.

that sounds just as scary as being a lone black sorority woman driving through a predominantly white, wealthy neighborhood...

i mean, like, if you get lost and pull over to check your mapquest directions, people in other cars stare at you as if you're "casing" their neighborhood for robbery (and pretty soon a police car comes along and the officer gives you a slow once over to solidify the point that you've lingered too long), or if you pull into a convenience store for gas and snacks (or directions, lol!), you notice that your every move is being scrutinized...or if you decide to (god forbid!) actually go into a department store for some late night christmas 2004 shopping, people keep giving you funny looks as if they're questioning your reason for being there or even your entire raison d'etre...

yep--i agree; that's some pretty frightening stuff--"whatever color you are".

Re: I'm sorry...
 

what was so fucked up with what i said?

did you not read what i wrote originally? did i say he wore a LA Raiders hoodie ?

reread what i wrote. the guy FOLLOWED ME. he was across the street. then he was behind me. i crossed onto the street he was on. i turn around, and he was behind me. AGAIN. so then what do i do. i go back to the street i was ON. and guess what, i turn around, and he is heading towards my direction again.

so I am a bitch for dialing 911 ? whatever. i wanna see you in that situation then tough person. so he approaches me, staring at me the whole time. eyes bulging. trust me. he was ready to jack me up.

so i am a bitch for getting ready to dial 911 ?

i stereotyped him from the jump. FUCK YEAH I DID. who the fuck wears a hooded sweatshirt, with a hood over, wearing all black, at night. and mind you, it was NOT cold! yeah, so i was wrong, i should have mentioned he was mexican. i probably shuold have said latino. my BAD. I am sorry to all offended. but jsut because i said he was mexican, does not mean i was suspicious of him BECAUSE he aws mexican/latino. puhleez.

there were no BUS stops around. cold from the rain. there was no rain. DID I MENTION RAIN? he wantd to ask me for cigaretteS? puhleez. so when he was 10 feet away from me just staring at me to see if i wuold flinch, why didnt he ask for cigarettes then?

yeah ok so i am a bitch. alright buddy. you so gangsta, i'd love to see what you would have done.

oh but thats right. you are DONE WITH THIS THREAD.

so PEACE OUTS!

HELL YEAH I WOULD BE.

Re: I'm sorry...
 

wow.. I was definitely expecting a ... "jk!" at the end of this...

especially this part :
"It sounds he was the same size as you... And why were you all parking in an unlighted, unpopulated area from the beginning? I'd pimp slap you, like your mama, just for doing a crazy, stupid thing like that!

And what you are saying is pretty fucked up... And I expect better from you. Period."

Reminds me of the whole... "how dare you! and why were you out at a party wearing a low cut shirt and a short skirt!!! it's YOUR fault you got raped!!" etc :rolleyes: :eek:

that's what you get for hangin' out at jazz clubs. everybody knows those are the places where people get stabbed inside, or shot in the parking lot. that's why they've got metal detectors. the aggression in Charlie Parker's sax and those dry martinis are a dangerous combination.

did you swell up? you're lucky no one got hurt. way-ta-go man.
you're lucky he could read lips, too.

Re: <shudder>
 

check

I agree, this thread is ridiculous! I don't think anyone is trying to belittle anyone else's experiences by discussing theirs no matter what color they are...people need to take a valium and chill out.

damn, lock the thread already.

Anyone notice how many threads have been locked lately? Damn, when was the last time you saw 2 threads locked on the same page in dating and relationships? lol. Its not because ZTAngel is having a rough month at work.....I think it's the weather pissing everyone off. ;)

No, it's because it's Winter Break so all the crazies have come out to post on GC. :)

lol

I live in Detroit, but I used to live in the Canadian 'burbs in a sheltered environment...and I don't have a problem walking around detroit! It's been 3 years ..and I'm still here.

But to Bobby, I don't want to jump on that hate-on-Bobby boat, but when I read that sentence (referring to the Mexican) yesterday...the same thing did cross my mind..maybe its just a bad choice of words?...

Re: I'm sorry...
 

Wait a sec, where you there? Have you walked the streets of Fullerton in the dark lately? The chapter I advise is out there, I am fairly familiar with the area so Bobby had every right to be afraid.

And hello we're talking about SoCal here. Does it rain? Granted we had that random weeks worth of rain but it definitely wasnt raining on Sunday night. Oh and ps I'm not football fan but at least I know its the Oakland Raiders not the LA Raiders. They moved remember?

All this to say, leave my Samoan Bobby alone. He may have made a mistake in his choice of words but like James said it was a description and I'd be afraid of any guy following me regardless of what he was wearing or what race he was if I was out walking in the streets at night by myself.

Naaah, I think people are just supersensitive to certain wording. Like if he had a said a really fat woman or heavy woman did such and such . . people would have asked what her weight had to do with anything . . even if he was just providing details of a story.