According to the user who recently uploaded this video to YouTube, some girls jumped the turnstiles at the 125th Street 2/3 station (can anyone identify which line?) and “when cops try to arrest them… this is what happens.” UPDATE: The videographer, Frank Harts, offers some more details below.
Basically, chaos ensues, as the young women start smacking the officers, who seem unable to control the situation at all. Consider this THE case study for how not to make an arrest.
From Frank Harts:
Happened around 9:40pm on Friday, October 7th in Harlem below the 125th street and Lenox Street 2/3 station. These girls allegedly jumped the subway turnstile to avoid a fare. When the cops entered the train and tried to talk them out. It didn’t work. They began to force them out and this is what happend next. Not sure if you can fully see but there was a gigantic mob of people who had the cops/girls surrounded. Some seemed to be protesting the cops and others where if favor of the police action. From my vantage point it seemed like the girls were completely in the wrong, but I can’t be sure. It seemed like forever for back up to arrive but as you can see it wasn’t really that long. This happened FAST. Not sure what happened after.
2/3 train. Was it the first day on the job for that first pair of cops? smh.
Jumping the turnstile is against the law u idiots…and the nerve of these animals to disrespect law enforcement…I used to be anti cops in nyc cuz they all thought they were high and mighty but lately, seeing the fact that people do not respect our "laws", what else is there to do?? ive been on trains with these animals, no pun intended, and they are just wreckless humans….My italian dad would beat my ass if i was on a video on the net and he saw it….these animals probably went home and bragged to their friends that they threw down with the cops…Then theyll sit in central booking blaming the man….i remember in 93 me and my boy got beaten down and sprayed up by highway patrol for writing graffiti….i went home and my parents smacked me up afterwards for the incident…the way it should be…..
Damn, it's always a surprise when you see a plainclothes that you actually might get fooled by.
bring in the white shirts…
All for $2.25.
Mesmerizing… I was literally dumbfounded at what I saw in that video.
Well no, not all that for a $2.25 fare. All that for resisting arrest. Which I doubt was the original intent- they just intended to ticket. Too bad we can't see video of what got things to that level beforehand (but isn't that the way these cops-done-wrong videos always go?) In any case, if you jump turnstiles and ignore the authorities when you get caught when they are attempting to ticket you, and do not leave the train, you get forced out, and you get arrested. You probably shouldn't fight the arrest. Also the sun rises in the east.
Hitting the cops? These girls were completely out of control.
This is not 'pandemonium' or 'chaos.' It's a handful of girls shrieking because they got caught. If cops are beating people with truncheons down on Wall St., that sucks. This isn't that. These poor schmucks are doing their legitimate job.
Farebeating it's a b l a c k thing..you don't understand…
Farebeating is not a black thing, it's something that's in everyone. NO ONE enjoys paying the fare. I see parents walk their children to the subway station and swipe them in with their Unlimited Metrocards so their children don't have to pay $2.25 to get there. My friends (who are not only black) have jumped the turnstile at night many times. Granted, the stations they did them at aren't populated stations such as the one in the video, 34TH ST, 42ND ST, etc. They see no cops around so why not try to hop the turnstile?
The problem is not that it's a black thing but rather owning up to what they did. You got caught jumping the turnstile/doubling up, so pay the fine. Don't delay the train service because you want to talk your way out of a ticket.
Fucking savage monkeys.
Franks Harts is a dick. Now he want to make the video private. http://worldstarhiphop.com/videos/video640.php?v=…
Let’s see.
A few girls broke the law. The police (who are paid to enforce the law) enforced the law. The girls resisted arrest. The police did what they had to do. That’s all I see going on.
If idiots obeyed the law, they wouldn’t have to worry about “the man” giving them a hard time. It’s pretty damn simple, isn’t it?
Resisting the police is never a good idea. You’ll pretty much always lose.
My question is… why is this shit even public? I hate that awful crap like this circulates via the internet. I do think the girls are in the wrong, but really, this entire thing is savage and disgusting. ugh… People LOVE making a spectacle out of AWFUL situations. GROSS!
Stay classy America.
Wow, makes you wonder what kind of place they come from. I know they will never understand the bigger picture of what their behavior is doing to their future and that their future will be unhappy and their jobs, if they work will have relatively low pay and bad benefits. Sad to see young people behaving so badly.