Straphanger slugged by irate seatmate wrestles attacker to floor — but then fellow passengers helped HIM after he ‘turned into a little b—-h’

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-26 14:09:24 | Updated at 2024-11-28 12:51:58 1 day ago

Straphanger slugged by irate seatmate wrestles attacker to floor — but then fellow passengers helped HIM after he ‘turned into a little b—-h’
NY Post ^ | 25/11/24 | Amanda Woods and Alex Oliveira

Posted on 11/26/2024 5:56:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5

A straphanger was slugged in the face by an irate seatmate on a Manhattan-bound subway, but he managed to wrestle the “little b–ch” to the floor — but that’s when fellow passengers jumped in to help his attacker.

Alexander Rakitin, 42, was riding the N train to his Manhattan finance job Monday morning when he sat down next to 34-year-old Timothy Barbee.

As the train took off, the car jolted, causing Rakitin’s knee to jostle Barbee’s — which set the alleged assailant off.

“He was just very aggressive. I’m like, saying, ‘Dude, just chill, it’s like 8:30 in the morning. Like, who needs this s–t? Just chill.'”

Footage taken by another straphanger captured the two staring each other down, before Barbee yelled “It’s f–king done, stop staring at me” — and proceeded to tell the protesting Rakitin to “Make me chill” and “Shut the f–k up.”

Their verbal exchange quieted for a moment while they continued to stare each other down, before Barbee said, “I ain’t got time to go to jail today.”

Then he smacked Rakitin across the face — sending his glasses flying — before the camera cut out.

“I was able to wrestle him to the ground after that, and just kind of hold him,” Rakitin said. “And the craziest part was that — and this is literally upsetting, like I’m actually emotional about it — people on the train were trying to help him. Like, that was the most insane thing.

“It was also remarkable — he went from acting like such a thug. And then he turned into a little b—h right away. He’s like, ‘I can’t breathe. Please, let me go. Please, let me go. I can’t breathe. Somebody give me some water. I can’t breathe.’ And people started giving him water.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: New York
KEYWORDS: assault; barbeedoll; nyc; subway

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A regular Barbee Doll. Systemic racism strikes again.

1 posted on 11/26/2024 5:56:40 AM PST by Eleutheria5

To: Eleutheria5

Another hard working New Yorker destined to spend a good amount of time at Rikers (or Attica) because he defended himself against a punk who was “of color”.

2 posted on 11/26/2024 6:03:29 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Import The Third World,Become The Third World)

To: Eleutheria5

“I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe.” Sounds like one of Georgy Floyd’s boyz.

3 posted on 11/26/2024 6:04:31 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Answer: My least favorite plantation team sports are the NBA and NFL.)

To: Gay State Conservative

The punk was the one charged. Nobody’s spending time at Riker’s, not the punk, not the honkey. NY is no-bail, and this was at most a misdemeanor. But it’s a funny story, especially the George Floyd impersonation.

4 posted on 11/26/2024 6:08:16 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )

To: Eleutheria5

5 posted on 11/26/2024 6:08:52 AM PST by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)

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