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Alleged bus perv captured thanks to alert driver
By adamg on Wed, 02/04/2009 - 9:17am
Ed. note: It was a bus, not the Green Line as I erroneously stated initially.
reports a driver on the 43 bus helped protect a woman from an alleged perv who rubbed against her on the bus and then followed her when she got off at Tremont Street.
The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says Rayfield McCants pleaded innocent this morning in Boston Muncipal Court. Bail was set at $5,000.
Innocent, etc.
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To Catch a Groper
This is always excellent news. It's time for men to stop preying on women.
Where is everyone else?
Of course it's great news that the criminal justice system was able to catch up with another alleged groper.
My question is what the hell is everyone else on the train doing as this poor woman is being harrassed from Park St. to Longwood (8 stops!)?!? Fair warning is hereby given: I ride that line everyday and I think that rendering some punk who is preying on a woman unable to move is legally defensible and would be an appropriate outlet for the frustration generated by riding the T. Those guys will get it first, then I will return my attention to the finding the so-called gentleman who refused (actually said "no, what the hell is wrong with you") to give up his seat to my pregnant (with twins) friend who was about to faint. He will be permitted to move, but will be so humiliated that he will not want to.
Just a pointer...
When asking people to give up seats, it's a lot more effective (and appropriate) to address a whole section of the train/bus and ask "is there anyone who can spare a seat for me/myfriend/thisguy?"
It's really pretty inappropriate to ask a specific person to stand up, because an individual shouldn't have to be put in the position of explaining that s/he has poor balance or is prone to dizziness or has a migraine or whatnot. If you ask an individual if s/he specifically is willing to get up, you're making the assumption that the person doesn't have a disability, which isn't your place.
The person you asked is pretty likely an asshole, but he might actually be a person with a disability who's sick of people on the T making assumptions and prying into his personal business, and who doesn't have an obligation to explain to you why he needs to sit.
Not on the Green Line
This story seems to be garbled - according to boston.com, the incident took place on a nearly-empty #43 bus. (Unless McCants was involved in two separate groping incidents last night!)
http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/200...
Yeah, I put 2 and 2 together and got 5
I saw a brief release from the DA's office that mentioned Park Street and Longwood and, well, I blew it. Post is fixed to reflect reality.
Briefly, McCants allegedly
Briefly, McCants allegedly approached the woman at Park Street and allegedly began bothering her there. She left the station and he allegedly followed suit. They boarded the Route 43 at different stops -- she at Park Street, he allegedly at Boylston. He definitely got arrested by Longwood Security, though.
43 doesn't go anywhere near Longwood, though
so how did the medical area security folks get involved with this?
Save some typing
You don't have to keep saying "allegedly" if you just put "Innocent, etc." at the end of whatever you say just like Adam does in the initial post. ;)
Account from the DA's office on what McCants is charged with
This just in:
the #43 bus route travels
the #43 bus route travels through Tremont st right in front of Castle Square Apartments. Castle Square Apartments is currently patrolled by Longwood Security