Colin Flaherty: Philly SEPTA - Black Mob Violence 'Everyday Event Somewhere in the City'

Philly SEPTA - Black Mob Violence 'Everyday Event Somewhere in the City' Colin Flaherty (Arthor of Don't Make the Black Kids Angry) Commentary Video "Girls attacked amid ongoing after-school violence on SEPTA" black mob city mass transit subway system violence fights assault argy-bargy bullying wildly out of proportion head slammed hit on stair steps over and over again every day event in chocolate city

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- It's a widespread issue that pops up almost every afternoon around 3 p.m.

SEPTA police say it's hard to be everywhere at once, but parents and Philadelphia school administrators are asking for more manpower in stopping after-school brawls on the subways.

On Monday, four seventh-grade girls on their way home were met by a group looking to fight.

"When I tried to grab my bookbag and go, someone dragged me. They picked my head up and slammed my head into the railing," said one of those 7th graders, Maja Quinones.

"A boy comes behind me and pulls on my bookbag and starts hitting on me and my friend Tatiana," said Jyasia Brunson.

"We're just laying on the steps getting hit in our head, on the steps getting hit over and over constantly," said Tatiana Jenkins.

It's an ongoing problem, says Veronica Joyner, the founder of Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Charter School.

"This goes on every day," Joyner said.

SEPTA Police Chief Thomas Nestel agrees.

"The problem is this is an everyday event somewhere in the city," he said.

By Maggie Kent
Tuesday, October 30, 2018