Differing descriptions of a September 24th incident on E. 4th Street and Greenwood Avenue are being given by the police and by the woman involved in the incident.
On September 29th, The Brooklyn Paper wrote
"the stepped-up patrols and the three different 'Wanted' posters in every window have put the entire neighborhood so on edge that every brush is a potential attack and everyone is suspect."
People who are on edge can misinterpret someone else's actions. For example, the police say that
"a drunk man bumped into a woman from behind on E. Fourth Street and Greenwood Avenue."
That seems innocent. But the woman herself reports it as a deliberate act, not an accidental bump. From today's Brooklyn Paper:
"The 28-year-old student told police that she was entering her building on E. Fourth Street at 11:30 pm when a thug pushed her up against her door and tried to grope her. She said that the goon fled after she screamed and a passerby approached with a dog. The guy actually hit me and pushed me up against the door."
It's difficult to imagine that someone can't distinguish between an accidental bump and a hit, a push, and an attempted grope--in which case, this should be added to the total number of sexual assaults.
