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“A” Train Beat Down Video!

I DO love my train - the A Train - but now I’m going to think twice before getting rowdy with anyone on it. Click here to see the “A” Train Beat Down Video. The last 60 seconds or so is the best part:

DECEMBER 5—A group of teenage girls menaced a male subway rider before
attacking him as their train pulled into a Brooklyn station, a violent
assault videotaped last month by a high school student who, of course,
immediately uploaded the clip to YouTube. The 4:18 video, which you’ll
find below, was shot on the A train as it traveled in
Bedford-Stuyvesant (subway ads and the train’s stops indicate that the
footage was shot late at night several weeks ago). The video was
uploaded to YouTube on November 7 by Kadejra Holmes, a high school
student and aspiring Harlem filmmaker. In a brief online chat, Holmes
denied being part of the girl gang that attacked the male rider, who
appeared to be about 30. Minutes after being asked by TSG about the
train video, Holmes, 17, deleted the footage (and her entire page) from
YouTube. As seen in the clip, the group of girls taunted and threatened
the seated male rider as the train moved from the Ralph Avenue station
to the Rockaway Avenue stop. As members of the group inched closer—and
threatened to strike him—the man remained calm, asking the girls, “Why
are you arguing? Please stop, stop.” As the train pulled into Broadway
Junction, a girl off-camera could be heard predicting, “They gonna hit
him, I know it.” Within moments, the man, who had stood up, was shoved
down and pummeled by members of the gang. As the tape ends, the
victim—who was also struck in the face with a plastic soda bottle
during the assault—is continuing to be struck by two of the girls.
When she posted the video, Holmes titled it, “jump up to get beat
down,” an apparent reference to “Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down,” an
old single by Brand Nubian. The 1992 cut’s video featured members of
the rap group throttling various unfortunate opponents, two of whom get
their bloody comeuppance in a subway car.