Nov.07.2007 Gypsy cab + you = Sodomy
Such is the algebra being taught at St. John’s University in New York. We received an email from a tipster at the school that students should cover their asses, literally, when taking an unregistered cab in the area.
To: University Community
From: Thomas J. Lawrence, Vice President, Public Safety
Re: Public Safety Advisory
Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007On the afternoon of November 6, 2007, a student informed the Department of Public Safety that he was sexually assaulted at approximately 2:10 a.m. on the morning of November 6, 2007, while riding in a livery cab returning to the Queens campus. The victim stated that after exiting from the E train subway station at Queens Boulevard and Union Turnpike he entered the front seat of a livery cab he described as being a four-door, silver, compact vehicle. The driver of the livery cab, who the victim described as being a male, Hispanic, 40 years of age, 5′8″-5′10″ tall, with a “belly” and shoulder length black hair; and wearing a white T-shirt, green jacket and blue jeans, inappropriately touched the victim while driving him to the Queens campus. When the vehicle reached the vicinity of 168th Street and 81st Avenue, the driver parked the car on an unknown street and sodomized the victim inside the car. The livery cab driver then drove the victim back to the Queens campus and fled.
Public Safety has notified the New York City Police Department which is currently investigating this incident.
Public Safety would like to remind the University community that, whenever possible, you should NOT travel alone. However, if you are traveling alone and using a car service, you should ride in the rear seat of a partitioned vehicle. If you become the victim of a crime, IMMEDIATELY report the incident to both the New York City Police Department (911) and your campus Public Safety Department.
You know, when I think of places I might get sodomized, gypsy cab rarely comes up. I mean sure, if I’m hitchhiking, I’d say a little sodomy is part of the terrain. It’s a social contract, really. But if I’m expecting to pay a fare, man on man sodomy is something I tend to hope doesn’t happen.
In that situation, at what point do you realize something’s amiss? Is it when he starts “inappropriately touching” you? Or is it when he pulls over and you realize the doors are locked from the inside? Maybe the guy taking the cab should have noted the “SODOMY FOR RIDE” sign on the outside of the car. Attention to detail is apparently something St. John’s doesn’t teach with regularity.
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