Beer in the Headlights

Ghetto is as ghetto does

A video clip appeared on YouTube about a week ago that showed a young black woman exhibiting extreme belligerence toward an elderly woman as well as another passenger on a MARTA train somewhere in Atlanta.

You can view the clip here. (NSFW for very coarse language and loud, abhorrent behavior.)

That video made my blood boil. Here was some ill-behaved trash harassing an elderly woman, and only one person bothered to speak up. Nobody made any attempt to contact the Marta Police. Nothing. They just let it happen.

Upon looking through the AJC just moments ago I read a story that made me feel better about things. MARTA police arrested the young woman, Nafiza Ziyad. She’s being charged with simple assault, two counts of “certain acts in transit,” and disorderly conduct.

You can read the article here.

Why is it that nobody on the train called the police? Why didn’t anyone press the emergency call button? Aside from one individual, why did they all just passively observe the situation without offering any help to the old woman?

I hope Miss Ziyad enjoys her stay in the DeKalb County Jail. It’s where she belongs. And unless she learns from her mistakes she’ll likely spend a good chunk of her adult life there or in similar facilities.