With just a handful of days left in 2018, one woman wanted to stake her claim as the terriblest white woman to ever terrible on a New York City subway. Itâs stiff competition on any given day, but in a year that has been partially defined by white people going full wypipo in public spaces, this Metro Martha is intent on giving her seasonless sistâren a run for their money.
In video captured and shared by Twitter user @PlatanoMan, a woman identified by transit officials as 40-year-old Anna Lushchinskaya can be seen initiating a violent, prolonged confrontation with an Asian American straphanger.
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According to WABC-TV, the incident took place during the morning rush hour on a northbound D Train in Brooklyn, with Lushchinskaya taking offense after the young Asian woman bumped into her, police said.
Because it is apparently absolutely inconceivable to bump into anyone on the fucking subway.
Intent on not letting shit go, Lushchinskaya hurls obscenities at the woman and struck her multiple times, at times with her umbrella and keys, other times trying to kick the woman. Other train passengers yell at her to stop and try to break up the fight, but Lushchinskaya refuses to stand down, telling the woman sheâs assaulting to âback offâ even as she continuously instigates a fight.
At one point, she seems to say sheâs going to call the cops. For what, itâs unclear, but in case you were wondering if Lushchinskaya was motivated by a little something that begins with ârâ and ends with âacism,â she left no doubtâspitting in the Asian womanâs direction and following up her gross display by hissing, âFucking chink!â
Suffice to say the trainâwhich had a fair amount of Asian people, as well as people who were not racist trash, on itâwas not amused. Meanwhile, Lushchinskayaâs washed and weathered ass must have hit some sort of Caucasity bonus because good Lord, how much Becky Behavior can one even fit in five minutes???
Iâd like to pause here to meditate on the sheer New York-iness of this situation. From the dude growling with deep MTA angst, âBitch youâre going to make us late for work!â to the fact that a guy with the handle âPlatano Manââquite possibly the most Nuyorican superhero to ever existâtook it upon himself to make a citizenâs arrest on the subway platform.
(Also, @PlatanoMan, we see you, boo.)
Anyway, this bitch was charged with felony assault, according to NYPD Transitâs official Twitter, though she doesnât appear to have been charged with a bias crime. As WABC-TV reports, this isnât Lushchinskayaâs first rumble on the rails: according to a criminal complaint from this summer, Lushchinskaya allegedly pepper-sprayed a man on the D train at the 36th Street Station.
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