In The Venn Diagram Of Deviancy, “Comic Book Guy” Increasingly Overlapping With “Sicko” And “Perv”
Everybody loves exposing pervs on the subway, but Police Commissioner Ray Kelly urges caution, noting that some pervs may not take kindly to the act:
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly recently issued a statement warning straphangers to use extreme caution when trying to catch subway flashers on cell phone cameras. Kelly acknowledged that such photos have assisted investigators in bringing the flashers to justice-but warned those snapping the sickos to consider they may be putting themselves in danger by doing so.
Kelly reminded the sharpshooters to think about how the flasher might react when he realizes he’s been caught in the act.
Kelly’s remarks on the particularly satisfying form of vigilante justice come after a particularly pervy perv was caught in the act on the 7 train*:
The same individual who exposed himself to a 15-year-old in March is alleged to have flashed a second woman on the same No. 7 line on May 5. Both times the pervert’s victims snapped cell phone pictures of him.
Cops released both images to the press, asking for the public’s help in catching the serial flasher.
Police said the latest victim, a 22-year-old Queens woman, was riding the No. 7 with a friend and her mother when she spotted the pervert-exposed and peering at her over his sunglasses.
When the woman snapped photos of him, the man tried to cover his face with an Archie comic book, police said. After she was certain she had a clear photo, the woman tried to embarrass the man by shouting to other straphangers that he was exposing himself, police said. The man quickly exited the train.
*Isn’t May 5 like six months ago? Who cares when you have Archie!
Posted: November 2nd, 2006 | Filed under: Huzzah!, Law & Order, Public Service Announcements, Queens