Lawmakers, Victims Want ‘Subway Grinders’ Labeled As Sex Offenders « CBS New York
Coudal, pregnant at the time, was a victim of a subway grinder. That’s what police call straphangers who strap on to a stranger, usually pin them against seats or a big crowd, and rub against them.
“That’s disgusting…that’s gross,” said Eve Ressa, of the Lower East Side.
What’s even more shocking?
A Bronx man recently convicted of doing it to three young women — even ejaculating on them — did not get prison time because of a 2008 ruling from New York’s highest court.
A 29-year-old man was charged with “forcible compulsion” after he grinded on a 14-year-old.But the Court of Appeals ruled the man did not use force, so the charge was downgraded from first-degree sex abuse to a misdemeanor, setting a precedent women said is just not right.
THE DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT
Coudal, pregnant at the time, was a victim of a subway grinder. That’s what police call straphangers who strap on to a stranger, usually pin them against seats or a big crowd, and rub against them.
“That’s disgusting…that’s gross,” said Eve Ressa, of the Lower East Side.
What’s even more shocking?
A Bronx man recently convicted of doing it to three young women — even ejaculating on them — did not get prison time because of a 2008 ruling from New York’s highest court.
A 29-year-old man was charged with “forcible compulsion” after he grinded on a 14-year-old.But the Court of Appeals ruled the man did not use force, so the charge was downgraded from first-degree sex abuse to a misdemeanor, setting a precedent women said is just not right.
THE DAYS OF NOAH AND LOT