Metro rider violently beaten by eight teenagers at Santa Monica station

Santa Monica Daily Press ^ | April 27, 2023

[karpov]

Eric Lewis has been taking Metro’s Expo train from Downtown Los Angeles to his job in Santa Monica every day undisturbed for the past three years until April 19 at 11:15 a.m. when he was attacked and violently beaten by eight juvenile males.

Lewis said it all began when some of the young men began delaying the train by preventing the doors from closing near the last stop. The suspects were taking pictures causing commuters on the packed train, including himself, to plead with the boys to “stop holding the doors open, get back on the train, we’re going to be late, we got to get to work.”

When the boys joined their other friends, Lewis said they zeroed in on him as he was seated near their group and began to taunt, harass and throw items at him. Flustered yet calm about the situation, Lewis said, no matter what occurred, he kept his head down looking at his phone as they neared the last stop.

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When the train stopped, the boys turned left on the platform – the direct way to leave the train – so Lewis decided to take the emergency exit in the opposite direction. As he exited the train, he felt a “whack” on the back and turned around to see one of the boys swinging his skateboard.

“The first thing out of my mouth was ‘did you just hit me with your skateboard?’” Lewis said.

At that point, the rest of the group started yelling at Lewis who grabbed his phone saying that he was going to call the cops. Lewis said that as he started to dial, the teens jumped on him screaming insults and racial slurs as they tried to take his phone from him.

[dc27]

Thank you for posting the links. Very helpful

[super7man]

From what you say, they actually have a vested interest in having you found guilty. Yes, strange.