I Don't Need a Lesson on the Law...

I was on a very crowded and cramped 4 train heading home from work on a Monday evening. When we got to 14th Street/Union Square, this loud, obnoxious man, who reeked of alcohol, shoved his way onto the packed train with his friends. As they pushed their way in, they started spewing all of these ignorant statements and obscenities at everyone that was standing around them. Needless to say, the other passengers looked annoyed, embarrassed and very uncomfortable as he and his friends carried on. Finally, an older woman that was standing next to him politely asked if he could tone down his language. Unfortunately, the main jerk directed his drunken wrath at her by telling her that he could say "whatever the fuck" he wanted to because it was a free country and he had his first amendment right to do so. The woman tried to calmly reason with him but he continued cursing and and said that she, as a white woman, had no right to talk to him. The woman finally just moved away while he continued shouting and laughing at her with his friends. At that point, I was boiling mad and felt like I had to do something. That's when I took out my camera phone and started snapping this fool from behind (he's the one in the burgundy shirt). The women standing near me smiled and nodded approvingly. Once the train reached Grand Central, a bunch of people got off but the jerk and his cronies stayed on, still shooting off at the mouth. I kept snapping as they turned around, wanting them to know what I was doing. When one of them saw me, he yelped, "Hey, you can't take my picture!" He started to lecture me on his rights when I flatly told him that I was a lawyer and I didn't need a lesson on the law. He got quiet but not before the main jerk told him to leave me alone because I was a black woman and that I shouldn't be disrespected. Are you kidding me??? Then he had the nerve to try and "holla" at me by looking me up and down and telling me that I was the "queen of the Earth" but I just glared right at him. When he saw he didn't have a taker, he then asked to see my pictures on my phone but I flatly told him no. Finally, the idiots got quiet and didn't say anymore to me or anyone else. At last, some peace and quiet! I got off at my stop and walked away feeling ten feet tall. Submitted by Jaimee