A metro rider was robbed of his pricey Canada Goose parka by two teen thugs who accused him of ‘snitching’.
Video filmed by another straphanger on the DC Metro on Wednesday showed one of the robbers forcing the young man to take off the coat in his seat.
‘Snitch, Imma crush your b***h a**,’ he berated the rider as he yanked the jacket from him after he took it off, then walked away.
The victim protested: ‘Dude, I wasn’t snitching… I was just talking about something else. I wasn’t gonna snitch! I’m sorry!’
It’s not clear whether the ‘snitching’ accusation was prompted by the victim witnessing another robbery moments earlier.
His protests yelled across the train carriage angered the thief, who stormed back to him and threatened to steal his phone.
‘Stop talking to me, bro, sit down before I take your phone,’ he said, brazenly wearing the parka he stole seconds earlier.
The robber started the grab at the man’s pocket, saying ‘give me the phone’, but the man grabbed his backpack and walked away.
Video filmed by another straphanger on the DC Metro on Wednesday showed one of the robbers forcing the young man to take off the coat in his seat
The victim protested: ‘Dude, I wasn’t snitching… I was just talking about something else. I wasn’t gonna snitch! I’m sorry!’
‘Stop it!’ the man yelled after putting some distance between them. ‘Give me my jacket back.’
The thief gave up following him and walked away. His accomplice looked on during the entire ordeal, laughing.
Canada Goose parkas are among the most expensive coats on the market, and one like his costs $1,200 to $2,000 depending on the model.
The Metro Transit Police said the two juveniles were arrested in neighboring Maryland on unrelated charges.
‘We are working with the Attorney General’s office in DC to file additional charges in relation to the coat robbery,’ it said.Â
Metro General Manager Randy Clarke asked police to prosecute the pair to the fullest extent of the law.
‘If you commit a crime on Metro we will catch you,’ he said.
His protests yelled across the train carriage angered the thief, who stormed back to him and threatened to steal his phone
‘Stop talking to me, bro, sit down before I take your phone,’ he said, brazenly wearing the parka he stole seconds earlier
Ward 8 ANC Commissioner Tom Donohue said similar robberies were an ongoing problem over the past few weeks.
He said people were ‘targeted for basically the coats off of their back, their shoes’.
‘The most vulnerable going to school are being targeted um uh for the things that they’re wearing, and that’s quite alarming,’ he said.
Violent crime dropped 40 percent in DC last year.
