WARNING - DD filmed by two older men in Plaza America Reston Starbucks

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Nothing wrong with your daughter texting you about something that concerned her. Even if she knew what to do, anxiety would probably make her want to speak with a parent.

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Anonymous wrote:Human traffickers or Sex offenders.

Make sure that your DD is never alone, parks safely, carries a pepper spray, has her location sharing on.

Hahaha. Human traffickers don’t look for victims in suburban Starbucks. They look for economically vulnerable and isolated young women, not 20 somethings who are so spoiled and coddled that they call Mommy when someone looks at them wrong.

OP here. She knows Mommy takes no f-ing prisoners. LOL. She alerts me so I know what’s what and can work from my end while they work things from their end. Police loved that she called me.

Did everyone applaud?

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Anonymous wrote:So creepily. Sorry OP.

I would hope my DD would confide in me also at that age. It is terrible that there is so little recourse. Next time, I would get photos of the men and tell them if they do not stop you will post them to next door app or wherever with a Pervy old men warning.

Women need to petition law makers to make it illegal to be videoed and filmed against their will even in public.

Welp, there goes the news business.

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Anonymous wrote:Something for all of you to consider. If you do not share your location with a trusted someone, you will NOT be found in time due to legalities. As someone who has been followed a few times, sharing location is critical in getting the police to your location in a timely manner.

If you’ve been followed a few times you might want to check your body language, you may be carrying yourself like a victim.

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Anonymous wrote:Your 25 year old daughter couldn’t figure out what to do without your help? Yikes.

I wouldn't have known exactly what to do and I'm 34.

At 25? I would have just shot them the finger.

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair, they were in a public place. Anyone can take pictures or video of people who are in public places.

Sounds like an excellent way to get yourself ejected from an establishment or punched in the face.

Punched in the face? That would be prison and a lawsuit.

Low IQ people tend to resort to violence because they can’t form and articulate complete thoughts.

What's low IQ is thinking that anyone is going to be arrested or successfully sued for defending themselves against an obvious voyeur.

Yes, they most certainly ARE going to be arrested for assaulting a person who is violating NO laws.

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Anonymous wrote:My 25 year old DD and her friend were in the Plaza America Reston Starbucks when a young woman approached my daughter and said two older (50s) men were sitting together filming on their phone, mostly my DD who was facing them. My DD immediately texted me (I’m out of town) and asked what she should do. I said call the police and let them handle it. Both girls were reluctant to do so, so told a male Barista who bravely went over and approached the men, telling them to delete the recording. The girls left and went to her friend’s Mom’s home. I called the non-emergency number and the officer was very nice, but said that it was not a crime unless it was lewd filming (i.e. in a bathroom stall, etc).

When I get back I’m going to that Starbucks and leaving a huge tip in their cup.

Yep, it's not a crime. One of my kids has a deranged stalker fellow student filming him at high school. Nothing the school can do, but tell her to stop. They cannot take her phone. They cannot ask to see what she filmed. She can deny. You are allowed to film in public places. It's totally creepy. Police can do nothing. That was kind of the barista, but they do not have to erase it or stop. The laws need to catch up with phones.

Thought it was illegal to film without consent if the film is recording audio.

One and two party recording laws are state specific, but no.

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Anonymous wrote:As per DCUM usual, victim blaming at its finest.

There’s no victim here and no crime.

You drama queens have GOT to get off the internet.

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Anonymous wrote:Your 25 year old daughter couldn’t figure out what to do without your help? Yikes.

I wouldn't have known exactly what to do and I'm 34.

+1 sure it might be hard to know just what to do, but in a situation like that, you call on the resources immediately at hand (her friend, strangers nearby, baristas, all of whom could size the situation up in a second, and could be part of the response, or call 911 if necessary), not a parent who is nowhere near. OP's DD was lacking in a sense of time and place.

She did both.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Human traffickers or Sex offenders.

Make sure that your DD is never alone, parks safely, carries a pepper spray, has her location sharing on.

Hahaha. Human traffickers don’t look for victims in suburban Starbucks. They look for economically vulnerable and isolated young women, not 20 somethings who are so spoiled and coddled that they call Mommy when someone looks at them wrong.

OP here. She knows Mommy takes no f-ing prisoners. LOL. She alerts me so I know what’s what and can work from my end while they work things from their end. Police loved that she called me.

Did everyone applaud?

Didn't have to. Police like involved parents

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Anonymous wrote:Something for all of you to consider. If you do not share your location with a trusted someone, you will NOT be found in time due to legalities. As someone who has been followed a few times, sharing location is critical in getting the police to your location in a timely manner.

If you’ve been followed a few times you might want to check your body language, you may be carrying yourself like a victim.

In a car? LOL. Police: a rapist will see a woman alone in a car, follow her home and attack her in the driveway. Or simply see where she lives and break in later.

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Anonymous wrote:I see our weekly "someone is filming you" thread is back.

Nice way to dismiss, or even normalize, the idea that people filming other people in public is worth merely a shrug.

Don't pull out the "But it's not illegal" card. Just because something is not illegal does not mean it's fine to do, or that the subject of the "it's not illegal" filming should just suck it up and be OK with it.

NP here but you need to calm down the hysterics. It is legal. Think about the other side of the issue. Lots of those horribly behaved racist people were filmed and that isn't a bad thing. Many of them thought like you and demanded people erase video or assaulted people filming them. Guess who was arrested?

Frankly I would have filmed the guys back and let them know I would post their creepy behavior on social media.

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Anonymous wrote:To be fair, they were in a public place. Anyone can take pictures or video of people who are in public places.

Sounds like an excellent way to get yourself ejected from an establishment or punched in the face.

Punched in the face? That would be prison and a lawsuit.

Low IQ people tend to resort to violence because they can’t form and articulate complete thoughts.

What's low IQ is thinking that anyone is going to be arrested or successfully sued for defending themselves against an obvious voyeur.

Wow, you are an idiot. Don't teach your kids this because they will have criminal records.

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Anonymous wrote:Human traffickers or Sex offenders.

Make sure that your DD is never alone, parks safely, carries a pepper spray, has her location sharing on.

Never alone? That isn't how life works for adults.

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Anonymous wrote:Human traffickers or Sex offenders.

Make sure that your DD is never alone, parks safely, carries a pepper spray, has her location sharing on.

OP here. Exactly what I thought as well. One man = pervert. Two together = potential human traffickers

Location sharing is critical. Verizon can take up to 24 hours to provide that if not on.

Human trafficing? Are you a qanon nut? Tell us honestly. You are a drama loving nut job.