Anna’s story: “Our beat cop wished me a better day.”
I just found this site today and it is a wonderful idea. The best way you can fight this kind of behavior is together. I am sad to say that my examples come from nearly 20 years ago; so not much has...
View ArticleTJ’s story: “I shouted that I was calling the police”
I was unlocking my bike on South Park Street, around 1pm. I heard some men yelling from a big, white, unmarked truck. I could tell they were yelling something gross, and threatening. I heard “Fat!” I...
View ArticleJordan’s story: “When I wouldn’t respond they got louder and more aggressive.”
I was walking to my partner’s house around 10:30 pm and stopped at the gas station on Robie and Charles. Two guys in their early twenties were outside. They were intoxicated and began to approach me....
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Crime, maps, and public safety
Screenshot from HRM Crime Mapping website The Halifax Regional Police (HRP) wants to make our city safer. So does Hollaback! Halifax. Hollaback! Halifax aims to ensure safe, equal access to public...
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B.A.D.’s story: “I have no idea how long he was there watching me”
This story actually happened to me last August, and I originally posted it in response to Lindsay’s story. After I got out of the shower and went to check my e-mails I caught a man leaning through my...
View ArticleTricia’s story: “he needed to leave me alone”
One afternoon in March 2011, I was waiting at a bus stop on Spring Garden Road when I sensed that a person was standing very close to me. I turned around and said “excuse me sir, you’re standing very...
View ArticleKat’s story: “I’m still bewildered as to what was even happening”
This is about a really bizarre thing that happened to me a couple years ago. At the time I was more confused than anything else; and while I’m STILL confused, I’ve recently been thinking about it again...
View ArticleKat’s story: “it’s ok to call the police and ok not to”
Hi! A quick follow-up to the story I just submitted (the one about the weird incident in front of the Metro Centre/the guy in his car): it also sucks to have to call the police for this kind of thing...
View ArticleTheresa’s story: “I thought a police vehicle would be on its way”
I was walking to the bus one weekday morning just before 7 am when this guy starting screaming all the women in Halifax are whores and he was going to kill us all starting with me. There is no one...
View ArticleLaurie’s story: “I’m fearing he wants to follow me”
This happened around 8:10 PM on July 3. - I had just finished picking up some groceries and was heading for my car in the parking lot when I heard someone wolf whistle. I looked over and saw a man...
View ArticleAnonymous story: “Right outside their apartment building staring at her”
My co-worker is 19 and lives in an apartment with her 20yr old friend. She told me yesterday that a few months ago one of them noticed a man standing in the wooded area behind their building staring at...
View ArticleRosa’s story, continued
Hello, I am sad to say this post serves as a follow up from something I shared with Hollaback more then a month ago. A white man, age late 40s, in a silver Pontiac pursuit, harassed me from his vehicle...
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