August 8, 2012 This morning, while catching the 959 train to London bridge, a young black youth sitting on the south bound platform made threatening and disturbing gestures to me. As I arrived onto my north bound platform and reading the morning metro, I could hear loud music coming from across the tracks. Looking up, I eyed the young man sitting down, legs wide open, wearing his hoodie and blasting his thug tunes. He noticed me looking - and I returned to my paper. About a minute later, as the music continued, I looked up again and this time he gestured with his hands a gun shooting at me. Slightly confused, I looked down again. Waited a moment and then had to look at him again - maybe it was part of his song... As i looked at him again, he not only made the same gun gesture but mouthed the words 'I'll kill you" At this moment the London bridge train was arriving and as it pasted by I looked through the passing train windows to see him still mouthing "I kill you." When I sat down on the train I quickly got out my phone. He had started to walk towards the exit - I raised and took a photo of him. (see attached) He saw what I was doing, raised his hand and ran back down the platform. All this to say it left me very unnerved that stupid kids in this neighbourhood want to be the next 50 Cent. Thug life in East Dulwich indeed.
