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I was just at London Bridge station and group of three white guys started shouting racist abuse and making machine gun gestures at a National Rail worker who was female and Arabic

I called them out on it and told them to stop. At which point they started racially abusing me. I went to lodge a complaint with a member of staff and took photos of them

One of the men assaulted me, grabbed me by the neck and tried to take my phone. All the while, little was being done by the other staff.

In fact, one staff member, who was white, told me: “I know it’s no excuse, but they are drunk”. When I said I wanted to report to the British Transport Police, a separate white member of staff ignored my request and said there was no need

Then another member of staff, who was a person of colour, thanked me and shook hand.

When the people who are supposed to be helping and protecting us act like that, trying to sweep it under the carpet, how are we supposed to feel safe?

Anyway, I’ll be reporting it. Thanks for the solidarity. I’ve got very low battery and have a date, so over and out 💪🏽

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