Have you ever been beaten in front of your children?

Sine Aras Akten
3 min readJan 12, 2024

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I was beaten..

In broad daylight!

In front of the house while on vacation!

We found ourselves in an impossible situation when a man who jumped into an Uber beat me and 2 other people before us and ran away.

The children were looking at us with confused and frightened eyes. The attacker kept coming back and hitting… Somewhere between being fended off and killed, he ran away…

Then… Police cars and ambulances coming to his aid via 911, occupation detection, damage assessment…

Siren sounds… and children crying…

It was quite a trouble!

Later… The one who beat us was caught within 15 minutes, trapped.

And he was thrown into the jail.

The police told all kinds of jokes to make my daughter laugh, who was almost covered in fear, and each of them sat next to them in the Uber car to calm her down. As their faces smiled, someone else walked behind them…. They did not get out of the car without having their smile…

We took the names of all the police officers and their police station addresses… Our family loved them very much… My husband’s nose bled and I almost broke my arm due to the blows received. But we were saved from death because he didn’t have a gun. First aid was given by the arriving ambulance. There were no fractures or dislocations. Everything calmed down and we went to the airport with the same UBER and were able to continue our holiday.

Now…. NYC — I’m reading New York City Crime figures. According to October 2022 data, the general crime rate in the whole city decreased by 3%. Shootings decreased by 8.1%. 384 fewer people were shot, 45 fewer people died. Police effectiveness is increasing. The police are working! Hate Crime and Metro incidents have increased considerably. It was determined that incidents on the train increased at a rate of 5.7% and there were attacks on ethnic groups at a rate of 124%. Since this past October alone, 214% of anti-Seminist attacks have been reported.

We see fully equipped military police officers in the subways.

As for us…

My daughter — She’s talking about being a police officer when she grows up. He likes gifts to be given to them. He was going to go personally and give it to the police station.

My son — He is concerned about ensuring justice. He learned how long to keep the attacker inside. He writes us a defense statement in court. Curious… Like a lawyer! Just like his late grandfather!

Me — I was shaken for a while by the fact that you could suddenly be killed. In front of my children! While the children were sleeping on the plane, I shed tears for a short but long time. Post Trauma

But I had a hell of a time watching the kids see the criminal being brought to justice and the police doing their job. Seeing Justice and Its Manifestation relieved my shoulder pain.

Get well soon to all of us!

Congratulations to the New York Police Department.

We love all of you and thank you for your endless service…

#NYPD

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Sine Aras Akten

🩺Kidney Specialist MD // Director of Nephrology in New York ✍🏻Published Author on Patient Stories, Scholar Writer 📝 on Social Determinants.