Muslim teen who reported NYC subway harassment found safe

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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- The Muslim teen who said she was verbally attacked by three drunk men on a New York subway last week and had been reported missing Friday has been found, CBS New York reports. Nassau County Police didn't say where Yasmin Seweid, 18, has been the last few days, but her family told WCBS-AM that she was safe.

Seweid was last seen leaving her New Hyde Park home on Wednesday, police said. She was wearing a black jacket, blue sweater, black yoga pants and black head scarf and carrying a bag of clothing.

Last Thursday, Seweid told WCBS-TV that she was on the subway heading home from a school event when she was verbally attacked by the men, who she said made references to President-elect Donald Trump and called her a terrorist.

They kept saying, You don't belong here, get out of this country, go back to your country, and finally they came really close and they were like, "˜ take that rag off your head, Seweid said.

Statement Analysis

I find this alleged harassment statement somewhat suspect. This young woman who disappeared for a few days is attempting to lay blame on "three" drunk men who harassed her. My first red flag is the number "three." Three is called a liars number. That is the first number a person will use when thinking of a number to come up with. Example; Three blind mice, Goldilocks and the three bears, make three wishes so on and so on. My second red flag is the men should have stated "get out of our country" since they wanted her to go back to "your" country. If there was a group of men they would talk as a group and with a group mentality.

I saw the same changing pronouns in the JonBenet Ramsey alleged kidnap letter. If you are acting as a group you will continue to act and speak with a group mentality. These three men acting as a "group" would continue to speak with a group mentality and use the word "our" country. In examining the pronouns in the JonBenet Ramsey alleged kidnap letter , we find this crime was not committed by a group. Your language will continually reflect there are several people involved. In the first paragraph in the JonBenet Ransey ransom letter, five times the writer used a plural pronoun. However, in lines #11 and #13, the writer used the singular pronoun "I." He/she should have written, "We will call you" and "We advised you to be rested." In line #17, he/she used the singular pronoun "my." Changing pronouns indicates deception. We can easily see this was not a group effort.

Third, "and finely they "came really close" and were "like" take that rag off your head." She is not stating that the men touched her or kidnapped her. The word "really" is not needed here, this is a qualifier or a word that indicates deception. A stronger statement would have been "the men surrounded me." Also the men would have been more demanding in their verbal assault Example; Get that Goddam rag off your head or we will take it off. The word "like" is stating that what happened and what she is stating happened are not the same.

If she was that terrified why not call police or scream for help, also why not run home? Where did she go? Parents and law enforcement would not say where she was only she was safe. Is she home safe? Only she was safe. I find her statement very equivocal There are no expressed emotions to her words. Like fear or being terrified after this event took place. She also did not give a clear description of the "three men." Where they white, black, tall, fat, shinny where they wearing white hoods? She is either making up the story to cover something else she was doing or looking for her fifteen minutes of fame.