Hi everyone, I really hate to find myself in this situtation, as I'm sure anyone would. I was brutally assaulted & robbed last night in LA by some guy who very much was intent on harming a woman, pretty obviously violent for the sake of being violent, & was clearly motivated in the likes of overpowering someone weaker. Very sick, and very hateful for sure, to attack a woman like that.

I'd rather suffer in silence on my own terms & I normally wouldn't have even imagine resorting to crowd funding for something like this: But he smashed my phone into pieces, with a screwdriver & a knife- until it was smoking, & wouldn't turn on...once he saw that I was recording the attack :') When I fought back for my other belongings, that was the most intense hurt me within attacking , & brutal enough I swore I was going to die. when I couldn't breathe & just saw his eyes, they were dark, completley souless, dead, black. gone. I was bracing to die:(

he stole my wallet purse/passport/all of my belongings & said if I call the police he'll rip my passport in half & destroy everything else. & then when I refused to leave without my passport, he wrapped his hands on my neck, strangled me out of the building. & I just sat on the road, no phone, no wallet, no family in America, no contacts, no one to call, like fucked. . & all after getting brutally assaulted.....

He tore my headphones in half with his bare hands, just to be violent & destroy anything of mine.

(not to mention I'd kept the same pair of headphones that barely worked for 4 years, that I'd use a scrunchie as the ear muff, because they were beat to shit & falling apart but I could never afford new ones- though listening to music is one of the only reasons I'm still alive & mentally well today.

But the ones destroyed in this photo, were BRAND NEW headphones that a friend was kind enough to gift me recently- Also, I'm hard of hearing (about 5% hearing-so nearly deaf in one ear); So these were my first pair of noise-cancelling headphones, very thoughtfully gifted, that I was over the moon. They meant so much to me, I loved them.

I most definitely cannot afford to replace them. with all of my necessity belongings being stolen, in fact they're a luxury, & won''t get to replace them for some while now. pain.

& sad over the lack of humanity in this world. it is unbelievable in LA.

I sat on the cement in shock. I don't even know for how long.

I asked two strangers if they could phone 911 for me, waited 4 hours for police arrive... lol but I filed a police report, & begged the cops for help-but all they did was victim blame me, instilled guilt in me for phoning 911 & decided to stop trying to help me because I couldn't explain everything perfectly, in perfect sequence, with knowledge of every detail's LEGAL severity, & made it very clear that they had no understanding or tolerance for any shock, or incapacities that I, as a violently traumatized person... was experiencing. :') one officer berated me for not knowing all of the nuances & commonalities of all the American laws. I was so frustrated that they were focusing on the semantics of wording, & could not care less about what actual distress I was in. I was struggling in shock, concussed, petrified, & completely traumatized & they had plenty of time to belittle the vulnerbility of not knowing American laws, but couldn't be bothered to explain anything to help me. (I SHOULDNT HAVE TO KNOW THOSE THINGS ANYWAY, Y'ALL SHOULD BE DOING YOUR JOB WELL ENOUGH THAT WOMEN AREN'T STUDYING THE LAW DOWN TO A THREAD, BECAUSE SO MANY MEN ARE ASSAULTING WOMEN, THAT IF WE DON'T, WE CAN'T EVEN BE PROMISED SAFETY. SO WE HAVE TO TAKE INTO OUR OWN HANDS TO EVEN GET THE POSSIBILITY OF RECEIVING ANY JUSTICE.....IF AT ALL???? crazy.

feels like if we don't fight a perfect legal fight, after fighting for our lives....& being a well-adjusted, perfect victim, in the eyes of men who will never go through something like that, & the eyes of the law, then we just have to take it? If I women have to BEG for rectification, I will. but that is fucked.

A warning for my fellow Canadian women who expect the bare minimum level of resources or HUMANITY to fall on for your safety....no one gives a fuck about anyone here, ESPECIALLY if you're not a perfect victim. & I'm gonna tell you because I GIVE A FUCK about your safety.

I have never felt so helpless in my entire life. Being a young girl, new to a city & alone in LA- that's already a risk.....

But without a phone, my wallet, identity, access to money, no car, no family, or phone numbers, no support system, or even being able to expect safety from the authorities who 's literal job it's supposed to be, is to protect people....IN AMERICA. I genuinely would appreciate any help from anyone. Any donations or love. I am very scared & would really appreciate some Canadian-esque humanity & kindness right now.

I want to come home to Canada. & call my mom. & just cry to some sad music.

but cant even......no phone, no wallet, no headphones. I'm at a loss at what to do. Oh & can someone tell my mom I'm alive? I don't even know her number by heart anymore, & the police wouldn't even try to help. they told me I could try looking in a phone book....

HIS NAME IS {redacted}. ALSO GOES BY {redacted},

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HE LIVES AT {redacted}, IN HOLLYWOOD. .

**AVOID THIS AREA IF YOU ARE A WOMAN ALONE.**

I dont care for justice at all if I'm being honest-- I mean c'mon, you'd go nuts in America, if you really did. God forbid you make humanity the fruit of your endeavors in this country. :')

But I do give A HUGE fuck about the cautions & safety of other women. I don't give a fuck about my social image or infractions of people who suggest women should feel quiet or shameful. I refuse to put another girl in harms way by pacifying my voice or tolerating any violence towards women.

{redacted} is dangerous, he is the kind of danergous that is just a remorseless void of a person, with a shell of anger; very much still a dangerous risk to other women.

So if you can't donate, please at the very least, please help by being loud. So PLEASE blast his NAME. BLAST that shit. Make noise, please share this, for the sake of other women.

If you're a real man, who respects & loves women in their life, it helps so much for the men who do care to SPEAK, & SHAME other men who do this to women. . Please don't pacify violence against women. Please don't watch as more women are harmed, or wait for the harm to become irrevocable. Your help matters just as much too, everyones does.

Thank you for any of your help.

<3

-Dylan