In this country, there's mass shooting almost 5 times a week.
Look at the speed of the cars.
These are slower than my cycle.
And I am gonna beat the traffic.
In this video today, I am gonna show you all the places
where I have felt very unsafe
and I am gonna be honest about the reality.
So this is the street where the police
blocked the whole street because
one day, a resident of an apartment,
killed all three of her leasing office administrators
- the people who used to manage the building,
she shot them due to an anger issue.
And then she was caught at the airport
running away from the city.
And I got to know about this because
of warning through our teams channel
when I was sitting in office one day.
So beating all of this traffic today.
Thanks to my bike.
So finally friends, I have reached my college
where I spent 4 years
doing my undergrad and masters.
And the goal of this video is not to scare you by
telling you crazy facts about
crimes or shootings in the US.
You might know that
United States is a country
where there are more guns
carried by civilians
ordinary people like us
as compared to the population.
If the population is around 334 million,
then there are more guns than that.
And another shocking fact is
in this country, almost 5 times a week,
there is a mass shooting.
If you check USA mass shootings,
you will see pretty much everyday . In some cities and states
there has been happening and there will be happening.
This is crazy!
Now let's talk about story number 1 which I myself experienced here
when we were walking in this University campus.
I am not trying to defame anyone.
So one day in front of that building,
there are actually a lot of homeless people here.
A lot of students here struggle to feel safe
because of them.
One day what happened was
two people were carrying guns
and a random person got shot at 5:30 pm
when the students were going back from their class
inside this campus.
And that day it was so scary
that all the students disappeared
for one hour,
you didn't see a single student around this campus.
And by the way, Katie is now also going to Georgia State University
and one day she was around this part of the campus.
And- did you hear the gunshot or no?
No! Thank goodness. I had already left.
So it was earlier. I was here earlier that day
and that was a little creepy.
And the most dangerous part of me being in downtown is
backpack with 5000 dollar worth of stuff
in it in downtown which people can easily steal.
So that's why my favourite has been this backpack by Brevite.
Because it actually doesn't seem expensive.
It seems like a student backpack
and there has been so many cases of backpack
being stolen on campus.
You have to be careful.
Giving you a quick tour of this Brevite backpack
First of all, this is a luggage pass-through.
Left side - water bottle.
Tripod stand.
And most importantly, two zips here.
So number one for some
paper, pen, notebook etc.
Number 2
To check out the camera, I can pull out the camera from here.
And I can have shelves for the camera.
So you can divide
for lenses etc. But I keep it open
because it's faster. But I'll recommend
to keep it safe through these shelves.
Another way to open it
is from the side.
So if you want to
take out a camera without
removing the backpack, you can also do that.
And you can take out the camera from here.
And... my favourite pocket
right here.. So this is
for lunchbox
and your ID card etc.
And your noise cancellation headphones
That I can keep here
And this one
is for laptop. You can even put a 16 inch MacBook.
So this is my MacBook Air
You can see how much space I have.
So definitely try this backpack at Brevite.co/Singh
and you can also read about what
5000 people have to say
who have given 5 star rating
to this backpack.
And the link will be in the description below.
Now I am reaching one of the on campus housing
where I spent my first year.
That is none other than loft.
So I am gonna share one of the crazy experiences that happened.
You might have heard in India
that there are curfews in girls' hostels
specially- after a time you can't get out of the hostel.
But here, the curfew was actually for every student.
Guess why?
Because in one of the dorms,
of the campus,
there was some kind of a crime scene
Because of that around 2-3 police cars
and a criminal's car went inside the parking lot
and there was a shooting in the parking lot
and then there was a curfew that no student can get out of their dorm
for upto 10 to 12 hours.
That was one of the most scariest days
that the students had to experience.
And it was scary for me as well.
And I want to accept. Whoever I am today
is because of the University. These 4 years
have taught me one of the most valuable lessons
But I still wanted to share
the parts that the students might feel scary
and they should be ready for it.
when they come here.
By the way, what's your name?
John.
I just met a student here
So can you please share your experience.
Do you feel safe here?
So far I feel pretty safe.
As long as you can stay far away from trouble.
You know Atlanta has these crazy homeless people
all around.
as you may have seen from your vlogs
and probably when you walk around.
Anything can happen
so as long as you are wise
and you move with precaution
and you know- and you specially move in groups.
Specially for the nights.
Don't go like alone. Anything could happen.
I remember like, last semester one of my friends
told me that he was just waking outside in the night
and then a homeless guy just randomly pounced on him.
Oh my gosh!!
Oh my Gosh!
Yeah same thing happened.
One day he was chasing me and I had to run as well.
And a couple of days ago I saw a homeless guy
chasing like an Asian guy.
Just running away from.. And I was like, "Oh wow!"
- Oh my gosh! - But you know it's Atlanta.
At the end of the day it's United States bro.
You need to be wise.
But overall it's safe during the day.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for sure.
- Stay safe. - Nice meeting you!
And now once again, let's talk to Sam about his experiences.
It's been an year
has there been any scary experience?
There has been once.
It was the time of Diwali last year.
There's a Indian Student organisation in GSU who
planned a fest for Diwali.
So it was all the way from the evening to the night.
It was late and I was going back home at around 9
So I walked out from there
I exited the venue
and I was going towards the station. It was a straight road.
As I was walking, I didn't notice.. A guy behind me
was coming slowly on a car.
After that, as soon as I realised, I looked back
he was just a foot away from me.
And he had his window down and he was looking outside.
He was trying to pull the car. He was trying to come in front.
And I noticed that there's a pavement down ahead of me.
He could come there.
And then he pressed the accelerator fast.
As soon as I saw it, I rushed and ran to Marta Station
Means he wanted to hit you?
Yeah, he wanted to park in front of me so that I can't run
It was very very very close.
That's too much. That's like racism.
It can be anything.
It's very dangerous and it was 9 pm!
It was all dark.
All the scary experiences I have heard till date,
it gets posted in our teams group.
Near downtown,
there is a subway,
a guy who was working at the Subway
he added extra mayonnaise to the sandwich
and the customer
shot the guy working on the Subway.
Just because there was extra Mayonnaise.
So scary! Oh my gosh!
Do you know where it was? A little far from Downtown. 1-2 miles.
That's one of the most scary experience that I've heard.
But overall it feels safe in the day, right?
It's safe in the day
but that's a lame reason to shoot anybody, right?
The police said, "We can control criminals not mayonnaise!"
That's there as well!
But overall I once again say
that if you travel in groups during night,
it is safe.
It is one of the great Universities where I got the opportunity
to work and learn. My learnings were very valuable
but you have to walk in groups if you walk at night.
And there was a curfew here once.
There was one in Piedmont North as well.
Once the police came there
and someone was arrested once.
This is the main crime zone! They report a lot of crimes here.