'Soulja Girl' Arrested; Charged With MARTA Attack

POSTED: 6:34 am EDT May 13, 2008
UPDATED: 7:20 am EDT May 13, 2008


ATLANTA -- "Soulja Girl" is behind bars.

MARTA police said Nafiza Ziyad, 25, is the woman caught on video during a profanity-laced tirade on a MARTA train.

VIDEO: Verbal Attack On MARTA Train






Captured by another rider the video of the woman's rant, directed at an elderly MARTA rider, has become an Internet sensation, getting heavy viewing on YouTube.com and other Web video sites.

During the confrontation the young woman refers to herself as "Soulja Girl," repeatedly uses the N-word and threatens an elderly woman.

After getting tips identifying the young woman as Ziyad, MARTA police charged her with simple assault and two counts of disorderly conduct.

Investigators told WSB-TV Channel 2 reporter Tom Jones they were able to identify the elderly passenger and after speaking with her they arrested Ziyad. Her mother e-mailed WSB-TV's Monica Pearson and claimed Ziyad is bi-polar and was off her medication when the attack took place.

At first other passengers don't interfere during the minutes-long attack, but finally one man can be heard telling "Soulja Girl" to "chill." Instead of taking that advice she turns on the other passengers, accusing one of rape.

Eventually a male passenger confronts her and appears to knock her wig askew.

After repeatedly screaming "I'm pressing charges, I'm pressing charges," the woman exits the train.

After learning of the video MARTA police launched what they called "an immediate and aggressive investigation into the incident."

MARTA officials said they will work with the solicitor general's office to prosecute Ziyad to the fullest extent of the law.

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GOOD!!! She was COMPLETELY out of compliance!!!

I haaaaad a feeeeling. OH I had a feeeling somebody was gonna pay for that. Marta wasn't takin' no isht like that.

I hope no charges are pressed against the dude who knocked her upside her head.

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Originally posted by PapaGrizzly:
I haaaaad a feeeeling. OH I had a feeeling somebody was gonna pay for that. Marta wasn't takin' no isht like that.

Sounds like DC metro.

I got this from a yahoo group. I don't know the source but i've heard this on the Ryan Cameron Show too.

The young lady in this video reportedly has a bi-polar disorder.
She suffered this psychotic episode allegedly because she decided
not to continue taking her psychiatric treatments. Her crisis is
seen often in severely mentally ill people who have the RIGHT to
determine whether or not to take her meds.

Guilty by reason of insanity or mental defect?

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Originally posted by Shere1Aggie4Life:
I got this from a yahoo group. I don't know the source but i've heard this on the Ryan Cameron Show too.

The young lady in this video reportedly has a bi-polar disorder.
She suffered this psychotic episode allegedly because she decided
not to continue taking her psychiatric treatments. Her crisis is
seen often in severely mentally ill people who have the RIGHT to
determine whether or not to take her meds.

If people have the right to NOT take their meds. Then society should have the right to protect itself (i.e. they should be arrested, found guilty and serve time for crimes they commit) if they are a danger to the public when off their meds.

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Originally posted by Ms MEAC:
GOOD!!! She was COMPLETELY out of compliance!!!

compliance...

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Originally posted by BigBlueTiger:
Ziyad is bi-polar and was off her medication when the attack took place.

Yeah, I'm no Dr. Drew but I had that one pegged from the beginning. She needs to be punished regardless. They have state hospitals for folks who are criminally insane.

It is possible to be crazy and a criminal at the same time. Remember: "just because I'm paranoid, it doesn't mean no one is chasing me".

I don't want her to forget her meds and remember to shoot somebody that day. Or even forget her meds and get choked out by somebody who ain't having it.

its enough of them walking around downtown and
riding back and forth on the train already.


AAAAAAANNNNND.... I am MAD that they keep referring to her as Souljah Girl - she is NOT a celebrity, star, rapper, by ANY means!

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quote:

Originally posted by JayThomas:
its enough of them walking around downtown and
riding back and forth on the train already.


AAAAAAANNNNND.... I am MAD that they keep referring to her as Souljah Girl - she is NOT a celebrity, star, rapper, by ANY

means!

I think because she was singing Superman they tagged her Souljah Girl. Only in the hood.

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Originally posted by jackie007:

quote:

Originally posted by JayThomas:
its enough of them walking around downtown and
riding back and forth on the train already.


AAAAAAANNNNND.... I am MAD that they keep referring to her as Souljah Girl - she is NOT a celebrity, star, rapper, by ANY

means!

I think because she was singing Superman they tagged her Souljah Girl. Only in the hood.

She did a whole Souljah boy medley.

YouTube video leads to MARTA arrest

Young woman shown pitching a fit, threatening elderly woman on train

By ARIEL HART
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Published on: 05/13/08

MARTA officials said they have arrested Nafiza Ziyad, 25, as the result of an online video in which a young woman appears to be threatening an old woman on a MARTA train.

The video, posted on YouTube two weeks ago, has drawn more than 7,000 comments on the site and been viewed more than 600,000 times.

• See YouTube video (Contains profanity)

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It shows a young woman turning around to yell at a white-haired passenger in the seat in behind her, then standing up and shouting at her in a freestyle rap. She doesn't appear to touch the woman, but in the course of yelling at her lunges close to her and makes a motion slapping the air back and forth. Her moods swing but she grows increasingly agitated.

Other passengers in the car do nothing, with an occasional laugh, until what sounds like a male voice says "It's an old lady, man, chill."

The young woman turns to the voice and says "Old lady? You know what this old lady called me?" then calms down and sits down for a moment before getting up again. She moves toward the voice and down the aisle, eventually screaming and appearing unhinged as other passengers get up and try to deal with her or give her space.

MARTA police have charged Ziyad with simple assault, two counts of "certain acts in transit," and disorderly conduct, all misdemeanors, in the incident that they say occurred on March 10, 2008. She is in DeKalb County jail, according to a statement from MARTA police chief Wanda Dunham.

"I want to reiterate that this is an extremely isolated incident," Dunham said. "We regret that the many citizens who witnessed this incident did not utilize the emergency call button that is available in all rail cars to directly contact the rail operator or contact MARTA police so that we could have responded to this situation immediately."

Emergency call buttons are red buttons at standing level in the train cars that call the train operator. They can be by the door at the end of a car that leads to the next car, or sometimes by the door that leads to the platform.

Dunham said passengers in an emergency can call MARTA police directly at 404-848-4911. Or:

• On AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint/Nextel cell phones they can press #MPD (#673)– for "Marta Police Department."

• Blackberry users can press #673.

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Originally posted by BigBlueTiger:

quote:

Originally posted by jackie007:

quote:

Originally posted by JayThomas:
its enough of them walking around downtown and
riding back and forth on the train already.


AAAAAAANNNNND.... I am MAD that they keep referring to her as Souljah Girl - she is NOT a celebrity, star, rapper, by ANY

means!

I think because she was singing Superman they tagged her Souljah Girl. Only in the hood.

She did a whole Souljah boy medley.

oh yeah, I KNOW WHY they keep callin her that as she so eloquently performed lyrics from "Souljah Boy"

I'M JUST SAYING...... I am sick of hearing her referred to as such.

Maybe her "proficient skillz" shows that maybe Souljah Boy might also be in need of some meds too!

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Originally posted by Glenda the Good:

I hope no charges are pressed against the dude who knocked her upside her head.

Co -sign

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Originally posted by Glenda the Good:

quote:

Originally posted by Shere1Aggie4Life:
I got this from a yahoo group. I don't know the source but i've heard this on the Ryan Cameron Show too.

The young lady in this video reportedly has a bi-polar disorder.
She suffered this psychotic episode allegedly because she decided
not to continue taking her psychiatric treatments. Her crisis is
seen often in severely mentally ill people who have the RIGHT to
determine whether or not to take her meds.

If people have the right to NOT take their meds. Then society should have the right to protect itself (i.e. they should be arrested, found guilty and serve time for crimes they commit) if they are a danger to the public when off their meds.

True dat!

quote:

Originally posted by Shere1Aggie4Life:
I got this from a yahoo group. I don't know the source but i've heard this on the Ryan Cameron Show too.

The young lady in this video reportedly has a bi-polar disorder.
She suffered this psychotic episode allegedly because she decided
not to continue taking her psychiatric treatments. Her crisis is
seen often in severely mentally ill people who have the RIGHT to
determine whether or not to take her meds.

Working at the Mississippi State Hospital (which used be title Mississippi Lunatic Assylum) Her actions wouldn't be put with Bi-polar or Manic Depression, they would be more something like Intermittent Explosive Disorder (some would say this is tourettes disorder, but big difference). Or she just might be high of something.

If it is a mental disorder she need 2 be under a state agency like Weems, or Laurel Wood a few here in our state, that will and can help her in times like this one. There is no excuse.

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Word on the net is that she was leaving a certian MEACFANS poster house after getting turned out.

Not to give away his identity,but he loves to take pictures.