Brownsville Incident

“ YOU FUCKING N****ER! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! I'M FROM BROWNSVILLE! I'LL FUCKING BEAT YOU UP! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU! YOU N****ER! ” — Josh yelling

Joshua as seen during the incident

The "Brownsville Incident" refers to an incident where Joshua Block loudly and angrily yells the n-word outside West Fourth Street–Washington Square station in Manhattan on March 21, 2024.

Prior Events

On that day, Josh was on his phone arguing with a possible troll, during which Josh mentioned beating the caller up and then waiting for the police to arrive. He then stimmed about going to Italy. Afterwards, Josh proceeded to argue with a man, who told Josh to shut up, and according to Josh, "tried to assalt[sic] me." At one point, according to Josh, the man allegedly proceeded to "pour beer in my fave[sic]". Regardless of what happened next, Josh then went into a crashout.

The Incident

Josh then proceeded to yell the n-word and waved his body around, which were captured in at least two videos. Videos were taken down from TikTok, but got posted on r/WorldOfTShirts prior to the takedowns, becoming the most upvoted post on the subreddit of all time.

The first can be seen on https://old.reddit.com/r/WorldOfTShirts/comments/1bkmwhw/i_know_this_has_been_posted_already_but_why_i_ask/ , where a man snickers while Josh says the n-word.

The second more infamous video can be seen on https://old.reddit.com/r/WorldOfTShirts/comments/1bl0jb0/josh_n_word_in_nyc/ , where Josh calls someone the n-word and threatens to beat them up. A homeless man, possibly the same person Josh argued with earlier, tells him to shut up.

Aftermath

Shortly after the incident, Josh then approached two people on the street and begged them for money, which they refused to give, causing Josh to cuss them out. Josh then proceeded to scream about how he hated America.