Suspect allegedly makes 'anti-white statement' to 16-year-old and kicks kid in abdomen, leg. Teen had just denied dollar to suspect in subway station.



New York City Police said around 8:15 a.m. Sunday a male approached a 16-year-old male in a Manhattan subway station and asked the kid for a dollar.

After the teen refused to offer a handout, police said the male followed the teen in the East Broadway Station (F Line), made an "anti-white statement," and kicked the kid in the abdomen and leg.

On 9/12/21, at 8:15 AM inside the East Broadway Station (F Line) in Manhattan, a male, 16, was approached by a male… https://t.co/zNmcLrju9d

— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) 1631680390.0

The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force issued a notice about the incident on Twitter and urged anyone with information to call 800-577-TIPS.

How did folks respond?

A debate ensued among some Twitter users after one declared that the attack "isn't a hate crime lmfao."

Another replied, "IT'S ABSOLUTELY A HATE ARE U SERIOUS??????? Calling anyone anti-their color then assaulting them is A HATE CRIME. U PEOPLE ACT LIKE NOTHING BAD CAN HAPPEN TO US?????????"

To which the first commenter shot back, "Because it can't lmfao. We're privileged, and we need to recognize it. There aren't even any white slurs. OMG someone got called a cracker, so what."

Others chimed in against the commenter who didn't believe the attack was a hate crime since the victim is white:

  • "How you're able to even work a keyboard with an IQ in the single digits, I don't know," one user noted.
  • "This is why you never take twitter seriously kids," another commenter quipped. "You forget that if you get assaulted that you are the victim."
  • "Praise the white female nobody, here to teach everyone," another user joked.

Others took issue with the language of the NYPD Hate Crimes' tweet:

  • "'....made an anti-white statement....' just say they made a racist statement. Ffs," another commenter argued.
  • "Made an 'anti-white' statement?" another user added. "Different way to put it when it comes to white people facing racism I guess."

Yet another commenter offered a race-related zinger to the mix: "I'm sure he was just provoked by the victim's inherent white rage."

Suspect arrested in connection to hammer attack against pair of Asian women on NYC sidewalk



Police arrested a suspect in connection to a hammer attack against a pair of Asian women on a New York City sidewalk earlier this month, the New York Post reported.

The May 2 attack was caught on surveillance video.

What are the details?

Ebony Jackson, 37, who is homeless, was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon, and menacing in connection to the incident, police told the paper.

The Post said the victims were walking on 42nd Street near 9th Avenue — an area known famously as Hell's Kitchen — around 8:40 p.m. when the suspect approached them and yelled, "Take off your mask!"

The suspect then struck one of the women in the head with a hammer resulting in a cut.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

The suspect then appears to strike with the hammer at least three more times. Police told the Post one of the victims was hit on the left side of her face.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

But video shows the hammer apparently is dropped and falls to the sidewalk.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

And one of the victims picks up the hammer and appears to dare the attacker to try them again.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Amazingly the attacker — who loses both shoes in the melee — continues to jaw with the victims and appears to threaten to come at them again.

But the victims soon walk away from the scene as the attacker hollers and glares at them and puts her shoes back on.

Here's video of the attack:

Video from Sunday, May 2nd attack on two Asian females, 31 and 29, who were walking on the sidewalk when an unknown… https://t.co/mZiCwsKH71

— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) 1620086072.0

Physical attacks against Asians have been spiking in New York City for most of 2021:

VIDEO: Asian women attacked from behind by hammer-wielding suspect on NYC sidewalk



New York City police are on the hunt for a suspect they say attacked two Asian women with a hammer on a Manhattan sidewalk Sunday night.

NYPD Hate Crimes posted a video on Twitter of the attack, which took place in the 400 block of West 42nd Street.

What are the details?

Police said the two Asian women — ages 31 and 29 — were walking on the sidewalk around 8:40 p.m. when an unknown individual demanded they remove their masks and then struck the 31-year-old in the head with a hammer resulting in a cut.

Video shows the suspect approaching the women from behind and appearing to unleash the first hammer strike in the back of the head of one woman.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

The unknown individual then appears to strike with the hammer at least three more times.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

But video shows that soon the hammer apparently is dropped and falls to the sidewalk.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

And one of the victims picks up the hammer and appears to dare the attacker to try them again.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

Amazingly the attacker — who loses both shoes in the melee — continues to jaw with the victims and appears to threaten to come at them again.

Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @NYPDHateCrimes

But the victims soon walk away from the scene as the attacker hollers and glares at them and puts her shoes back on.

Here are pair of closeups of the attacker:

Image source: NYPDHateCrimes

Police said to call 1-800-577-TIPS if you have information. Video of the attack is below:

Video from Sunday, May 2nd attack on two Asian females, 31 and 29, who were walking on the sidewalk when an unknown… https://t.co/mZiCwsKH71

— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) 1620086072.0

Physical attacks against Asians have been spiking in New York City for most of 2021:

Sickening head-stomping assault of Asian man, 61, caught on video, heartbroken wife demands justice



An abominable head-stomping assault in New York City that left a 61-year-old Asian man in critical condition was captured on surveillance video. In an effort to bring the assailant to justice, the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force released footage of the brutal attack that took place in East Harlem on Friday night.

"Fri. April 23rd, approx. 8:20 PM, 3rd Ave & E. 125 St., a male Asian, 61, was struck from behind causing him to fall to the ground; he was then kicked multiple times in the head and is in Critical Condition," the official Twitter account for the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force said on Saturday.

The perpetrator throws the victim, Yao Pan Ma, to the ground and then repeatedly kicks the Asian man in the head.

(Content Warning: Highly disturbing video):

If you have any info regarding Friday night’s horrific attack, at E. 125 and 3rd Ave, you are urged to call or DM… https://t.co/RoVdACdbu1
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPD Hate Crimes)1619266693.0

Emergency medical personnel rushed the victim to a local hospital, where he is listed as in critical, but stable, condition.

The victim's wife told the New York Post that her husband was collecting cans to help the family make ends meet when he was savagely attacked from behind.

"Please capture him as soon as possible and make him pay," Baozhen Chen, Ma's wife of 31 years, told the New York Post "through a translator, sobbing throughout the exclusive interview from the doorway of her modest East Harlem apartment."

"I was scared. I was crying. I didn't know what to do," Chen, 57, said. "Why? Why did they do this to my husband? Why did this happen? It was sudden. I didn't expect this."

WABC-TV described the suspect as "an adult male, dark complexion; he was last seen wearing a black jacket, black pants, white sneakers and a multi-colored baseball cap."

As of Saturday, no arrests in the attack have been made.

Authorities have yet to determine if the attack was racially motivated, but detectives of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force are investigating.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted, "This is outrageous. Make no mistake, we will find the perpetrator and they will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. If you have any information on this vicious act of hate please contact @NYPDHateCrimes IMMEDIATELY."

The couple's niece said she is "scared and paranoid."

"I don't feel safe. I'm afraid to walk on the streets when it's dark. I go home before it gets dark," she told the Post. "There are so many of these incidents happening. Now it's close to home … It is so wrong that this happens and it's not just one time. He didn't do anything to deserve this."

Earlier this month, NYPD arrested a man suspected of carrying out three separate attacks on Asian Americans in Brooklyn. Joseph Russo was charged with hate crimes.

Last month, a 65-year-old Asian woman was mercilessly attacked in New York City while security guards watched the onslaught.

The Stop AAPI Hate Reporting Center, which tracks incidents of discrimination, hate, and xenophobia against Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders, reported 3,975 racially motivated incidents against Asian-Americans between March 19 last year and Feb. 28, 2021. Over 25% of the incidents of discrimination occurred on public streets and sidewalks. New York was the state with the second-most hate incidents (13%), following California (44%).

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Authorities arrest suspect in connection with horrific attack on elderly woman, charge him with a felony hate crime. He was on lifetime parole.



New York City police have arrested a suspect in connection with the shocking attack on an elderly Asian woman that took place on Monday in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Newsweek reports.

What's a brief history?

Surveillance video captured the moment a suspect approached the victim, a 65-year-old Asian woman, and began beating her on the sidewalk outside an apartment building.

In the video, which quickly went viral on the internet, a suspect can be seen shoving the woman to the ground, kicking her in the stomach, and repeatedly stomping on her.

According to reports, the suspect also screamed anti-Asian slurs at her and shouted, "You don't belong here" before storming away.

The woman was taken to a local hospital for treatment of serious injuries and later released.

NYPD says 65-year-old Asian American woman was walking to church this morning when suspect assaulted her and said “… https://t.co/QEEc7OCPc9
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaan Kim)1617065525.0

What now?

Authorities identified the suspect as 38-year-old Brandon Elliot, who was taken into custody on Wednesday morning.

He was charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, assault, and attempted assault.

Elliot, according to reports, has been on lifetime parole after being released from prison in 2019, having been convicted of murdering his own mother in 2002.

Following Elliot's arrest, the NYPD tweeted, "Thanks to assistance from the public and excellent investigative work by @NYPDHateCrimes Detectives, the individual wanted for Monday's assault of a 65-year-old Asian female, at 360 West 43rd St, was arrested and charged with Felony Assault as a Hate Crime."

Thanks to assistance from the public and excellent investigative work by @NYPDHateCrimes Detectives, the individual… https://t.co/EdXCPaJuJA
— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPD Hate Crimes)1617169241.0

Anything else?

Two bystanders — apartment building employees — who witnessed the attack were suspended following criticism that they did not intervene in the attack.

The company that manages the building announced on Tuesday that two employees who witnessed the incident were suspended.

In an Instagram statement, the Brodsky Organization wrote, "The staff who witnessed the attack have been suspended pending an investigation in conjunction with their union."

Following the vicious attack, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said, "I don't care who you are, I don't care what you do, you've got to help your fellow New Yorker. ... If you see someone being attacked, do whatever you can. Make noise. Call out what's happening. Go and try and help."

De Blasio added, "An elderly Asian woman walking the streets of Hell's Kitchen could easily have been my mother, because that's where we lived. So, seeing this happen in my neighborhood hit very close to home. It also was incredibly disheartening how bystanders, in this case, personnel at the building, did nothing, and apparently didn't even go to the woman's aid after it was clear that she was in distress. And this is exactly the opposite of what we need here in New York City."