A man and a woman were sitting at a table on a sidewalk in the Lower East Side when the woman was slapped by another woman walking by. Police, and the man who was sitting with her, believe hate may have been a factor in the sudden attack. NBC New York’s Gilma Avalos reports.
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The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two more apparent bias attack involving Asian victims, the latest in a series of confrontations that have involved threats, punches and one brutal stomach-stomp near Times Square.
Police said the attack in question happened shortly before 8 p.m. March 26 in a Home Depot on Gateway Drive in Brooklyn. A stranger walked up to a 28-year-old male victim and his girlfriend and made anti-Asian statements before picking up a piece of wood and saying, "I'll cut you," police said.
The suspect then ran out the front door. No injuries were reported.
Police said the attack in question happened shortly before 8 p.m. March 26 in a Home Depot on Gateway Drive in Brooklyn. A stranger walked up to a 28-year-old male victim and his girlfriend and made anti-Asian statements before picking up a piece of wood and saying, "I'll cut you," police said.
The suspect then ran out the front door. No injuries were reported.
The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating two more apparent bias attack involving Asian victims, the latest in a series of confrontations that have involved threats, punches and one brutal stomach-stomp near Times Square.
Police said the attack in question happened shortly before 8 p.m. March 26 in a Home Depot on Gateway Drive in Brooklyn. A stranger walked up to a 28-year-old male victim and his girlfriend and made anti-Asian statements before picking up a piece of wood and saying, "I'll cut you," police said.
The suspect then ran out the front door. No injuries were reported.
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