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press release sent out by the NYPD on Saturday said the incident occurred after the 24-year-old victim “engaged in a verbal dispute” with the suspect on board a “4” train as it approached the Union Square station.
The NYPD said the suspect “made multiple derogatory statements regarding the victim’s ethnicity” during the argument. After the victim got off the train, police said the suspect followed him onto the platform and “punched him on his head multiple times” before pushing the victim onto the tracks.
The victim was helped off the tracks by a friend and another person before any train passed by, police said. The victim was brought to a hospital and treated for injuries he sustained when he fell onto the tracks."
A police source confirmed to Yahoo News that the incident is being investigated as a hate crime and that the victim is Mexican. Local news station NY1 reportedthe suspect berated the victim for “taking jobs” away from Americans.
Obviously the headline and quote would you lead to make assumptions about the perp, but...
This took me by surprise, i guess the moral is there is no one size fits all racism and no absolutes when it comes to political stereotypes. Everyone can be an ignorant asshat -- but it's extra fucked when people are inspired by political leaders, directly or indirectly to take to violence against others.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-i...e-new-york-city-subway-assault-043052124.html