On Thursday, NYPD officials put out separate notices about suspects wanted for two recent hate crimes.
At about 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 15, an unknown individual entered 201 West 95th Street (Buceo 95) and according to police, “defecated on a Pride flag. The individual then took a second Pride flag and wiped his backside with it before fleeing northbound on Amsterdam Avenue on foot. No injuries were sustained as a result of this incident.”
The male suspect is described as approximately 40-years-old, with a dark complexion, approximately 5’9” tall, and a medium build. He was last seen wearing a black hat, dark colored jacket, light colored pants, one dark colored sneaker, and one white sneaker.
It was also reported to police that on Tuesday, March 14 at about 1:05 p.m., an unknown individual entered 563 Columbus Avenue (the office of Council Member Gale Brewer) and engaged in a dispute with a 23-year-old female employee. The individual made an anti-Asian remark and spat at the victim. He was last seen fleeing southbound on Columbus Avenue. The victim did not sustain any injuries as a result of this incident.
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The male suspect is described as having a dark complexion, standing about 5’10” and weighing approximately 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a face mask, a dark colored jacket, dark colored pants, and white sneakers. He was also last seen carrying a bright colored book bag and a brown paper bag.
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating both incidents as hate crimes.
Anyone with relevant information about either incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
engaged in a dispute with a 23-year-old female employee. The individual made an anti-Asian remark and spat at the victim.
I’m certainly not excusing this behavior but what is the crime? Is spitting at (not on) someone illegal?
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You’ve gone down the wrong path, Brandon. Don’t sit there and come up with some nonsense defense. Just back up and fix yourself.
Making anti-Asian remarks is perfectly legal so long as they aren’t threatening.
Spitting on someone is illegal.
Thr article doesn’t say :on” it says “at”. If I spit near you that isn’t assault, is it?
Ah, good catch.
The crime is assault.This is not new. Spitting on people has been on the books as an assault for decades.
Haha!! You remind me of Teddy QBALL Cruz or maybe Fist Pump Flee Boy- either way a total fish breathed elitist loser. PEEE YOUU!
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But heaven forbid the police attack them. Sharpton, Crumb and the other motor mouth attention hogs come out of their caves.
What decade are you living in? Are you going to mention Tawana Brawley next?
No need to mention Tawana Brawley since you already have done so. Now, anyone who has never heard of Tawana Brawley and her relationship to Al Sharpton can google it. Thanks for bringing it up. I’m sure that Sharpton will appreciate it. Interested readers can also look up information about the rest of Sharpton’s illustrious career.
Some of comments are as ugly as the hate crimes committed. What is wrong with you people?!
I think the conversation here is circling around the limits of what a hate crime is, and how it compares to doing the same action to a white man.
If a person says something negative about white people, and then spits ‘at’ (but not on) someone, I don’t think the article would characterize that as a crime.
None of these are crimes, they should call them the woke police, because that’s all this is. When homeless people spit at my wife in the subway it was not considered a crime, but i guess if she was privileged enough to be a race liberals consider a minority, then she would have been a crime. This anti racism has become the most racist thing about our society.
Woke up!
Take your woke junk back to Naples or Tampa.
Public defication has been decriminalized. How can something be a hate crime when the underlying “crime” is no longer enforced or prosecuted?