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Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)Who is Patrick Mateo? Olivia Munn thanks Internet for helping nab New Yorker who attacked her friend's mom
Asian American actress and television show host Olivia Munn thanked the internet for their help in tracking down an assailant who attacked her friend's mom, following which armchair sleuths rose to the occasion, aiding the NYPD in identifying the man, Patrick Mateo, who was arrested and charged with assault and harassment.
Munn, 40, had asked the Internet for their help in tracking Mateo, who was taken into custody after a video emerged of a suspect violently shoving a 52-year-old Asian woman to the ground on a New York City street. "This is the guy you guys helped @nypd find and arrest,' Munn penned on Twitter along with a video of the incident. 'This is him attacking my friends mom who is a petite 5-foot-3 Chinese woman. F**k this guy,' she added. 'The internet is undefeated. Thank you thank you thank you," the tweet said.
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The video shows Mateo throw an item at the woman outside New Flushing Bakery, located at 135-45 Roosevelt Ave., a major thoroughfare, at around 2 p.m. He then grabbed the woman, the Chinese mother of Munn's friend, with both hands and pushed her a few steps backward. He then aggressively flung her to the ground, following which he turned around and walked away. Police said the victim suffered minor head injuries and was transferred to Booth Hospital by EMS. The woman's daughter, Maggie Kayla Cheng, in a post on Facebook, said her mom was pushed 'with such force that she hit her head on the concrete and passed out on the floor,' according to Daily Mail.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)The judicial system is screwed up.
North Shore Chicago
(3,315 posts)Even on video for all the world to see, we still legally call this an "alleged" incident.
Sometimes I feel violent pricks have more rights than their victims. And no bail?!
rampartc
(5,407 posts)racial slurs pretty much define a "hate crime."
and this violent bigot is released on own recognizance?
MichMan
(11,915 posts)New Jersey, Arizona, California & Illinois, among others, recently announced it. NY is considering doing so soon.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)with upper income people going home until disposition and lower income going to jail, and staying there, until.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)deeper and THEN talk to them.
I also want this bastard in jail and miserable. Somewhere others are saying he should run for president. But we're all free to not have to find a way to do what's both most right and works best.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)Celerity
(43,341 posts)Every day, week, month my soul breaks more for the white power slope the US is sliding down. Such a hate-filled place, whether big city, rural village, Northeast, South, Midwest, Mointains, or West Coast Violence runs the road. I have never had less desire to ever come back and live there.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I heard or read recently that attacks on and against Asians went up after Trump emphasized his attacks against China for the virus.
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)JuJuChen
(2,215 posts)He'll be walking around with a six-inch poop shute from the boot I ram up his ass.
albacore
(2,398 posts)FlyingPiggy
(3,384 posts)Doesnt do its job, she needs to sue the shit out of him. Im sure theres plenty of lawyers that would love to help her out.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,937 posts)Perhaps the FBI should look into it.