Man Wanted for Yelling Anti-Asian Slurs, Spitting at Mom and 3 Kids on Subway: NYPD

[RandySF]

Police released images on Saturday of a man wanted in New York City for allegedly yelling anti-Asian slurs and spitting at a mother and her three children on a subway in Times Square on Tuesday.

The incident, under investigation as a hate crime, happened aboard a southbound 5 train around 2:30 p.m. as the train was heading toward the 42nd Street-Times Square station, according to police.

Police said the man began yelling anti-Asian slurs at the 44-year-old woman and her three children and then spat in her direction.

Then the man knocked the woman's phone out of her hand and kicked it through the back door of the subway and onto the tracks while the train was still in motion, police said.



https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/man-wanted-for-yelling-anti-asian-slurs-spitting-at-mom-and-3-kids-on-subway-nypd/2979909/

[tanyev]

3. Ooh, takes a real tough guy to go after a woman with three children.

Bet he bragged to all his buddies afterward how awesome he was. Despicable.

[dalton99a]

4. There is an undeniable pattern in these physical attacks

Another incident in NYC reported today:
https://abc7ny.com/new-video-shows-hate-crime-suspect-who-punched-asian-worker/10490683/

[sarisataka]

5. Is it that NYC is especially bad

Or that they report such attacks more often? It seems a disproportionatel number of attacks on Asian Americans happen there

[Aristus]

6. More people, more interpersonal conflict.

It's not that conflict doesn't happen out in East Cornpone. It's just that it doesn't happen at quite the same high rate in a low population.

[sarisataka]

8. That makes sense, however it seems NYC

Is leading the way. An article in the NYT today says in 2019 there were 3 anti-Asian hate crimes, 28 in 2020 and 35 in 2021 so far in NYC

[Treefrog]

7. I was thinking the same about California and just assumed it was because of a higher Asian-American

population. In my observations, every one of these attacks I’ve seen has been a black male attacking the victims. Is there really that much prejudice against Asian-Americans in the black community?

[sarisataka]

9. That does seem to be

the elephant in the room.

[Treefrog]

10. I've certainly seen no discussion of it here.

I’m not sure why.