Asian woman bashed with hammer by stranger demanding victim remove mask

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NEW YORK –
A 31-year-old Asian woman walking in Midtown Manhattan was bashed in the head with a hammer by a stranger demanding the victim remove her mask, police said Monday. The NYPD is investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, the latest in a string of bias-fueled attacks against Asian victims in New York City.

“Take off your mask,” the assailant, who appeared to be in her 50s, bizarrely demanded, according to cops. The attacker bashed the victim in the head with a hammer before running off east on W. 42nd St., police said.

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the Biden administration has taken a more aggressive approach to cracking down on hate crimes. “To those who perpetuate Asian hate, we now have people in the Justice Department dedicated to finding you, exposing you and prosecuting you,” Schumer said.

https://news.yahoo.com/asian-woman-walking-manhattan-bashed-155100002.html

[RKP5637]

1. As mentioned in another post, "The Trump Virus," would be more appropriate! n/t

[amuse bouche]

8. Republican Plague is much more inclusive

[frazzled]

2. I can't even. /nt

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[secondwind]

4. There may be more mental illness in this country than we think.

It’s very sad, I wish they would get help.

[RockRaven]

5. Or more FUX watchers... Though the specific manner of confrontation is not identical,

Fucker Carlson explicitly exhorted his audience to harass mask wearing families. It's a small hop, skip, or jump from what he said to a physical attack.

[cinematicdiversions]

11. The people attacking Asians in New York do not seem to fit

Fox's viewership dynamic. Nor do they seem likely Trump supporters.

Perhaps we need to take a look at this increase of racial attacks with a new pair of glasses.

[IronLionZion]

9. And violent racism

they can be related in some cases but mental illness should not be the excuse for committing violence. Republicans always use that after mass shootings.

[lpbk2713]

6. We're surrounded by idiots.

I can't even imagine someone that stupid.

[chowder66]

7. Medics took the victim to NYU Langone Health in stable condition with cuts to her head.

per the link in the original OP.

It looks like she will be physically ok. I hope she can get all the help she needs to recover from this and hope that they find the assailant asap.

[jalan48]

10. More info from NY Post

An Asian woman was ordered to take off her mask — and then hit in the head with a hammer — by a female stranger in Times Square on Sunday, one of two suspected hate crimes in Manhattan over the weekend.

The attack unfolded around 8:40 p.m. when the black suspect snapped at her 31-year-old victim, “Take off your mask!” in front of 411 W. 42nd St., cops said Monday.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/03/asian-woman-attacked-with-hammer-in-times-square/

[crickets]

12. Somehow, I don't think the mask was the real reason behind the attack.

This reminds me of the idiot who threw a Whopper at a Black fast food employee because "the tomato slice was too thick." Both involve thin excuses for the expression of ugly, racist hatred.

[struggle4progress]

13. "Tuckums says: wearing a mask is dangerous"