#Suspect charged with attacking man on NYC subway

#Suspect charged with attacking man on NYC subway

“#Suspect charged with attacking man on NYC subway” A suspect was hit with an assault charge Sunday for attacking a 68-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant aboard a Manhattan train last week, police said. Marc Mathieu, 36, allegedly attacked Narayange Bodhi with a barrage of punches last Friday aboard a No. 1 train at Manhattan’s Franklin Street…

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#Asian woman assaulted in Midtown in possible hate crime

#Asian woman assaulted in Midtown in possible hate crime

“#Asian woman assaulted in Midtown in possible hate crime” An Asian woman was randomly assaulted in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon in a possible hate crime attack, police and sources said. The 41-year-old victim was grabbed from behind and thrown to the ground as she walked along West 31st Street near Sixth Avenue at about 1…

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#Manhattan subway attack was anti-Asian crime: eyewitness

#Manhattan subway attack was anti-Asian crime: eyewitness

“#Manhattan subway attack was anti-Asian crime: eyewitness” A Sri Lankan immigrant attacked on a Manhattan train Friday afternoon was the victim of an anti-Asian attack, an eyewitness told WNBC-TV. Straphanger George Okrepkie was sitting across from victim Narayange Bodhi on Friday afternoon when the alleged assailant approached Bodhi, 68, and said “You Asian [mother-f—-r]” and…

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#NYC sex-workers advocates respond to Atlanta spa murders

#NYC sex-workers advocates respond to Atlanta spa murders

“#NYC sex-workers advocates respond to Atlanta spa murders” Advocates for Queens sex workers condemned the killings of eight people, including six massage workers, in Georgia and insisted the victims “faced specific racialized gendered violence for being Asian women and massage workers.” Red Canary Song — an organization founded following the death of Flushing masseuse Yang…

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