Police have released a sketch of the man who allegedly punched and stabbed a black mother of two when she got off the subway in Brooklyn last week -- an attack her family has said was racially motivated. The suspect is described as being a white man in his 30s; the sketch released Tuesday is based on a witness description, police say, though it's not clear if that witness was the victim, 57-year-old Ann Marie Washington. Washington was hospitalized Sunday, two days after the attack, after having surgery for a collapsed lung due to the stabbing, her family told NBC 4 New York. She was on her way home from work Friday evening and had just stepped off the subway at the Church Avenue stop in Brooklyn when she was attacked, advocates said. The man, who was white, punched her in the mouth and stabbed her in the chest while calling her a "black b----," advocates said. Washington, who is black, is a native of Trinidad. Top News Pics: Michelle Obama Visits High School Alma Mater … [Read more...] about Cops Release Sketch of White Suspect in Subway Attack on Black Mother of Two
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MAGA-hat wearing suspect in subway attack arrested, NYPD says
NEW YORK -- The NYPD arrested a Brooklyn man Thursday who is suspected of allegedly punching and pushing a man onto the tracks in what investigators have dubbed a hate crime, CBS New York reports. Police say 47-year-old Willie P. Ames, wearing a red "Make America Great Again" hat, started fighting with a 24-year-old Hispanic man on a subway train as it was approaching Union Square on Friday around 8:15 p.m. Ames allegedly started making multiple derogatory remarks regarding the victim's ethnicity. He then followed the victim off the train and punched him in the head multiple times. Police say Ames then pushed the victim onto the tracks before running off. Luckily, a friend helped the victim to safety. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for a minor head wound. On Monday, police detained another black man wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat on the Upper East Side, but he turned out to be the wrong man. Police cleared him after making a few calls and … [Read more...] about MAGA-hat wearing suspect in subway attack arrested, NYPD says
‘MAGA’ maniac in racist subway attack deemed construction worker drug-dealing, job-stealing Mexican
Construction worker Luis Lopez said Monday he was just minding his own business when a man in a “Make America Great Again” hat stepped towards him on a Manhattan subway platform, sized him up as a drug-dealing, job-stealing Mexican — and shoved him onto the tracks. “I fell head-first,” said Lopez, 24. “My head hit the railing. I tried to get up, but lost consciousness. I couldn’t move. My friend jumped in to get me out. He saved my life. “Thank God there wasn’t a train coming — it would have been a sure death. I would have died if it wasn’t for him.” The suspect in the Friday night attack at the Union Square station was still being sought late Monday. Police said he was wearing the red “Make American Great Again” hat made famous by now-President Trump during the 2016 campaign. “I want police to catch this guy,” Lopez said. “He could push someone else on the track. Maybe the next … [Read more...] about ‘MAGA’ maniac in racist subway attack deemed construction worker drug-dealing, job-stealing Mexican
‘MAGA’ lunatic spewed President Trump’s anti-Mexican lines during racist subway attack: ‘You take our jobs’
A MAGA-loving lunatic who punched a Mexican man and shoved him onto the train tracks in Union Square spouted some of President Trump's most-repeated anti-Mexican lines during the racist attack, cops said Sunday. "You come here and you take our jobs," charged the attacker, who was sporting a red "Make America Great Again" hat and shirt. "You bring drugs." The onslaught of derogatory statements began when both men were riding an uptown No. 4 train Friday, according to police. At Union Square, the Trump-loving maniac, who is black, followed the victim off the train, punched him repeatedly in the head and pushed him onto the train tracks about 8:15 p.m. In speeches after announcing his candidacy, Trump often blamed Mexicans for stealing American jobs. "They're bringing drugs, they're bringing crime, they're rapists," he said in a rambling tirade at Trump Tower in June 2015. ‘MAGA’ maniac shoves Mexican man onto Union Square subway tracks The … [Read more...] about ‘MAGA’ lunatic spewed President Trump’s anti-Mexican lines during racist subway attack: ‘You take our jobs’
Man in Suit Beats Down on Stranger in Times Square Subway Station: NYPD
UPDATE: NYPD Identifies Suspect in Horrifying Subway Attack The NYPD is looking for a well-dressed man caught on camera pummeling a stranger on a subway platform in Times Square last week. STORM TEAM 4 Nor'easter Socks Region With 20 Inches of Snow, More Outages Surveillance footage from inside the Times Square subway station Tuesday evening shows the man in a suit, tie and overcoat winding up and throwing a haymaker at a fellow straphanger as he got off the train. 130 Years Later: Dramatic Pics, Crazy Tales of 1888 Blizzard The man punches the straphanger several times -- even getting passed by fellow commuters who do not stop to help -- until the victim is crumpled on the ground. The man then walks off. According to authorities, the suspect asked his victim why he was staring at him on the train before the attack. Tony-Winning Actress Hurt in Wreck That Killed Kids: Source The 22-year-old suffered two chipped teeth and swelling due to his … [Read more...] about Man in Suit Beats Down on Stranger in Times Square Subway Station: NYPD