A vicious attack on an Asian American woman as she walked to church near New York City바카라™s Times Square is drawing widespread condemnation and raising alarms about the failure of bystanders to intervene amid a rash of anti-Asian violence across the U.S.
A lone assailant was seen on surveillance video late Monday morning, kicking the 65-year-old woman in the stomach, knocking her to the ground and stomping on her face, all as police say he shouted anti-Asian slurs and told her, 바카라śyou don바카라™t belong here.바카라ť
The attack happened outside an apartment building two blocks from Times Square, a bustling, heavily policed section of midtown Manhattan known as the 바카라śCrossroads of the World.바카라ť
Two workers inside the building who appeared to be security guards were seen on the video witnessing the attack but failing to come to the woman바카라™s aid. Their union said they called for help immediately. The attacker was able to casually walk away while onlookers watched, the video showed.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the video of the attack 바카라śabsolutely disgusting and outrageous바카라ť and said it was 바카라śabsolutely unacceptable바카라ť that witnesses did not intervene.
바카라śI don바카라™t care who you are, I don바카라™t care what you do, you바카라™ve got to help your fellow New Yorker,바카라ť de Blasio said Tuesday at his daily news briefing.
바카라śIf you see someone being attacked, do whatever you can,바카라ť he said. 바카라śMake noise. Call out what바카라™s happening. Go and try and help. Immediately call for help. Call 911. This is something where we all have to be part of the solution. We can바카라™t just stand back and watch a heinous act happening.바카라ť
Mayoral candidate Andrew Yang, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, said the victim 바카라ścould easily have been my mother.바카라ť He too criticized the bystanders, saying their inaction was 바카라śexactly the opposite of what we need here in New York City.바카라ť
The attack comes amid a national spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, and happened just weeks after a mass shooting in Atlanta that left eight people dead, six of them women of Asian descent. The surge in violence has been linked in part to misplaced blame for the coronavirus and former President Donald Trump바카라™s use of racially charged terms like 바카라śChinese virus.바카라ť
This year in New York City there have been 33 hate crimes with an Asian victim as of Sunday, police said. There were 11 such attacks by the same time last year.
On Friday, in the same neighborhood as Monday바카라™s attack, a 65-year-old Asian American woman was accosted by a man waving an unknown object and shouting anti-Asian insults. A 48-year-old man was arrested the next day and charged with menacing. He is not suspected in Monday바카라™s attack.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called Monday바카라™s attack 바카라śhorrifying and repugnant바카라ť and he ordered a state police hate crimes task force to offer its assistance to the NYPD. No arrests have been made.
The NYPD바카라™s Hate Crime Task Force, which is investigating the attack, released surveillance video of the attack and photographs of the suspect Monday evening and asked anyone with information to contact the department바카라™s confidential hot line or submit tips online.
The woman attacked Monday was hospitalized with serious injuries. She was discharged Tuesday evening, a hospital spokesperson said. Her name has not been released.
According to video footage of the assault Monday, two people who appeared to be security guards walked into the frame and one of them closed the building door as the woman was on the ground.
The property developer and manager of the building, Brodsky Organization, wrote on Instagram that it was aware of the assault and said staff members who witnessed it were suspended pending an investigation.
The head of the union representing building workers disputed allegations that the door staff failed to act. He said the union has information that they called for help immediately.
바카라śOur union is working to get further details for a more complete account, and urges the public to avoid a rush to judgment while the facts are determined,바카라ť SEIU 32BJ President Kyle Bragg said in a written statement. He condemned the attack as 바카라śyet another example of the unbridled hate and terror바카라ť against Asian Americans.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea announced last week that the department would increase outreach and patrols in predominantly Asian communities, including the use of undercover officers to prevent and disrupt attacks.
The neighborhood where Monday바카라™s attack occurred, Hell바카라™s Kitchen, is predominantly white, with an Asian population of less than 20%, according to city demographic data.
Shea called Monday바카라™s attack 바카라śdisgusting,바카라ť telling TV station NY1: 바카라śI don바카라™t know who attacks a 65-year-old woman and leaves her on the street like that.바카라ť
According to a report from Stop AAPI Hate, more than 3,795 incidents were reported to the organization from March 19, 2020, to Feb. 28. The group, which tracks incidents of discrimination, hate and xenophobia against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the U.S., said that number is 바카라śonly a fraction of the number of hate incidents that actually occur.바카라ť
