The New York City Police Department released a video on April 4 showing an Asian woman walking with friends in midtown Manhattan being ordered by a woman to remove her mask and then being attacked in the head with a hammer, and seeking medical attention with seven stitches. (Screenshot of video)
In New York City, an Asian woman walking with a friend in midtown Manhattan was ordered to take off her mask by a woman wearing black clothes and pants, and was then attacked with a hammer on the head, and received seven stitches. Police have not yet arrested the suspect. The day before, the American Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) also reported that an Asian teenager was beaten to a concussion after an opponent cursed racial slurs during a basketball game.
The police said that at about 8:45 p.m. on the 2nd, a 31-year-old woman who identified herself as Theresa in Midtown Manhattan was hit on the head with a mallet when the suspect refused to remove her mask.
The video released by the police shows that Theresa was walking with her friends to the subway station when she encountered a stranger who was mumbling and yelling at them, and attacked them unawares.
Dirisha said she initially tried to defend herself, but she felt her head and found it bleeding. She then collapsed to the ground, and several nearby passersby came to her aid before emergency personnel arrived, picking her up and helping to clean her wounds with bottled water.
The suspect is reportedly a woman over 50 years old, and New York City police said in an email response to the Daily Mail on March 3 that they believe the case “may have been biased” and that the city’s hate crimes unit is investigating.
In an interview with ABC7 News, Dirisha said she was physically and emotionally traumatized and frightened by the unprovoked attack.
She said she came to New York in 2019 to pursue a master’s degree at the Fashion Institute of Design (FIT) in New York. She was reunited with her parents in Taiwan during the Communist China virus (COVID-19) outbreak, and only returned to New York last month to start looking for a job.
She said her parents are concerned about the significant increase in anti-Asian crimes in the United States. She currently plans to return to Taiwan and then travel to New York when the situation is safer.
Since the outbreak of the epidemic, there has been a spate of anti-Asian attacks in the United States.
AAU basketball game explodes with players being hit to concussion
On May 1, an incident of discrimination against Asians was also reported in the American Amateur Athletic Union (AAU). An Asian teenager was beaten with a concussion after an opponent cursed racial slurs at an Oakland, California basketball game, and no one apologized for the incident.
The incident was filmed in its entirety. In the video, the victim, Evan, is pushed by an opposing player, who then gets up and is pushed by another player. There is an exchange of insults before the opponent punches Evan in the head.
Evan’s mother, Lennie, told KPIX 5, “No mom or dad is going to stand up for my son. I ran across the gym to save him.”
Lennie said the opposing player cursed a bunch of profanities and repeatedly cursed Ivan and his teammates with racial slurs.
According to Ivan’s father, Eduardo, 2/3 of the members on his son’s team are of Asian descent. Eduardo added that the incident resulted in a concussion for his son and “the worst part is that no one apologized.”
Ivan’s teammates confirmed the allegation to KPIX 5. Several parents reportedly confronted the tournament director over the incident, and he initially refused to watch a video of the incident.
The player who assaulted Ivan was banned from the 9-day tournament, but the other player who pushed Ivan faced no punishment. Ivan’s parents plan to call the police.
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