Chinatown in Manhattan recently had a vandalism case in broad daylight, a Chinese grocery store located at the corner of Mott St. and Hester St. was vandalized by an African-American man, and the goods were all over the floor; and the store employees said that many people witnessed the scene and took out their cell phones to take pictures, but no one called the police, and the businessmen also The shop staff said many people witnessed the scene have taken pictures with their mobile phones, but no one called the police, and the merchants after the incident also “think that the police is not very meaningful” so also chose to silence.
The vandalized “Huafeng grocery store” shopkeeper said that the case occurred in the afternoon of the 10th, an African-American man entered the store and started shouting and cursing, then began to knock the store furnished with rice and noodles and dry goods on the ground, and even dumped the garbage from the trash can outside the store into the store.
The store clerk said, “He came close and cursed in English, we do not understand what he said, and did not dare to easily stop.” When the reporter asked if there were photos of the day he shook his head repeatedly and said that it was a Time when Chinatown was bustling with people, many people witnessed the scene and took pictures with their phones, but no one went forward to stop or call the police.
The shopkeeper said that the next day on WeChat saw the photos about the store being smashed was forwarded, “angry and helpless, but also think that the police can not solve the problem, but add trouble, fear that he will come back to retaliate.”
Neighboring store owners also said that many businesses are suffering from such innocent attacks, their own store outside the goods have repeatedly been passing people “cursing and kicking over”; “we also want to call the police, but such a simple action of destruction, we as operators are losses, but when the police came people also ran away Why waste effort.”
Ms. Chen, a Chinese-American citizen, said she comes to Chinatown almost every day to buy Food, “I’m not used to seeing such things, I’ll go around”; and many people of foreign ethnicity wandering here are suffering from mental illness, Chinese people are attacked or bullied for no reason basically have the attitude that it’s better to do more than less, I hope the precinct branch can be more in the crowded places I hope that the precinct can deploy more manpower in the densely populated areas to deal with the emergency situation.
Chinatown Precinct City Police Precinct 5 said that it did not receive calls about the “Chinatown grocery store” vandalism, but still hope that the public and businesses can give law enforcement officers trust, because many suspects will be in the same area to similar methods of multiple crimes, if everyone can be active voice, it will have a deterrent effect, the police will also be based on the acquisition of The police will also actively search for suspects based on the clues they have.
The Fifth Precinct said it is recommended that businesses keep in touch with the community coordinating police officers (NCOs) in their area and notify them of problems immediately, so as to reduce the frequency of such cases.
The scene after the store was vandalized, with merchandise all over the floor.
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