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Hate Crime- Man attacked on Washington and Empire — Brooklynian

Hate Crime- Man attacked on Washington and Empire

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  • lilern
    lilern
    WOW - very close to home....
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    Close to home indeed. 

    I wonder whether the perpetrator is either of the two men whom I pass on my way to the train in the morning, asking for money. (They often sit on Empire near the Dunkin Donuts.) 
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    @mugofmead111 -
    Is either man (or both men) of the variety that they try to pick a fight with anyone who walks by?

    ...trying to provoke on the basis of race, sexual identity, etc?


  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    edited October 2014
    @whynot_31 - I've seen one of the men get verbally combative once when a guy didn't give him money. This individual also turned on me once verbally when I ignored him as I walked by. (I never even acknowledged him or gave him any reason to attempt to interact with me.) That's the extent of any irregular behavior that I have witnessed. 

    I do keep an eye on what this one guy does whenever I walk by him in the morning just in case something off were to happen again.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited October 2014
    I find this incident interesting in that it happened at 10:45 in the morning.

    Hopefully the perpetrator is dumb enough to still be walking around the neighborhood in the same clothes he was wearing on camera, and has a hammer on his person.

    ....such lack of insight helps the police do their jobs.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited October 2014
    Rachel writes a follow up piece, with some additional details:

    http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141014/crown-heights/man-beaten-with-hammer-anti-gay-hate-crime-police-say
  • MasTacos
    MasTacos
    This is awful. PIX 11 just ran a live segment on the evening news.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    edited October 2014
    Slow motion, digitally enhanced video of suspect, with hammer in hand:  
  • mugofmead111
    mugofmead111
    I don't recognize this man. I do recognize the building. 

    This crime is so odd and so random. How does one protect oneself from such nonsense?
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