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Two stabbings underground and one above have occured in less than 24 hours, with four people injured. The first one is the C train incident where tourist Chris McCarthy was repeated stabbed by a man who simply walked up to him. McCarthy didn't even realize he had been stabbed until he saw that he was bleeding; the unprovoked stabbing occured near 110th and Central Park West - the stabber got away there, and then the train was stopped at 103rd and CPW to help McCarthy. McCarthy, McCarthy's girlfriend Ganda Krisananuwatara, and another friend took the downtown C at 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue; the Post says they took the wrong train after visiting a museum, but it's unclear which museum they went to.
Krisananuwatara told reporters that stabber got on at 125th and St. Nicholas and that the police told her it might have been a gang initiation, since the attacker didn't say anything. She was also very upset: "This was our second day here, and it's just ruined... We were going to stay in New York two weeks. He might have to stay in the hospital the whole time we planned to be here... Now I'll have the most terrible stories to tell when I get back." McCarthy's uncle told the Daily News, "It was horribly unlucky. I've had the pleasure of visiting New York City and it was a wonderful experience."
Police are still looking for the stabber, who is described as being a black man in his 20s and around 5'5". Mayor Bloomberg offered McCarthy's family free hotel rooms while they visit their son, who is at St. Luke's. The stabbing immediately brought back memories of the 1990 fatal subway stabbing of Utah tourist Brian Watkins. Watkins was killed at the 53rd Street and 7th Avenue station, when men were harrassing his mother; Watkins' father Sherm told the Daily News, "The legacy of our son's death is that things have gotten better. The murder rate has gone down. At least we've come that far. We don't want to see it go backwards... We're thankful that [McCarthy] is going to be all right, that he will survive. Our son didn't and we live with that."
The second and third stabbing incidents occured in midtown this morning. Around 4AM, a man was stabbed during a robbery at the Rockefeller Center subway station. And at 4:15AM, in front of the W Hotel at Broadway and 47th Street, two women were stabbed. It's unclear whether any of the stabbings are related.
Update: A man was arrested for the stabbing incident outside the W Hotel. Police are investigating whether or not he committed any of the other stabbings.
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Black man strikes again. What a surprise.
And if he was white? Be quiet tim.
Senseless violence is a trait that seems to follow all races.
They better find him soon before he strikes again. He must've flipped.
Gangs, b roo.
This is only the beginning ... there's this vibe that things are going to start going downhill in a bad way.
the police arrested a suspect already.
good work, nypd.
NY1 reported this morning that they've arrested someone:
http://www.ny1.com/ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=1&aid=60196
Gotta agree with Tim. It's almost a surprise when the suspect is not black.
dont feed the trolls...
the joy of anonymous racists on the internet.
Yeah, this has nothing to do with race. It's completely random. That's the scary part.
And arresting a suspect means the true culprit was found? Fuck this pussy who stabbed an innocent guy on the subway. What a tough guy. Probably gets his ass kicked daily by real thugs.
Yeah, this has nothing to do with race except if you look at all the crimes reported on Gothamist, 91% of them are black! GOTHAMIST are the real racists. ALways, only reporting black crimes. I saw this chinese food delivery guy stealing some ketchup packets from mcdonald's but Gothamist doesn't report that, only black people raping, killing and robbing. That's just wrong.
Yeah, if this dude were white it would be real news. Black people committing crimes isn't news, it's reality.
not true,
gothamist also loves to report on pervies.
Braumstein and the subway flashers.
Yeah, this has nothing to do with race. It's completely random.
Except for the fact that it's a black guy targeting white people. I thought whites were a minority in NYC, so what's the probability that he randomly picked three different groups of white people to stab? I know it's possible, but it sounds to mw like he should be charged with race-hate charges as well as generally stabbing-people charges.
Anyone happen to be on the Brooklyn bound L train 2 saturdays ago around 5pm? between 8 ave & 6th there was some serious scuffle and a whole mob of people rushing out of one car screaming knife.
I was on the train but couldnt see anything and when I told the booth operator at 6th ave he was none too concerned.. only asked "Were they black or white?" I dont know--mulatto??
Maybe we need a knife amnesty program like our friends across the pond:
http://armchairathlete.blogspot.com/2006/06/taking-stab-at-crime.html
I can't stand how the white devil always pins the crimes on us blacks. Black people don't rob, kill or rape at all! It's all the white man's media portrayal of us so they don't have to pay us reparations. They also have this huge hypno beam that they use to inject subversive thoughts into the pure hearts of black men. They poison our food and water supply. goddamn white devils and their hypno beam!
And I thought all the nuts were on the street.
Idea for random crime prevention program: buy/lease a laptop.
It gets earlier and earlier each year; back in my day (the 80s) Stabbing season didn't start until at least August.
I thought the victim was Asian?
(an Asian Texan)
It's only considered racism when the perp(s) are black or hispanic. buck up you phonies and stop playing the race card.
Where is Al Sharpton shouting about "the culture of violence by [add race here]" ? Or is this kind of lunatic statement reserved only for faked rape accusations by black prostitutes ?
I was in London for 9 days one week ago, and in that period of time 2 kids were stabbed to death arbitrarilly in the street. One was just waiting on a corner for his ride home at night.
They have something over there called "Happy-Slapping" which is apparently just the open practice of completely random violent assault [most often w knives]. It's definitely the driving force behind the Knife Amnesty mentioned above.
This is terrible, but its still one of the safest periods in NYC history. No debate there.
Al Sharpton is a great actor. He's also a well known racist.
There was another subway stabbing in Brooklyn this morning:
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=local&id=4269323
I would only expect greatness from crown heights.
Unfortunately, it seems that the victims were primarily tourists. Although NYC is safer, it's still not that safe. You still have to be alert and very aware of your surroundings.
A few Saturdays ago, I saw some buses from Quebec province discharge their passengers by Battery Park so that these people could wander around the area. This was slightly before 6AM in the morning, and the area was virtually deserted.
Is Gothamist blocking posts now?