Double Broken Bottle Stabbing In Washington Square Park

A 51-year-old man from Brooklyn got in a nasty altercation in Washington Square Park this afternoon that sent two young men to the the hospital. A Walk in the Park reports that Charles Graham "removed a broken bottle from a sock and slashed two males, ages 22 and 27" in a dispute around 1:15 p.m. around Washington Square North and Fifth Avenue. It is unclear if the slashing was in any way provoked.

The two victims were transported to Bellevue in stable condition while Graham was charged with two counts of felony assault and one count of criminal possession of a weapon, the NYPD says.

Graham apparently was having a bad day. He reportedly had assaulted a parks employee in the park just two hours earlier. While the worker was cleaning Graham apparently "removed his belongings and then hit the parks worker in the face and fled the scene."

Graham was arrested by the Parks Enforcement Police but, as you can see in the below video (which goes on for a very long time), was turned over to the NYPD "due to staffing commitments at the Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park."

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By Garth Johnston in News on June 10, 2011 6:54 PM

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ronshapley

Was the camera guy drunk ??

TheRealCannibal

This is the Old New York you assholes think you miss

smalll

People need to stop rushing to judgement. If the 24 and 27 year olds were fellow African-Americans, otherwise normal people, or even tourists, clearly, this was unfortunate. If they were pasty, neck-bearded, fedora-wearing trustafarian hipsters, Mr. Graham did a public service.

The video begins at the arrest; we do not see the victims. Stop the rush to judgement.

whatidsay

Advocating violence, regardless of the victims, is not funny.

Guest

And people still don't understand why cops beat the shit out of scumbag cocksuckers every once in a while? They have to deal with the biggest pieces of shit on a daily basis. Let 'em cave in a skull once in a while.

Peter Rosa

Here's what will happen: Chucky will post bail within 24 hours, then he'll hire a top-notch defense lawyer, spare no expense, and he'll beat the charges.

Daniel

Nah Chucky is obviously mentally ill like a lot of vagrants that attack people. Instead of being held in a mental health facility, he'll be under observation for two weeks and then released back onto the street; since the city and state refuses to pay for the lifelong supervision a lot of these crazies actually need.

villagent

No, Charles is probably locked in the tombs or Rikers where he will be for over a year or more before he even gets his day in court. I don't know what is so mentally ill about him -- if it was 2 against 1, I see no problem in using a bottle for self defense.

birdtird

Yes, definitely.

virgilstarkwell

classic, racist, 'gotcha' journalism.... showing a black guy actually doing what he's doing.

antimisogynycrusader

Where else is he supposed to keep the broken bottle? Pfftt....

Kimberley Truelove

Jesus, how tall is that mofo?

whitecastlerock

Hopefully he was caught with a lit cigarette in his mouth too...

whatidsay

Hmmm, a broken bottle in his sock. Not bad. Kind of makes the underwear bomber look like a pussy.

birdtird

Welcome to New York, now get the fuck out.

Peanut_Butter

Yeah, but what I wanna know is was it a Coke or Pepsi bottle?

Guest

Was it a gravity bottle with a locking shard?

AIG_Quant

Gothamist you racist bastards, why do you only posting stories about black people committing crime. I demand you start posting stories about whitey committing crime as well! And if there aint no white crime that day, post bike stories instead.