Results tagged “biascrime”

A grand jury has cleared an NYPD officer and three other men of assault charges in the case that saw the alleged black victim accusing the group of four Hispanics of being racially motivated in their attack. 52-year-old Darryl Jackson had said that the men called him the n-word and told him to "go back to Africa" in the Sunday morning altercation at a Roosevelt deli that he says involved them beating him with a bat. But a physician could not find evidence of a bat attack. The DA said, "Different people saw various portions of the incident and nearly all of them managed to see something completely different." Jackson told reporters, "What proof did they need? For me to be dead? I feel like I'm a victim twice." He plans to file federal charges claiming that his civil rights were violated. Officer Juan Nunez, who has has been on modified duty since being charged, will now return to the force full time. Fernando Mateo, president of Hispanics Across America, said of the decision, "We must stop invoking the word hate whenever a person of color is involved in an altercation."

The story around the possible hate crime attack on a Q train the other night seems to be made for the season. Not only does it come while subway violence is a big topic, it also involves a group of Jewish subway riders being called "dirty Jews" and "Jew bitches" and attacked by people who cried, "Happy Hanukkah, that's when the Jews killed Jesus." And here's the kicker: The only person who stepped in...

Police are investigating an attack on a Brooklyn-bound Q train as a possible hate crime. A group of people (WNBC says they were on their way home from Hanukkah celebrations) were called anti-Semitic phrases and then beaten up by another group of ten people at Canal Street. The Post has some more details: Apparently one of the attackers "made anti-Semitic remarks about Jews killing Jesus, saying, 'This is a Christian country.'" But the father of...