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Former NYPD Chief of Detectives Boyce questions DA after no hate crime charge in Chinatown stabbing WABC Share: CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) The wave of violent unprovoked attacks against Asian Americans may end up with a man losing his life. Sources say the 36-year-old stabbed in his back in Chinatown last week with an 8-inch-kitchen knife is not likely to survive but is still fighting for his life. Meanwhile, community leaders are outraged after the Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance dropped the 2nd degree attempted murder as a hate crime charge, just a day after it was filed. The DA said there was no evidence the suspect saw his victim s face. ....
It happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday at the East Broadway F train station near Rutgers Street. Eyewitness News obtained exclusive surveillance video of the incident, which shows the assailant waiting until the 56-year-old victim walks past him to launch the attack. Police are investigating yet another unprovoked attack against a person of Asian descent He punches the victim and pushes him to the ground, where he punches him in the eye and elbows him in the mouth repeatedly. The construction worker, Teoh Ming Soon, is an immigrant from Malaysia and has been in the U.S. for about 20 years. ....
CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) A 23-year-old Brooklyn man isn t facing hate crime charges after all after he allegedly stabbed an Asian man in the back because he told police he didn t like the way he looked at him. According to the criminal complaint, 23-year-old Salman Muflihi is charged with second-degree attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault, and third-degree criminal possession of a weapon. Police initially indicated that the attack may have been racially motivated, but the Manhattan District Attorney s Office declined to prosecute the stabbing as a hate crime. Investigators have nothing so far to indicate the defendant ever saw the victim s face prior to the attack, a law enforcement official told ABC News. ....
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials attended a rally in Lower Manhattan Saturday in support of the Asian American community targeted in random acts of violence in New York City and across the country. ....
Mayor Bill de Blasio and other city officials attended a rally in Lower Manhattan Saturday in support of the Asian American community targeted in random acts of violence in New York City and across the country. ....