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ShinyGodzilla t1_ix7jkt1 wrote

Reply to comment by 1600hazenstreet in Weekly Crime Thread - Week of November 15, 2022 by AutoModerator

>A hate-spewing trio called a man an “Asian pig” and kicked and punched him on a Midtown train after demanding that he and a female companion give up their seats, cops said Sunday.

>The three suspects, a man and two women, approached their 42-year-old victim and his 41-year-old female companion, who are both Asian, on the shuttle train from Grand Central Station to Times Square around 8 p.m. Saturday, police said.

>The suspects ordered the victims to give up their seats, cops said. When that apparently didn’t happen, the suspects punched and kicked the male victim, leaving him with a small cut on his head, according to cops.

>The suspects then fled the train at Times Square.

>The victim refused medical attention, cops said.

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Something_Berserker t1_ix8twgi wrote

Don’t the shuttle trains have the seats removed? Imagine being such an idiot that you commit a crime for a 1-stop seat? I know it’s not about the seat but about hate, asserting dominance and intimidating people, but this is so ridiculous.

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elizabeth-cooper t1_ixcr4ey wrote

I was once sitting on a park bench and a homeless person told me it was "his" bench. Without a word I gave him "his" bench. Is it fun to be treated like that? Of course not. But if you're sitting on a 1-stop shuttle and some racist asshole wants your seat, just give him your damn seat and walk away. You're not going to win a fight with crazy.

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