A man told an Asian woman to “get out of this country” and kicked her in an unprovoked Manhattan attack this week, cops said.
The 57-year-old woman was walking on West 16th Street near Tenth Avenue in Chelsea around 5:15 a.m. Tuesday when a man walking past her snarled, “Get out of this country” and kicked her in the hip, police said.
The suspect, shown in surveillance images released late Wednesday, fled after the attack.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.
The aggressor hurled racist insults at the victim before attacking her unprovoked, police said. NYPD
The suspect fled the scene following the street attack. NYPD
Protests took place in Times Square on March 16, 2022, following a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across the city. AFP via Getty ImagesThe incident comes amid a rise in hate crimes across the city, particularly against Asian- and Jewish-Americans.
On Wednesday, a man who allegedly attacked and hurled racist comments at two women of Asian descent at the Rockefeller Center station back in May was indicted on hate crime charges.
