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Arrest Made in Vicious NYC Attack Against Asian-American Woman
NYC Man Sentenced for
2021 Anti-Asian Attack
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Feb 22, 2024 3:00 AM CST

NYC Man Sentenced for 2021 Anti-Asian Attack

Older woman, an immigrant, was brutally attacked in Times Square

(Newser) - The New York man who brutally attacked an Asian-American woman in New York's Times Square in 2021 was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Brandon Elliot, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of assault in the first degree as a hate crime and one count of criminal...

Man Who Attacked Asian Family in Sam's Club Gets 25 Years

Jose Gomez III said his victims were 'from the country who started spreading that disease around'

(Newser) - A Texas man has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars on hate crime charges after attacking an Asian family in a Midland Sam's Club at the start of the pandemic. The Washington Post reports that 21-year-old Jose Gomez, who pleaded guilty in February to those charges, heard his...

NYPD: Man Attacked 7 Asian Women in 2-Hour Spree

It started with a punch to the face around 6:30pm Tuesday

(Newser) - On Tuesday came news that an Asian woman repeatedly hit in the head with a large rock in New York City in November had died —and another grim story involving Asian women in the city: Police asked for the public's help in identifying a man who went on...

Asian Woman Repeatedly Hit With Rock in NYC Has Died

GuiYing Ma spent 10 weeks in a coma

(Newser) - A New York City grandmother has died three months after she was repeatedly hit in the head with a large rock. GuiYing Ma, 62, was attacked the day after Thanksgiving while she was sweeping the sidewalk outside a building in the Jackson Heights neighborhood in Queens, the New York Daily ...

Woman Killed In Unprovoked Shove In Front of Subway

NYC attack took place in Times Square on Saturday

(Newser) - A woman catching the subway at New York City's Times Square on Saturday was pushed in front of an oncoming train and killed, per NBC News . Authorities called the attack random and said the suspect initially fled before turning himself into police a short time later. The 40-year-old victim,...

Chinese Immigrant Dies of Injuries Months After Attack

Yao Pan Ma, 61, was collecting cans in East Harlem

(Newser) - Update: A Chinese immigrant who was brutally attacked in April while collecting cans in East Harlem has died of his injuries, the AP reports. Yao Pan Ma, 61, died Dec. 31, police said Saturday. The attack drew national attention during the increase in hate crimes against Asian people. Police said...

In Another Anti-Asian Attack, Woman Punched in NYC
Asian Woman Felled
by Punch in NYC
Jun 1, 2021 6:47 AM CDT

Asian Woman Felled by Punch in NYC

Suspect is arrested in Chinatown in latest anti-Asian attack

(Newser) - The random attacks on Asian Americans continue. The latest is out of New York City's Chinatown, where video shows a man randomly punching a 55-year-old Asian woman in the face early Monday evening, reports CBS New York . The woman falls to the ground, but police say she is expected...

Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Bill Clears Congress

It's now headed for Biden's desk

(Newser) - Congress approved legislation Tuesday intended to curtail a striking rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, sending President Biden a bipartisan denunciation of the spate of brutal attacks that have proliferated during the pandemic. The bill, which the House passed on a 364-62 vote, will expedite the...

2 Asian Women Stabbed in San Francisco

Suspect has been arrested

(Newser) - Police arrested a man who they say is suspected of stabbing two Asian-American women without warning Tuesday afternoon in San Francisco's Mid-Market area, the AP reports. Officers were sent to 4th and Stockton streets shortly before 5pm and found the wounded women, who were taken to a hospital. There...

'Chilling Message' Remains After Attack on Filipino Woman

Longer video shows workers helping victim, but NYC locals still anxious over 'inaction'

(Newser) - The outpouring of outrage prompted by a vicious attack earlier this week on an elderly Asian American woman outside a New York City condo complex was directed not only at the perpetrator of the attack, but also at three men inside the building who appeared to not help the Filipino...

Workers That Stood by During Anti-Asian Attack Suspended

NYC mayor says it's unacceptable that nobody tried to help 65-year-old woman

(Newser) - Staff members at a New York City building who witnessed a brutal attack on an Asian woman and did nothing to help the victim have been suspended. The Brodsky Organization, which manages the building in midtown Manhattan, says the workers have been suspended "pending an investigation in conjunction with...

In NYC, 2 More Brutal Assaults on Asian Americans

Elderly woman was punched and kicked on 43rd Street as witnesses did nothing

(Newser) - An elderly Asian-American woman was attacked by a man Monday afternoon who punched and kicked her in front of witnesses who seemingly stood by, according to surveillance footage released by the New York City Police Department. The 65-year-old woman was walking along 43rd Street when a man came up to...

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