Global Courant 2023-05-18 01:12:36
New York City police arrested a teen suspected of involvement in an assault on a white man in Queens that officers say was racially motivated.
The unnamed 35-year-old victim was attacked at around 7 p.m. on May 14 by three teenagers behind a strip mall on Main Street in the Vlissingen district, police said. The three allegedly made anti-white remarks during the attack before fleeing to the F train to escape.
The victim suffered head pain but did not require medical attention, police said. The New York Daily News reported that the victim had refused medical attention.
Police have charged a 14-year-old man with assault as part of a hate crime after arresting him at 10:45am on Tuesday. The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force has taken charge of the investigation.
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On March 29, 2021, a plane flies over shops on Main Street in the Flushing neighborhood of Queens in New York City, USA. (Gabriela Bhaskar/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The NYPD has not disclosed the suspect’s race.
The FBI released a 2021 hate crime statistics update, noting that about 10.5% of such crimes are anti-white incidents, nearly double that of anti-Hispanic incidents, and more than the 7.7% are anti-Asian incidents. That number lags far behind anti-Black or African American hate crimes, which accounted for 31.1% of hate crimes.
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An NYPD officer is in a marked vehicle. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Other motivations for such crimes have included religious discrimination, but racial motivation remains the most important factor.
The attack follows an anti-white shooting in Oklahoma in which Carlton Gilford allegedly shot and killed two men with whom he had no connection on April 18, according to Tulsa police.
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An F train arrives at Smith-9th Sts. subway station as a person waits on the platform on August 3, 2022 in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)
Police said Gilford, who is homeless according to prison records, entered the Rudisill library at around 9:40 a.m., followed a man sitting at a desk and shot him in the back of the head. Later that day, Gilford allegedly shot a second man at a convenience store.
Gilford was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill, and one count of malicious harassment or harassment.
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The latest charge is Oklahoma’s version of a hate crime. Under Oklahoma law, there is no specific statute for hate crimes, but malicious harassment or harassment also includes targeting someone based on their race.
Fox News Digital’s Aaron Kliegman contributed to this report.
Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
