Dispute over dog waste in NYC turns violent

NEW YORK (PIX11) — A 75-year-old Crown Heights woman said she was brutally attacked by a younger woman after asking a neighbor to clean up after her dogs and the violent incident was caught on security cameras.

Linda Scott spoke to PIX11 News from her hospital bed, still shaken and bruised after the assault, which happened Monday outside her home on President Street in Crown Heights.

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Scott said, “it hurts, it’s hurtful.” Scott had tears in her eyes. She said the confrontation began when she asked a woman to clean up after her dogs. Words were exchanged, and then, she said a second younger woman suddenly attacked her.

“I was trying to cover my head as much as possible because she was kicking,” Scott said. “I was trying to call 911, but I couldn’t. Then my son came out of the house.”…

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