A man was arrested for a string of anti-Asian hate crimes in Chinatown after being picked up for an assault that knocked a passenger onto the tracks inside a Bowery subway station. Details are as follows:
On Wednesday, October 29, at approximately 4 p.m. police responded to a 911 call of an assault inside the Bowery J/Z subway station, within the confines of the 5th Precinct / Transit District 4. Upon arriving, cops found a 45-year-old male had been called an “Asian f**k,” sucker punched, and knocked to the tracks.
The victim—who’d been able to climb back onto the platform—was conscious and alert, with facial injuries EMS treated at the scene…