A Black woman in New York City survived an alleged hate crime after a man reportedly wearing a MAGA hat attempted to set her boots on fire.
Two men have been arrested in connection with an alleged anti-Black hate crime in which a woman was subjected to a racial slur and nearly set on fire by a suspect wearing a MAGA hat.
Michael Santiago, 31, and Michael James, 33, were taken into custody on Feb. 26 and face multiple hate crime charges, including attempted assault, criminal mischief, and menacing, PIX 11 reports. The charges stem from a Feb. 19 incident in which the two men, one seen wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat, allegedly set a 54-year-old woman’s boots on fire while making anti-Black remarks near West 26th Street and Seventh Avenue shortly before 3 p.m…