A street-violence video that made the rounds online this week featuring Anthony Caines, the man who was arrested last month on charges that he spit on numerous women in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, has prompted new public attention and fresh concerns about vigilantism in New York.
Anthony Caines, who is 45, was arrested on November 13 after several women reported that a man had approached and spat into their faces while walking through Williamsburg.
But the online discussion about the case exploded weeks later when a violent video emerged on social media showing two unidentified men attacking Caines outside a hair salon on Sixth Street…