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The 65-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk in Manhattan when a man kicked her to the ground.
He continued to kick her in the head several times as she lay down.
It was all caught on camera and has become another in a series of hate attacks against Asians that are shaking America.
It was shortly before lunch on Monday that Vilma Kari, a 65-year-old immigrant from the Philippines, was suddenly and brutally attacked by a man while walking on the sidewalk in Manhattan in New York City.
The attack took place outside the lobby of a house with luxury apartments and everything was seen by security guards and captured by the building’s surveillance camera.
In the violent video recording, the man is seen trapping Vilma Kari on the ground with a kick to the stomach. Then he stands on her and kicks her several times in the head.
After the attack, he goes calmly.
According to police, he told the victim “you don’t belong here” during the attack.
The images were posted over and over on American television news channels and sites Tuesday night and added to the line for several high-profile hate crimes against Asian immigrants in recent times.
Photo: Police
Footage from the building’s surveillance camera.
Accused of spreading viruses
Research shows that hate crimes are generally on the decline in the United States, with the exception of crimes in which the victims are of Asian descent. On the contrary, they have more than doubled in the last year.
Several of the attacks captured on film have featured violence against older women.
According to police, there is outrage over the pandemic and that some people are falsely accusing Asian Americans of spreading the virus behind the rise in hate crimes.
Politicians in some circles have also set fire to loud noises. Among other things, former President Donald Trump has routinely called the coronavirus the “China virus” or used jokes like “King Flu.”
Several of his fellow party members in Congress have also insisted on calling the infection the “China virus.”
Photo: Kathy Willens / TT NEWS AGENCY
Two New York police officers at a crosswalk at an intersection on Main Street in Flushing, a mostly Asian-American neighborhood.
Photo: Craig Ruttle / TT NEWS AGENCY
Distriktsåklagare of New York Cyrus R Vance jr.
For many, the latest attack was the last straw.
That a 65-year-old woman can be half murdered in the middle of the morning on a street very close to the world-famous Times Square is seen by Americans of Asian descent as proof that they are not safe anywhere.
The fact that the security guards, judging by the movie, didn’t seem to lift a finger to help her has also added to the commotion.
– It feels like an emergency that happens in real time for several weeks. People are panicking. “Everyone is nervous,” Chris M Kwok, a board member of the New York Bar Association, told the New York Times.
Vilma Kari was taken to the hospital with bruises and received treatment for fractures on Tuesday.
Knife killer convicted arrested
The perpetrator was arrested early Wednesday after the NYPD released a photo of him leaving the crime scene to the media. The man has been identified as Brandon Elliot, 38.
According to New York District Attorney Cyrus R Vance Jr., he is a suspect on multiple counts of hate speech and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted. According to the police, they are now investigating whether he may be behind other attacks on Asian immigrants.
Brandon Elliot was released on parole in November 2019 after being sentenced to between 15 years and life in prison for stabbing his mother to death when he was 19 years old in 2002. His five-year-old sister witnessed the murder.
He was staying at a Manhattan hotel serving as a homeless shelter when he was arrested.
Photo: Police
The perpetrator, Brandon Elliot, was caught on camera as he left the crime scene.
New York City has had the largest increase in hate crimes against Asians of any major American city since the pandemic began. The police authority announced even before Monday’s attack that they will begin to station plainclothes policemen of Asian origin in areas with large groups of Asian immigrants.
Justice Minister Merrick B Garland has stated that the Justice Ministry should give higher priority to hate crimes that are prosecuted. President Biden has repeatedly condemned the rise in violent crimes against the country’s Asian population, calling it “anti-American.”
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