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NYC Man Reportedly Brain-Dead After Random, Possibly Racially Motivated, Attack
A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon that left a complete stranger critically hurt, reports CBS New York.
Jeffrey Babbitt, a 62-year-old retired train conductor, was walking through the crowd near tables set up with chess boards when the suspect in the attack - 31-year-old Lashawn Marten - shouted a racial comment before hitting Babbitt in the head.
"He said 'The next white person who walks by, I'm going to [expletive],'" one female witness told WCBS-TV. "His fist went in and the man's head bobbed and he hit the ground and you could hear his skull hitting the ground."
The man continued his rampage before demanding to see police officers.
"He stood there and hit two more people and asked for the police to come," Michael Benson said.
Marten, who is apparently homeless, was watching people play chess in the park and reportedly complained that nobody wanted to play chess with him prior to the attack, according to 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria.
Police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, according to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.
NYC Man Reportedly Brain-Dead After Random, Possibly Racially Motivated, Attack
CBS News ^ | September 07, 2013
NYC man reportedly brain-dead after random, possibly racially motivated, attack - CBS News
NYC Man Reportedly Brain-Dead After Random, Possibly Racially Motivated, Attack
A man allegedly went on a rampage in Union Square on Wednesday afternoon that left a complete stranger critically hurt, reports CBS New York.
Jeffrey Babbitt, a 62-year-old retired train conductor, was walking through the crowd near tables set up with chess boards when the suspect in the attack - 31-year-old Lashawn Marten - shouted a racial comment before hitting Babbitt in the head.
"He said 'The next white person who walks by, I'm going to [expletive],'" one female witness told WCBS-TV. "His fist went in and the man's head bobbed and he hit the ground and you could hear his skull hitting the ground."
The man continued his rampage before demanding to see police officers.
"He stood there and hit two more people and asked for the police to come," Michael Benson said.
Marten, who is apparently homeless, was watching people play chess in the park and reportedly complained that nobody wanted to play chess with him prior to the attack, according to 1010 WINS' Carol D'Auria.
Police are investigating the attack as a possible hate crime, according to NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly.
There was nothing questionable about this attack. It was racist.
It's too bad there wasn't someone with an AR in the crowd to zip that ******. Hell, a tazer would have worked. And why didn't passerby intervene? What a bunch of cowards.
your racism and hate is fucking disgusting.
careful, for karma is a bitch.
well, the thug said he was going to punch the next white guy out.
Of course blacks are more important and a protected class within your mind.
well, the thug said he was going to punch the next white guy out.
Of course blacks are more important and a protected class within your mind.
Not at all, I just want to know if three 20 year old white men picking on a 14 year old black kid and his friends was racially motivated.
well, the thug said he was going to punch the next white guy out.
Of course blacks are more important and a protected class within your mind.
Not at all, I just want to know if three 20 year old white men picking on a 14 year old black kid and his friends was racially motivated.
well, the thug said he was going to punch the next white guy out.
Of course blacks are more important and a protected class within your mind.
Not at all, I just want to know if three 20 year old white men picking on a 14 year old black kid and his friends was racially motivated.
