A New York couple has been arrested and charged after they were filmed launching a hateful rant against a family on a train earlier this month, calling them 'foreigners' and 'immigrants with no rights.'
A New York couple has been arrested and charged after they were filmed launching a hateful rant against a family on a train earlier this month, calling them"foreigners" and"immigrants with no rights."
The charges are in collaboration with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office and the Hate Crimes Unit, officials said.Liz Edelkind was with her 10-year-old son, husband and two others, on their way home from a New York Knicks game held at Madison Square Garden,reported. They were looking for seats on the train together and asked some passengers to move to accommodate them when Likerman and Digesaro allegedly started to yell.
Likerman was observed holding a beer can in his hand and threw beer from the can in the direction of the family, the complaint stated. “Those words that come out their mouths don’t come out unless you have hatred in your heart,” Edelkind said. “The attack was completely unprovoked, a situation they created.”
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