Manhattan DA Declines To Pursue Hate Crime Charges In Stabbing Of Asian Man In Lower Manhattan

New York City NY

03 March, 2021

5:55 PM

Description

CBS New York March 3, 2021 Controversy is brewing over the Manhattan district attorney's decision not to bring a hate crime charge in the stabbing of an Asian-American man in Lower Manhattan. Surveillance video shows the 36-year-old victim walking when his attacker runs up behind and stabs him in the back. It happened around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday outside the federal courthouse on Worth and Baxter Streets. The suspect, 24-year-old Salman Muflihi, was held on half a million bail for charges brought by the Manhattan DA, including attempted murder and assault — but not a hate crime. Read more at CBS New York