Subway Hate Crime Suspect Arrested
Screamed ‘Asian Pig’ as They Beat Couple
By Dan Gesslein
Manhattan Voice
November 30, 2022
MANHATTAN - Police arrested a female member of a trio who beat a subway rider on the Times Square Shuttle while spewing anti-Asians remarks.
The NYPD announced the arrest of 19-year-old Dream Commisso. She was charged with assault, hate crime, aggravated harassment, assault, menacing and harassment. Two other attackers are still at large.
At around 8 pm on Saturday, November 19, a 42-year-old man and a 41-year-old woman, both of Asian decent, were sitting in the subway shuttle from Grand Central to Times Square, when the trio approached them. The group demanded that the couple give up their seats to them. When they refused, the attackers began punching and kicking the male straphanger and allegedly screaming out “Asian Pig.”
When the shuttle arrived at Times Square the attackers ran out of the train and out of the train station to the street above. They may have fled but not before riders on the train snapped photos of suspected attackers.
The victim suffered a cut to the head but refused medical attention at the scene.
No official word yet if the case is being investigated by the hate crimes task force.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls are strictly confidential.
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