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‘Batman’ Who Beat Homeless Man Charged - Cops Say Police have made an arrest in the vicious baseball bat attack in NYC. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 7, 2022  MANHATTAN - Police have made an arrest in the NYC bat attack in which the attacker snuck up behind his target and struck him upside the back of the head with a baseball bat he had hidden in his pants.  Police arrested 26-year-old Karim Azizi of West 149th Street. He was charged with assault, attempted assault and criminal posession of a weapon in the vicious attack which took place in front of a slew of police cameras.  At around 8 am on November 29, a 47-year-old homeless man was walking down Amsterdam Avenue when a man dressed in black walked up behind him, pulled a baseball bat out of his pants, and whacked him in the back of the head.   The victim fell to the ground grabbing his head and rolling onto his back. The attacker is then seen hovering over him as he lay sprawled a...

Attacked Beneath NYPD Cameras Police are searching for the man who whacked a homeless man upside the back of the head with a baseball bat. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 5, 2022 MANHATTAN - A brazen, bat wielding brute bashed a homeless man’s head in with a baseball bat in full view of NYPD cameras.  Police released the dramatic video of the attack. At around 8 am on November 29, a 47-year-old homeless man was walking down Amsterdam Avenue when a man dressed in black walked up behind him, pulled a baseball bat out of his pants, and whacked him in the back of the head.   The victim fell to the ground grabbing his head and rolling onto his back. The attacker is then seen hovering over him as he lay sprawled across the sidewalk. The attacker was seen yelling at the helpless man.  He then casually walked away.  Investigators said the victim and his attacker had been in a verbal dispute prior to the attack. EMS rushed the victim to H...