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Police are searching for this man in a hate crime assault. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice December 21, 2022 MANHATTAN - The NYPD is investigating a possible hate crime attack on Canal Street. Police released surveillance video of the suspect who could be homeless.  At around 7:45 pm on December 12, a 24-year-old man was walking down Canal Street and Broadway when a man in a baseball cap ran up to him. He punched the man in the face and shouted anti-gay statements, cops said.  The suspect then fled on foot in an unknown direction.  The victim refused medical attention at the scene.  The NYPD’s Hate Crime task force is investigating the assault as a possible hate crime.  The video released by police shows a disheveled man walking with what looks like a blanket and bedding. Police would not comment on whether the suspect was homeless or not.  Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime St...

‘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...

A straphanger (Left) struggled with a man who stole his backpack. The robber stabbed his victim repeatedly. By Dan Gesslein Manhattan Voice November 28, 2022 MANHATTAN - A straphanger was repeatedly stabbed at the Herald Square subway station during a robbery. Police released the dramatic video which captured the attack.  At around 10 pm on November 22, a 34-year-old man was riding the southbound F train approaching the Herald Square station at 34th Street. An unknown man approached him and asked for a cigarette. As the straphanger handed over a cigarette, the other man tried to remove cash from him.   The two men struggled within the subway car at which point the cigarette grubber pulled out a sharp object and stabbed the man in the torso.  When the train stopped at Herald Square and the doors opened, the fight continued onto the subway platform. The attacker stabbed the man in the left shoulder. He then yanked the backpack off his victim. Cops...