By West Side Rag
An 81-year-old man was attacked Sunday on the Upper West Side, police said on Monday evening.
The 81-year-old man was walking around 8:45 a.m. in front of 2049 Broadway, near the corner of West 71st Street, when a man punched him multiple times in the face, police said. The attacker then fled the scene on foot toward Amsterdam, and the victim was treated by medics after being taken to the 20th Precinct station house, NYPD added.
There was no clear motive in the attack, police said.
Anyone with information regarding 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).
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If found and arrested, with be immediately released, most likely without bail
Don’t let facts get in the way of your right wing fearmongering.
thanks for your bot-like reply
I don’t see why you feel the need to speculate, judges have discretion to set bail/release terms. Most importantly, NYPD needs to catch the guy first, lets hope they do their jobs.
Was this a hate crime?