The first day of the New Year turned out to be alarming for new York. On 1 January, in one of the carriages of the train there was a scuffle between a man and a woman. The incident occurred at about 7:00 at the station of Elder Avenue in the Bronx. Video of the incident shared by the Police Department of new York.
The footage video shows a man dressed in gray jeans and a jacket caramel color, beats his fists, the woman in black, and soon pushes her to the floor. On another video you can see how a woman repeatedly strikes the attacker.
We’re asking for your help identifying the man and woman depicted in this video, who engaged in a fight aboard the 6 train at the Elder Avenue station in the Bronx — Recognize them? ☎ I @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS with any information #YourCityYourCall @NYPD43Pct pic.twitter.com/uK2RwC0G80
— NYPD Transit (@NYPDTransit) January 5, 2020
On longer video you can see how during the fight the man beats the girl, grabs by the hair and pulls up on the platform and has a foot in the chest. I also hear that the witnesses are in no hurry to interfere, but just tell the attacker to leave the train, one of them even congratulated him on the New year.
According to police, some of the witnesses called 911. Soon arriving officers found a man and a woman in a state of alcoholic intoxication, which stated that they had only just verbal sparring. Both sides also denied that he received any injury.
Benevolent Association sergeants of the Police Department of new York shared a video on Twitter, calling members of the house of Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez reject the decision to refuse the state plan, which is to recruit 500 policemen to patrol the subway.
«A member of Congress, Ossario-Cortez does not believe that the Governor needs to hire another 500 police MTA to make metro safer. Look at the woman attacked, thrown to the ground and kicked. And this is the subway of new York.» — written by representatives of the Charitable Association of sergeants.
Congress woman Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t think the Governor should add 500 more MTA police officers to make the subways safer. Watch & you decide as a woman is assaulted, thrown to the ground and kicked. This is a NYC subway. https://t.co/5tJEZ9q6P0
— SBA (@SBANYPD) January 3, 2020
After the advent of video in social media, the police announced that is investigating and seeking to be involved in the fight. Anyone with information about the incident, the Police Department of new York encourages you to contact them.
