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31-year-old New York woman was scheduled to appear before a judge Sunday after being charged with murder as a hate crime for shoving a Hindu man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train.
A man walks past a subway stop in Manhattan on December 5, 2012 in New York City. A 31-year-old New York woman was scheduled to appear before a judge Sunday after being charged with murder as a hate crime for shoving a Hindu man to his death in front of an oncoming subway train
Erika Menendez of the Bronx borough was motivated by hatred of Muslims and Hindus, according to the Queens District Attorney’s Office.
“I pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims. Ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers, I’ve been beating them up,” she told police.
Menendez, who is awaiting arraignment in Queens Criminal Court, faces from 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
The victim, 46-year-old Sunando Sen, was born in India and raised Hindu, a roommate told The New York Times.
The incident took place late Thursday at a station on the number 7 line in Queens.
Menendez — who was speaking to herself as she paced along the platform, according to witnesses — pushed the man as the train was pulling into the station. He apparently had his back to Menendez and did not see her.
Police released surveillance camera video footage via Twitter showing a woman running from the scene.
“The defendant is accused of committing what is every subway commuter’s worst nightmare — being suddenly and senselessly pushed into the path of an oncoming train,” Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said in a statement.
“The victim was allegedly shoved from behind and had no chance to defend himself. Beyond that, the hateful remarks allegedly made by the defendant and which precipitated the defendant’s actions can never be tolerated by a civilized society.”
Sen’s death was eerily similar to that of a 58-year-old man killed on December 3 when he was pushed onto the tracks during a fight with a deranged man at a Manhattan subway station. The assailant, later identified as 30-year-old Naeem Davis, has been charged with murder. Davis is homeless.
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In every culture some one is going to be effected in a very negative way by the national campaign against any target. These people get brain washed by constant negative portraits sketch by news media who basically is selling their product for money. Luckily majority of the public does not take very serious. Such example in USA is quite rare but like Pakistan or any under develop countries is much more.