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> The 21-year-old victim was demonstrating with other people on West 116th Street just before 8 p.m. Monday when a man she didn’t know approached her and punched her multiple times in the head, causing her to pass out, cops said.

Oh fuck the attacker was Asian? Fuck what do I do? I can't leave my normal dog whistling comment! 😱

edit: lol here come all the mad racists downvoting 🤣

The victim was protesting the Chinese government tho lol. So it makes sense the attacker was an Asian guy, most likely pro-CCP

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That doesn't make sense. If the CCP is so good it's worth committing violence over, then why is he here? Eric Adams and Alvin Bragg need to nip this in the bud. I don't want violent supporters of oppressive foreign governments in this city. This could have easily escalated to a murder since he pummeled the victim to the point of unconsciousness. If you ask me this is frightening.

It’s even worse than a random assault because most likely she was assaulted for political reasons.

Take that loser's pic to the local Confucius Institutes, you will find him.

Since there is a large number of Chinese students at Columbia and there is a China police station in Chinatown I would bet that a Chinese police officer infiltrated the protest and did this.

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What are you even trying to say lol

Diversity matters

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There a Chinese government police station in china town that independent of NYPD?

Mostly peaceful CCP supporter.

They’re mad FOX stopped playing their favorite talking points so now they have to entertain themselves.

I’m guessing, he’s being sarcastic.

I think he’s saying that people are being too complacent about crime in NYC.

I’m not sure why people always think policing is the answer to problems. America’s recidivism rate is pretty bad. I think there’s probably a better solution to crime than just locking people away without rehabilitation.

Definitely not.

So sad i hope she recovers mentally and physically, women dont deserve shit like this

I doubt the guys a Chinese officer. Communist party officials send their family members to study abroad and stuff like this happens. Theres been multiple times across the planet where pro CCP zombies attack anti CCP people

Not sure how true it is, but FBI recently claimed China is operating police stations out of US and other countries to monitor Chinese immigrants. China says it is run by volunteers.

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Some of the Chinese school clubs got broken up at Columbia years back because the Chinese gov’t had effectively taken control of them and were using them to try to exert control on Chinese students.

It would not be surprising at all if it had to do with someone with a tangential government relationship, but I’d imagine if it’s true they went rogue in this case since it seems totally insane to draw more attention to the issue.

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Remember when Redditors told us, what does the hate/racism in China have to do with shit that happens here?

Edit: Of course you hypocrites would downvote this,

> Some 200 people gathered at Columbia's Low Library Monday night to protest to support the people of China protesting against the country's COVID restrictions. Some 200 people gathered at Columbia's Low Library Monday night to protest to support the people of China protesting against the country's COVID restrictions.

>The gathering at Columbia was one of several such recent protests that took place on college campuses across the US in a show of solidarity with the people of China who have called for President Xi Jinping to step down over his government’s draconian COVID restrictions.

If it’s a foreign agent from the Chinese government who perpetrated that violence, then this needs to be investigated by the FBI too.

There were recent cases of foreign agents acting illegally in the US. Including in NY.

Press conference by the DOJ with the FBI etc:

https://youtu.be/VIapcfvGKfQ

Relevant DOJ press conference with statements of the FBI: https://youtu.be/VIapcfvGKfQ?t=111

Oh it really doesn't have to be someone sent by the CCP, there are unfortunately a lot of party line idiots out there who would do such a thing

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This neighborhood isn’t the most stable, my money is on a random person with no clear motive

How many other incidents like this have we not heard about?

Yep. Either way, they should be in jail.

probably zero considering the media likes to spread this kind of story around whenever it happens

yo /u/NetQuarterLatte thoughts on the Covid death counts in the US vs those in China based on lockdown measures? remember, arguing China had a fuckton of deaths and draconian lockdown measures makes zero logical sense

regardless, let us know how this NYPost article has a deep understanding of Chinese politics. if you cant, just ask me to explain

ask me if you want to learn about US involvement in Chinese governmental structures. either way, you should stick to partisan crime discussion, its a lot easier to understand

to anyone curious: open this guy’s profile and try to find any post not related to nyc crime. but trust me im sure hes a non-political good faith actor. meanwhile this guy is totally a CCP asset based on zero evidence

100% agree

Are you a tankie?

respond with points please- using political rhetoric like that is very reminiscent of CCP dissenter silencing. i can explain the history related to that to you if you want

Are you trying to say the NYPost or the protest itself had a deep misunderstanding about China, as if that justifies the assault?

this protest is in opposition of Covid lockdown measures. such lockdown measures supposedly prevented millions of deaths in China and slowed the economy at the same time

you posted the article, and repeatedly post with similar crime-related political slants.

now some questions for you, answer for a response: Is the NYPost a good source for news? Is it biased? Do you have knowledge of China’s government or political history? Do you have other comments which suggest violence against certain elements within NYC is justified (spoiler: you do. i will find them tomorrow if you wish.)

Anyone can tell the protest at Columbia was in solidarity with the protests in China.

Is there anything relevant about the political history in China that you think we need to know with respect to this assault?

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It's good to see that the moderators of r/NYC have finally reversed the blanket ban of the New York Post, a newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton that for 200+ years has offered a different perspective than almost all other mainstream newspapers in NYC. Yet it is still shameful that it provides this bot warning for the NY Post and not for other newspapers, all of which have had to offer frequent mea culpas for their biased reporting. Is there really any reason whatsoever to suspect that the NY Post's report on the assault of this protester is incorrect?

> ask me if you want to learn about US involvement in Chinese governmental structures. either way, you should stick to partisan crime discussion, its a lot easier to understand

Your attempt at whataboutism sounds almost like an admission.

Because it sounds like you believe the predicate (“if it’s a foreign agent …”) is true and that you’re trying to respond to that.

so basically youre responding to my legitimate points with a political propaganda message? weird, that is very similar to how the CCP operates!

please refer to my other post wherein I asked you four questions and you did not respond to any. until you give a satisfactory answer or explain why your entire profile is dedicated to NYC crime, I am done responding

Guy has probably already left the country.

gilded this post so more people see it and analyze it

some people from the event said online that he was attempting to punch a woman that was speaking against the protests, but accidentally punched the woman next to her. not that it makes it much better. you can see it here: https://youtu.be/lg4k4Qu_njg?t=2156

Holy shit!

What was the speaker saying?

To attack someone like that in front of everyone, the guy is either deranged, or he wanted to send a message in response to whatever she was saying, or both.

the woman in the hat is basically questioning all the protesters calling for Xi Jinping to step down, asking who will lead after him, that this is a funeral event, and to only shout slogans for things they can be responsible for, to which the woman with the mask retorts with who is responsible for the ten people that died? (i.e., CCP) allegedly he thought the woman in the mask was speaking the entire time.

this is the dumbest thing i've read in a minute

I agree with you, I don't know why you're being downvoted.

Why?

I remember reading a while back that those clubs exist at cuny schools as well.

I’d say the chances of perp getting book thrown at him, and serving actual jail time would be slim to none. Probably get off on ACD, on first time offense.

Oof, you’re getting downvoted but raise a real good point. Profile a lil sus.

I’ve done that in hockey fights.

Most likely. The CCP has been caught having them in cities around the world to monitor the Chinese diaspora and Chinese citizens abroad. Makes sense that they'd have one in NYC with the size of our Chinese community and all the rest of the stuff happening here.

Good ol’ China, beat the dissenters until morale improves.

This sub is very right-wing. There’s a bunch of dog whistles on so many posts in this sub sadly.

Edit: I’ve stated the obvious and I’m getting downvoted…Typical. You guys are proving my point.

Unless he catches a federal charge

Yes

Ahh, the classic pull him away then... let him walk off. Surely a crowd that size shoyld be able to seize someone whi just assualted someone?!

>Some of the Chinese school clubs got broken up at Columbia years back because the Chinese gov’t had effectively taken control of them and were using them to try to exert control on Chinese students.

Good on Columbia.

That is basically what Confucius Institutes have become on college campuses across the country

I'm not sure why you're being downvoted, because this is the likely outcome if this asshole gets caught.

Unless the DA pursued hate crime charges (which would be interesting, since most violent attacks against Asians in NYC, which are almost all much more serious than this, do not get the hate crime enhancement + political views are not a protected class in NY), this is a misdemeanor offense which wouldn't even be eligible for bail.

And if he has a clean record, likely pleads down to a no-jail agreement.

People don’t deserve…*

You KNOW the CCP is balls deep in a place like Columbia… with all the research going on and all the party kids running around. They’re definitely keeping tabs to recruit spies or press some blackmail buttons

Mods give up on the crime thread?

Oh there is no doubt about that

Why would he be afraid of our catch and release system

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They were protesting china keeping its people safe from the ravages of Covid?

Have we all gone insane?

Nah, we’re going to hold a community vote

With the changes to pinned posts it may not be as successful as it once was

Edit: dropped a C

I agree with you and would love any suggestions you have to do it differently. I think the idea is to make the decision be as close to “sub democracy” as possible.

The post was never blanket banned.

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I think you're going the right way but the couple of subs I mod are still trying to deal with it too

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I guess we disagree

so the woman on the right was not part of the protest? so why was she standing with them?

this guy definitely shouldn't have punched anyone but i guess i can see how he got confused.

these are vigils that also function as protests. this one, like many others, seemed to allow anyone to speak over the microphone, which makes sense as one of their main requests is free speech.

she was free to join and voice her disapproval (a minority opinion at these events); the audience was free to boo her, which they did; he was not free to punch her

You same people in this thread are the ones who’ve been championing lock downs non stop for almost 3 years now.

It’s not the first time they’ve that. Heck, it’s a tradition that goes back hundred years

Check out the recent beatings of people outside the Chinese embassy in London by staff, they fucking love kicking the shit out of people expressing their dismay with the Chinese government.

Its real they mascarade as an agency to "help" chinese nationals abroad with renewing ID and various forms. Fuzhou Police station is what they are called. But in actuality they hunt and harass CCP dissenters. They'll arrest family members that lives in mainland china and make them call that person to turn themselves and get expidited back to china. My prediction of this is that they'll wont be so obvious next time and work under a shell company.

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No they are protesting their government forcibly detaining and locking people up.

Legit shit like "I went to work and someone tested positive so now they locked the building and I'm not allowed home. Btw my pet (maybe even child and or partner) will likely starve to death as I can't aid them. "