A man accused of a violent, hate-fueled attack on a New York street allegedly yelled “white power” and “get out of my country,” while kicking the victim.
The forty-eight-year-old man approached and repeatedly kicked the victim — whose ethnicity was not disclosed — in the legs, according to the New York Police Department.
The incident happened on Monday in midtown Manhattan at around 10:30 a.m.
The man asked the victim if he was an immigrant, then said, “Go back to your country. What are you doing here?” during the attack, police said.
A police spokesman said the alleged attacker told the victim, “Here in my country, we are white power!”
A suspect was arrested and has been charged with one count of assault as a hate crime, authorities said. The victim suffered swelling and bruising from the assault.. He was treated at the scene.