A black passenger on the NYC subway was filmed hurling vicious racial abuse at a white couple and their toddler son.
Disturbing footage shows the terrified couple and their toddler sitting on the moving train as the man, standing across from them wearing a black hat, wearing headphones and holding a Target bag, yells at them for no apparent reason on Monday.
The unnamed assailant’s abuse became more and more unhinged, despite his victims’ attempts to ignore them, eventually yelling in their faces as he insulted their child.
“Bring ’em back to Europe ya’ll…gay a** gorilla… shut up… i don’t care about your ugly a** kids and your race… shut up… f *****g plastic a** body… I don’t care about you… you white monkey,” he spits, moving a few inches closer.
The pair try to break free as the mother picks up her child and holds her tight as the attacker strikes: “I’ll look younger than him by the time he’s my age.” Despite the vile abuse, the pair convincingly manage to ignore it and continue to avoid looking at their attacker even as the slurs intensify.
The man terrorized the family on Monday while they were traveling on the subway
The terrified family tries to break free as the mother picks up her child and holds her child tight as the attacker strikes: ‘I will look younger than him by the time he is my age’
It’s unclear where the train went, but no other passengers were verbally assaulted as the man’s hate-filled diatribe continued. “You’re a dog in this country, shut up… I’m a black American,” he says, raising his hand, “I’m over you.”
The perpetrator of the attack was not named and it is unclear whether the couple have reported the incident to the police after the terrifying incident.
The clip was then shared on Twitter, with users claiming that the same man had previously been filmed assaulting Asian passengers.
“Subways and all forms of public transportation are no-go zones, this family has learned the hard way.”
The post has been viewed nearly 421,000 times with many sparking comments about race, segregation, guns and the safety of New York City.
“That’s the same guy I saw on video a few weeks ago harassing an Asian girl. Just a sick person,” one wrote.
Another recognized the threat: “Wait, I think he’s also the one throwing racial slurs at Asians and Hispanics. Guess black supremacy isn’t even hiding anymore lol.
Another added: “So much hate. If the races had been reversed in this, would a hate crime have been committed?’
More than 1,000 additional officers patrolled the transit system under Mayor Eric Adams’s “subway security plan.” The mayor was seen here in November with officers Taufique Bokth and Brunel Victor after they saved the life of a man who collapsed on the subway rails
The New York Police Department increased officer presence by approximately 1,200 additional overtime hours per day
Despite the disturbing encounter, crime in New York’s subways is on the decline after new Big Apple Mayor Eric Adams takes a sober approach.
Adams, a former cop and center Democrat, has flooded the network with NYPD officers and vocally supported them — in stark contrast to his progressive predecessor Bill DeBlasio.
Subway drivers now regularly make announcements at stops to warn passengers of officers stationed at the platforms should they need assistance.
Subway crime has fallen to levels not seen in decades except during the height of the pandemic.
The New York City Police Department announced on March 8 that subway crime was down 21.5 percent from the same time last year after Mayor Eric Adams ordered more officers to patrol the underground transportation system.
In the first nine weeks of 2023 alone, authorities say, police have issued nearly 10,000 more subpoenas than at the beginning of last year.
Every category of serious crime is now down, except for burglaries, which remained flat this year with two reported so far.
Those are the lowest levels of subway crimes dating back to the beginnings of the compstat data collection system in the mid-1990s, the New York Post reports, not including the kick-off of 2021, when the COVID pandemic struck.