NYPD Charges FL Woman With Anti-Asian Hate Crimes

The New York Daily News reports:

A Florida woman has been busted for pepper-spraying four young Asian women during a caught-on-camera clash in Manhattan, police said Saturday.

Cops in Chelsea took Madeline Barker, 47, into custody Friday after they recognized her as the woman in the bias-fueled June 11 attack, a police spokeswoman said.

Barker, of Merritt Island, Fla., was charged with attempted assault, assault and harassment as hate crimes. Her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court was pending Saturday.

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A 47-year-old woman from Florida has been arrested for pepper-spraying four young Asian women during a caught-on-camera clash in Manhattan’s Meat Packing District, police say.https://t.co/gDmFMpzPYz

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) June 18, 2022