Man charged with hate crime after allegedly assaulting woman, yelling anti-Hispanic slurs
A Bronx man has been indicted for hate crimes after allegedly assaulting a senior citizen in an unprovoked attack in a subway station in Downtown Brooklyn.
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez identified the defendant as Lamont Dinkins, 43, of the Bronx. Dinkins was arraigned Tuesday on an indictment in which he is charged with second-degree assault, second-degree attempted assault, third-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault, third-degree menacing as a hate crime, third-degree menacing and second-degree aggravated harassment.
According to the investigation, on Jan. 18, 2022, at approximately 8:50 p.m., on the R subway line platform at Willoughby Street and Lawrence Street, a 72-year-old woman was speaking into her cell phone in Spanish and English when Dinkins allegedly cursed at her and said: “Stop speaking in Spanish, you Spanish b—h.”
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