Black woman smacked in face in hate-filled attack on Brooklyn street
A Black woman leaving work was attacked on a Brooklyn street by a man who hit her in the face and derided her with a racial slur, police said Friday.
The assailant struck the 50-year-old victim on the right side of her face with an open hand at 6 p.m. on March 30 at Kings Highway and Ave. O, according to cops.
“Black piece of s—t,” the man said. “That’s what you are.”
The woman did not need medical attention.
The suspect was sought Friday by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force.
Anyone with information about the attacker is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
