My friends were attacked last night in NYC by a random guy cuz they were speaking in Spanish. They got a picture of the guy and my friend’s bloody nose. What are the things we can do? IMO with limited knowledge in law, it might be hard to a) find this guy b) prove he did it without a video. It also made me feel sad cuz another friend of mine almost got into a fight last semester, but he didnt fight back bcuz he was worried that it would threaten his immigration status...(he just let him hurt him!!!) Both of my friends who got attacked and punched yesterday were also international students. Is there anything international students can do or do all we can do is to move on (cuz there r not much we can do...)?
You folks are at a wrong place at wrong time. Stay at good neighborhoods and hang out only in safer places.
They were around Empire State last night, which never felt sketchy and unsafe. But yeah probably that’s the most effective way to protect ourselves 😔
Ge I hope what u r saying is only meant as advice and isn’t to be construed as victim blaming. As in “they should have stayed out of bad neighborhoods “
If all he got was a bloody nose and you don't know who the guy is the cops probably won't do much to be honest
That was one of the things I was worried and frustrated about - not sure how far will the cops go down this case to track this guy down for my friends bloody nose 😖🤦🏻♀️ still it feels terrible cuz the fear of being here as an immigrant is >>> a bloody nose.
It’s pretty much guaranteed that nothing will come of reporting it to the police. That said, it’s still good to report it as the statistics only account for reported crimes.
No need to call 911 so late. Call their non emergency number. 911 would only have been appropriate in the moment. Dont hope for anything out of it but worth trying
Thanks. I’ll let my friends know that it is 311 they should call not 911.
No. 311 will redirect you to 911. Stop spreading false info Quacky.
Unfortunately avoid to speak spanish in public in some areas, there is a lot of racists people in this country, the current state of politics also doesn’t help, if you are not white or speak foreign language, some bad hombres assume you are the enemy, avoid some states (south) and areas (no educated, red necks, etc)
Not true...that’s some pretty ignorant blanket statement about the South and “red necks”. That can happen anywhere you are in any part of the US and any other country in the world. Some people suck. Be a man and learn to defend yourself.
Agree even in Seattle there are racists people
should've gotten the police involved asap, why did they wait so long
I have no idea either...woke up to their messages and missed calls cuz I was already asleep last night.
Odd since everyone speaks Spanish in Manhattan including the Irish pub, Indian restaurant and Iranian stores in that area. Call the police.
Yeah...they’ve been in nyc for a year or so and never had a problem speaking Spanish or hanging out late. I would prefer to take this as an independent individual case to not spread fear but as a reminder to always stay alert and know what to do when bad things happen 😢😢😢
What neighborhood were you in? Sounds like a run-in with a hammered, homeless or both person. You can request traffic camera footage and report the assault, but it would be like one of 300 assaults reported in NYC a day. They’d take your statement then basically throw it in the garbage.
My friends were around Empire State. And...yeah...I told my friends to expect that
If they were near 5th and 34th then it was probably homeless/crazy people. A lot of them were forced out of 47th/park ave area for the UN meeting so they’ve been walking around angry. Chances are the person had a mental illness and they shouldn’t take it personally.
At the least, pursue in whatever capacity to create awareness about the bull shit Republicans and Trump have unleashed on the world.
Lol... what a curious little mind you have. Might as well throw away any kind of analysis and go straight to finger pointing. So primitive. When something frustrates you, do you also hoot and hit it with a rock as you jump up and down?
I mean, take down the big racists publicly and you bring down and actively discourage racism at every lower level. With Trump and Republicans in charge, this cannot happen as they constantly provide excuses to act racist and condone the said behavior.
Go to the police, they will tell you what you can do.
Thanks. We were trying to figure out if they should call 911 or 311 cuz they didn’t do it on spot yesterday. But now it feels like it would be more effective to just walk in to NYPD
Indeed, they might have access to traffic light cameras