[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] A man in his 40s in New York, USA, who verbally abused and attacked Asian women with pepper spray in a racially discriminatory manner, will face trial on hate crime charges.
According to the New York Post and others on the 19th (local time), the Manhattan District Attorney's Office conducted a plea hearing for Madeleine Barker (47), a woman from Florida, the previous night.
The prosecution charged Barker with multiple hate crimes, including third-degree assault. Barker, from Merritt Island, Florida, is accused of spraying pepper spray on four Asian women and assaulting three of them on the evening of the 11th in Manhattan's Meatpacking District. At the time, he shouted verbal abuse such as "Go back to your hometown." Barker was later arrested following a tip from a witness who recognized his face.
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