Posted on 05/30/2018 3:22:40 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
A man wearing President Trump’s signature “Make America Great Again" hat who was arrested for allegedly pushing an immigrant man onto the subway tracks in New York City was reportedly charged with a hate crime on Wednesday.
The man, William Ames, made derogatory remarks about Mexican Americans at Union Square last month, getting into a heated argument with two men, BuzzFeed News reported.
“I don't know why he targeted me. He started yelling that I was there to take his job and that we bring drugs here,” the victim, identified by the press as Luis Lopez, told The New York Daily News.
Ames then reportedly dragged Lopez off the train, struck him three times on the subway platform and then knocked him onto the tracks.
Lopez’s friend managed to get him back onto the platform.
Ames fled the scene and got on another train after the incident but was later identified by surveillance video, according to the police.
Ames was charged with attempted assault in the first and third degrees as hate crimes, assault in the second and third degrees as hate crimes and aggravated harassment, according to Manhattan district attorney Cy Vance.
“This defendant’s attacks on two New Yorkers were attacks on all New Yorkers, as alleged in the indictment,” Vance said in a statement obtained by BuzzFeed News. “Willie Ames is charged with selectively ambushing two young men on their way home from work for no other reason than their perceived nationality."
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William Ames is black.
Is this relevant?
He was charged with a hate crime against two men who were identified as Mexican. It would seem his racial/ethinic identity is relevant.
Also, The Hill knows Mr. Amess is black because they posted the link to the BuzzFeed article with the video.
Instead of posting the video (The Hill regularly posts videos) they posted a photo which highlights a white man in a plaid shirt next to an American flag decal.
If Ames has shouted “ALLAHU AKBAR!!!” while he pushed the Mexican man onto the tracks then the media would have blamed the Mexican man for Islamophobia.
Interesting how they’d post an image of a couple white guys, but not the suspect, who is allegedly black.
More yellow bile BS from the corrupt media.
Man, they’re SOOOOO desperate, aren’t they?
I can’t believe that these worthless snowflakes STILL haven’t gotten over the election!
Just following the playbook.
Let’s start posting all those mug shots of Holder’s people wearing Obama t-shirts. They’re everywhere.
It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
This sounds very, very fake...
They don’t want blacks to know that illegals are driving down their wages...so they hide it in the news.
Great episode.
I still can’t read that hat.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and sometimes a hat is just a hat. Lies by omission are still lies
Not cool, but get real. This is like a 85-0 football game and we scored one field goal. The libtards are so far ahead in violence its silly.
besides, dude was mentally ill. This isn’t a hallmark of our movement.
I’m sure he beat up a guy with a MAGA hat and stole it from him before attacking this Mexican.
Mexicans are Caucasians.
We all know that blacks cannot be racist. They cannot be guilty of a hate crime.
Goofy authorities better go back to re-education camp. Perhaps Starbucks could offer them some remedial training.
We’ve been told forever that black people can’t be racist.
They turn on minorities as soon as they exhibit any conservative tendencies. Then they’ll also call them every relevant group name in the book.
It’s not about those “aggrieved” groups; it’s about communism and whatever promotes it.
He was probably an antifa agent provocateur.
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