Crime & Safety
Trump Fan Posting Infowars Stickers Punches Straphanger: NYPD
A man in a Trump T-shirt punched his victim in the face on a Lower Manhattan 4 train, police say.
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NY — A brute in a 'Trump' t-shirt clocked a middle aged man in the face on a Lower Manhattan 4 train over an argument about putting up stickers for a controversial website, police said Monday.
The pair argued on a Brooklyn-bound 4 train at Centre and Chambers streets on June 4 about the stickers promoting conspiracy theory website Infowars.com, police said. The squabble turned violent and he punched the 52-year-old victim in the face, giving him minor injuries, officials said.
Police describe the assailant as six-feet tall, 25-30-years-old with blonde hair and a slim build who wore a red "Trump/Pence" t-shirt with black pants, black shoes and a black bag.
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He was last seen boarding a Brooklyn-bound J train.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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