Manhattan DA Declines To Pursue Hate Crime Charges In Stabbing Of Asian Man In Lower Manhattan

CBS New York

March 3, 2021

Controversy is brewing over the Manhattan district attorney’s decision not to bring a hate crime charge in the stabbing of an Asian-American man in Lower Manhattan.

Surveillance video shows the 36-year-old victim walking when his attacker runs up behind and stabs him in the back. It happened around 6:30 p.m. last Thursday outside the federal courthouse on Worth and Baxter Streets.

The suspect, 24-year-old Salman Muflihi, was held on half a million bail for charges brought by the Manhattan DA, including attempted murder and assault — but not a hate crime.

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