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Police: Woman Arrested After Allegedly Telling Staff Inside Chinatown Nail Salon, ‘You Brought The Corona To This Country'

Sharon Williams made slurs, threatened violence, and was allegedly harassing another Asian outside when a plainclothes policeman intervened.

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April 7, 2021

A plain clothes NYPD officer stopped a racist attack in Chinatown on Tuesday.

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CBS2 News has learned exclusively that Sharon Williams was arrested Tuesday night. She’s accused of harassing the Asian staff inside a nail salon on Madison Street.

Police say she used slurs, threatened violence and said, “You brought the corona to this country.”

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