According to the US Chinese Network on June 24, the criminal indictment released on June 22 showed that the suspect who previously attacked the Asian-American scavenger defended that what he did was because two Asian-American men attacked him the day before.
On April 23, local time, 50-year-old suspect Powell attacked a 61-year-old Asian who was collecting waste at the intersection of East 125th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan, New York, repeatedly kicking and beating him in the head, causing him to be seriously injured and comatose, and Powell faced up to 25 years in prison. The incident caused strong repercussions in society.
On April 17, local time, hundreds of people attended a rally against discrimination against Asians in the City of Milbe in the San Francisco Bay Area. With the outbreak and spread of covid-19, there has been a surge in discrimination and violent harm against Asian-American groups in American society. Photo by Liu Guanguan, a reporter of the China News Service
Three days after the attack, police seized Powell at a men's homeless shelter.
The Asian-American elderly man reportedly remained in a deep coma for weeks after the attack, lying in the hospital. As of May, he remained in a coma. On June 22, representatives of his family did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
According to the indictment, Powell told detectives he attacked the Asian-American because two Asian-Americans stole his jewelry and money in an incident the day before the crime.
Powell claimed that the old man was one of the people who attacked him and happened to bump into him the next day.
Powell also said he was furious when he attacked, and even when the Asian fell to the ground, he thought, "I won't let you get up." Therefore, even if the other party has lost consciousness, he is still constantly kicking and hitting the old man's head.
Court records also show that detectives who interrogated Powell noted that Powell "denied dissatisfaction with asians."
Powell pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and hate crime charges at a manhattan Supreme Court hearing last week, and the judge went on to set his bail at $100,000.
Source: China News Network
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