Brooklyn, NY – A postal worker arrested on hate crime charges had bumped into and spit on a Muslim woman before following her into a deli and threatening to burn down her place of worship, New York City police said.
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Dainton Coley, 34, was arrested Tuesday.
Police said he approached two women who were wearing hijabs on a sidewalk in Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood around 8 p.m. Friday.
Coley bumped into a 30-year-old woman who was pushing her infant in a stroller before he began shouting racial epithets and spit on her, police said. The two women ran off, but Coley chased them and followed them into a deli on the same block, police said. Coley then followed them around the store, screaming obscenities, and told the woman he was going to burn down her place of worship, authorities said.
Coley was awaiting arraignment late Tuesday on charges of aggravated harassment based on race or religion, menacing as a hate crime and child endangerment. It was not immediately clear whether he had an attorney who could comment on the accusations. A spokeswoman for the U.S. Postal Service did not immediately return a message seeking comment on the charges.
Ever hear of the term “going postal”?
Arabs only know how to dish it out !!!!
Clearly the man looks mentally ill…anyway the women are crybabies. Their people are chopping off heads, but when they get yelled at by a nut job, it’s a terrible crime!
We were once strangers in a strange land.
I am not sure about words but spitting is a type of assault, I believe. I expect lawyers to give details.
We live near an illegal frum nursery and the mothers routinely block or enter our driveway. When confronted some spit. One such incident resulted in Police arriving and asking us to press charges.