New York police arrested 33-year-old Todd Lyons for several street attacks on unsuspecting white people.
Lyons was charged with three counts of hate crimes assault.
🚨Todd Lyons, 33, has been APPREHENDED for multiple Hate Crime assaults in #Manhattan by the investigators at @NYPDHateCrimes. Thank you to those who called in tips, because together, we’re all New York City #CrimeStoppers. pic.twitter.com/AqdWl2yXXi
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 24, 2019
Lyons attacked one young woman with a brick in the back of the head when she was not looking.
https://twitter.com/TruthInBytes/status/1165340774688595969
Lyons screamed at his victims, “Get off the street, you f**king honky.”
New York NBC reported:
Todd Lyons, 33, of Manhattan, was arrested and charged with three counts of hate-crime assault and three counts of assault, the NYPD said on Saturday.
His attorney information wasn’t immediately available. It wasn’t clear why he wasn’t charged for the fourth alleged attack.
Police say four people were attacked at night — the most recent assault coming Aug. 14. Cops said they may have been targeted because they are white.
Todd Lyons assaulted random white people on the street in Manhattan.
CBS Local reported:
The incidents happened on Aug. 9 and Aug. 14.
Lyons is accused of pushing a 56-year-old man to the ground, hitting a 64-year-old woman with a wooden stick and throwing a brick at a 20-year-old woman, hitting her in the back of the head.
Police say Lyons also allegedly struck a 58-year-old man in the face and made anti-white statements. The victim suffered a bloody nose.
NYPD arrest man accused of multiple attacks against white people.
Todd Lyons, 33, apparently didn’t care if his victims were young or old, male or female — so long as they were white
“Get off the street, honky, you f–king honky, you don’t belong here”https://t.co/0OvFByizWx pic.twitter.com/BpfQ6VhUFF
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) August 25, 2019