March 10, 2022
NEW YORK CITY—Christian Jeffers, 48, has been arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime, aggravated harassment as a hate crime, menacing as a hate crime, and criminal possession of a weapon. The hammer Jeffers used in the attack was also found on him.
An Asian couple was at the 14th St. station when one of them accidentally bumped into Jeffers. Both parties exchanged words, which turned into a full-blown argument.
Jeffers then pulled out a hammer and hit the 29-year-old Asian male victim in the head. He then fled the scene.
The 29-year-old victim remained conscious and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where his condition is described as stable.
Footage of the attack shows Jeffers pulling out a hammer from his purse and saying: “Why you hit me?” before attacking the victim. “Why the f**k you hit me?”
As 48-year-old Jeffers was being led to a patrol car last night, March 9, an NBC4 reporter can be heard asking Jeffers why he attacked the Asian man. Jeffers gave multiple excuses from “He hit me [first],” to blaming “slavery” toward the end of the 44-second clip uploaded by ABC’s CeFaan Kim.
UPDATE: 48-year-old Christian Jeffers has been arrested and charged with Assault as a Hate Crime, Aggravated Harassment as a Hate Crime, Menacing as a Hate Crime, Criminal Possession of a Weapon. The hammer used in the attack was found on him. #StopAsianHateCrimes #StopAsianHate pic.twitter.com/esnGUOTfPI
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) March 10, 2022
Many members of the African-American community blame slavery and white supremacy for the attacks on the Asian community. They argue “white supremacy” created the conditions to keep the majority of African-Americans in poverty, which causes them to rob Asians.
However, they also point out Caucasians attack Asians out of hate because most Caucasians are wealthy and that’s what makes “white people more dangerous than Black people. Black and Asians should unite against white supremacy.”
New York City has seen a huge rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, with police figures showing a 343 percent rise the last few years.
Feature Images via CeFaan Kim, ABC