A 29-year-old woman named Camila Rodriguez is being indicted for targeting at least six people of Asian descent in unprovoked attacks on the Upper West Side. These attacks took place between March 16 and May 11 between West 104th and West 110th streets.
The first attack took place on March 16 at about 9:23 p.m., when Rodriguez kicked a woman of Korean descent in the back of the leg as she walked toward the stairs leading into the subway station at the southwest corner of Cathedral Parkway and Broadway.
On March 22 at approximately 9:40 p.m., she pulled a Chinese woman’s hair on 108th between Broadway and Amsterdam Ave. After the victim turned around and spoke to her in Mandarin, Rodriguez slapped her in the face and continued punching her after they both reportedly fell to the ground. Bystanders approached and Rodriguez fled the scene.
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At about 9:00 p.m. on April 8, Rodriguez approached a man while he was waiting with two friends for a table at a restaurant on Amsterdam Avenue between 106th and West 107th streets. All three individuals were of Chinese descent. Rodriguez pulled the hair of the victim’s friend. The victim then pushed her off of him before Rodriguez pushed her electric scooter towards him, bruising his leg. She then tried to attack a waitress, who also appeared to be of Asian descent. The victim pushed Rodriguez away, and then she struck him with a semi-closed fist.
Rodriguez targeted a Filipino woman on April 21 at about 5:10 p.m. This attack took place at 104th and Broadway, where the victim was walking home. Rodriguez approached her from the side, grabbed her hair, pulled her to the ground and punched her in the face multiple times.
Rodriguez spat at a Chinese person on April 27 at about 7:30 p.m. This happened on 110th and Broadway, and the spit landed on the victim’s jacket and neck.
The last attack on record happened on May 11 at 109th and Amsterdam Ave, when Rodriguez started yelling and cursing at a Korean man smoking a cigarette. She berated him for apparently looking at her and smoking near her car. She then hit him with the back of her hand, knocking his glasses off his face and bruising him.
Rodriguez is facing multiple counts of Assault as a Hate Crime and Aggravated Harassment.
And when progressives think she should walk with no bail, that’s why Asians don’t vote Democrat. Ten years for these crimes, minimum. Put her away.
Asians vote overwhelmingly Democrat, but WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS CRIME? Why do Republican’s politicize EVERYTHING?
Because they have no original ideas. They’re meatheads!
Sandy, stop being an idiot.
I’m your very progressive New Yorker- born and raised. You’re not welcome here- go join Trump fam in FL!
You’re nuts and showing your hate in the comments on an article about hate. You’re the problem. All the Democrats I know stand up for our fellow people, and I will be the first to physically jump in to defend someone targeted for attack, and against people who spew like you..
She was charged with 7 FELONY charges.There’s no misdemeanor charge in the bunch Doesn’t feel like a wrist slap to me.
I wish we had a legal system that would lock her up and keep innocent citizens safe from her deranged, hateful behavior. However….
Wow ! I have a lot of Asian people living here in the building and thought things where nice But at some point they started taking my groceries or something and at asking and then just closing my door they started to try bang through the door and dangerously hang around my apt door with long knives. my door cam recorded it but was suddenly recording still images after I reported it ! Smart mob I think! fNo one will do something about it .. it’s amazing how we do nothing for ourselves (or don’t we exist or something ?) why all this violence anyway ???
I sincerely hope you get the help you so clearly need.
And those are just the crimes we actually know she committed. Imagine how many more went unreported. Lock her up!
Asian UWS-er here. How will we know when she’s back on the streets??? Obviously mentally ill, until the city addresses that these attacks against all NY-ers regardless of race will continue. As for politics, can only dream of the day we all start thinking for ourselves, independently. What’s wrong with expecting law & order?
https://nextdoor.com/p/K6s5x7642QHQ/c/938432296?init_source=search&query=camila%20rodriguez
According to NextDoor, assailant was “released on their own recognizance” and was issued a ticket to appear in court sometime in june for 3 counts of misdemeanor.