According to the British Sun on May 3, a creepy video recently showed that a black man was beating an Asian man in the New York subway, punching 40 punches in just 20 seconds, hitting the Asian man in blood, while the subway passengers on one side watched indifferently.
This 20-second video shows a black man wearing a mask punching the victim at least 40 punches on the New York subway, hitting the Asian passenger in the face and head many times, while many bystanders sat nearby wearing masks and watching without any movement. On a train to the Bronx, the victims tried to stop the attackers and protect themselves.
According to the New York Daily News, the attack occurred at around 6:30 am on April 23, and it was train No. 4. An eyewitness who wanted to be named told the New York Daily News: "This guy said that the Asian man brought the novel coronavirus to New York, forcing us to wear masks, and then suddenly punched and kicked." The witness added that at first the Asian man tried to resist, but he could not defeat the other party, and eventually he had to protect his head with both hands and be beaten passively. At the time of the incident, there were many passengers on the subway. However, it seems that such attacks are common. Even the passenger standing beside the man who beats the man did not move a single step because he was afraid. Some of the other passengers next to him watched indifferently, while others lowered their heads and played with their mobile phones. No one at the scene stopped the black man's behavior.
However, a New York official spokesperson said last Friday: "The police have not received any complaint reports at the moment. We call on the victims to come forward and complain to the police and conduct a comprehensive investigation."
This is not the first attack on urban subways during the coronavirus pandemic. Since the beginning of the epidemic, there have been more and more reports of Asian American beatings, with New York City police investigating 20 such cases so far, four times the number of last year. New York City Mayor de Blasio once issued a public warning with Transportation Chairman Sarah Feinberg on how to deal with Asian discrimination, but with little success.
According to real-time statistics released by Johns Hopkins University , as of May 3, 2020, the number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 1.16 million, and the number of deaths has exceeded 67,000. Judging from the statistics, the epidemic in the United States has not been effectively controlled, and the number of confirmed cases in a single day still exceeds 30,000.