The New York Police Department said it had arrested Madeline Barker, 47, after she berated a group of women with anti-Asian remarks and attacked them with pepper spray in Manhattan's Meatpacking District last week.
shows a woman, dressed in bright fuchsia, run after a woman and pepper-spray her from behind as she walks away.that it had made an arrest “thanks to help from everyday New Yorkers.”
Barker, of Merritt Island, Fla., was arraigned Saturday on three counts of assault as a hate crime, one count of attempted assault as a hate crime, and four counts of aggravated harassment, according to a criminal complaint filed by the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. When shown a still image from the video, Barker admitted to being the woman in the incident, according to the complaint.
Barker was being held on $20,000 bail Sunday afternoon, jail records show, and her next court appearance was scheduled for Thursday.Her public defender did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday afternoon.
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