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Man Kicked in Face After Dispute at Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights Station

(NYPD)

Nov. 18, 2019 By Allie Griffin

A 41-year-old man was kicked in the face after getting in a fight with another man on board a northbound E train at the Roosevelt Avenue – Jackson Heights stop Saturday.

The two got into an argument on Nov. 16 at 9 a.m., after the alleged perpetrator kept the train doors open at the station. The dispute escalated at which point the suspect kicked the 41-year-old in his face as he went to pick up his phone from the platform, police said.

EMS transported the victim to an area hospital for an eye injury, cops said.

The NYPD have released a description of the man wanted for assault as follows. He is described as a man in his 20’s with black hair and brown eyes, who is about 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 inches tall. He was last seen wearing a black hooded jacket, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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They guy looks Hispanic, the description in the article doesn’t say that .

–> Ramos
–> Cruz. any comments ?

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Top Hat.

And this is why those extra 500 officers is needed . To maintain safety and order in the train stations & trains .

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It's the politicians

The police act on orders from their superiors, which are derived from city laws. It’s not the police, it’s the politicians who made the laws and who then act outraged as if they had nothing to do with it. Or don’t you understand that?

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BringBackGiuliani

New York will not do anything to this man.
Santuary City.
The mayor and governor will probably give him free things courtesy of the tax payers

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