Man Who Pushed Asian Woman to the Ground in Queens Indicted With Hate Crime


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A grand jury in Queens County has indicted a man with a hate crime for allegedly shoving an Asian American woman to the ground in Flushing in February. The crime: Patrick Mateo, 47, is accused of pushing the 52-year-old woman to the pavement following an argument outside a bakery near Main Street on Feb. 16, Forest Hills Post reported. Footage of the incident showed Mateo throwing a box at the woman before pushing her to the ground following an argument around 2 p.m. As the victim fell, she hit her head on a metal newsstand box and sustained a long...