New York Attorney General Letitia James made it clear that any actions of Islamophobia won’t be accepted in the state. She issued this warning after the police shared pictures of a man who allegedly took a hijab off a teenage girl’s head at the end of last month.
The New York City Police Department (NYPD) released information asking for help to identify a man involved in a case of “aggravated harassment” that happened around noon on April 28th.
The police mentioned that the man came up to the 17-year-old girl and forcibly took off her hijab while yelling: “You don’t need to be wearing that here,” After he took off her hijab and yelled, the man quickly left the area.
This all occurred as the girl, whose name wasn’t disclosed, walked toward 2nd Avenue on East 44th Street in East Midtown. Luckily, no one was hurt during the incident.
Here are some tweets and some comments people send on social media:
This is hateful, dangerous, and will not be tolerated in New York.
We will not allow anyone to carry out acts of Islamophobia or make any New Yorker feel unsafe.
Anyone with information about this individual should contact @NYPDnews immediately.https://t.co/2V2SBKLY8G
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) May 9, 2024