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Two of the three allegedly attackers have been arrested and charged with hate crimes.
By Michael V. Cusenza
Cops. Community. Cuffs.
Now that’s Neighborhood Policing.
Acting on a lead gifted by a tipster, City Police Department Hate Crimes Task Force detectives on Tuesday arrested two teenage girls who allegedly attacked 57-year-old grandmother, Jill LeCroix, earlier this month as the Q52 bus approached the Woodhaven Boulevard—Jamaica Avenue intersection.
Photo Courtesy of Councilman Holden
Victim Jill LeCroix talking to Councilman Bob Holden (D-Maspeth).
Prior to the odious assault, LeCroix, who is White, said the Black girls attempted to incite a confrontation.
“Before they hit me, the girl with the green hair said, ‘You probably like Trump! Don’t you?’” LeCroix recalled to the New York Post. “I said, ‘I love him.’ I didn’t see which one hit me first. The one with the green hair, she was saying she hates white people, the way they talk, hates white skin, the way their skin cracks; saying she was gangsta.”
That’s when LeCroix was beaten so bad she required staples in her head.
This week, the two girls, 15 and 16, were charged with assault and aggravated harassment—both hate crimes—for their roles in the Saturday, July 9, drubbing.
Forum Photo by Michael V. Cusenza
LeCroix was assaulted on the Q52 on Woodhaven Boulevard near Jamaica Avenue.
“Got ‘em! We pledged that we would bring these attackers to justice. Today, they are facing charges for their crime,” City Councilwoman Joann Ariola (R-Ozone Park) said. “No New Yorker should ever worry about being attacked on the bus or the subway—especially for their race. Hate has no home here.”
One of the girls allegedly involved in the attack is still being sought by investigators.
