Police Seek Attacker In ‘Make America Great Again’ Hat For NYC Subway Assault

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Passengers ride a crowded subway April 10, 2018 in New York City. The New York subway system faces a deteriorating infrastructure with overcrowded trains, budget cutbacks, delays and an ancie... NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 10: Passengers ride a crowded subway April 10, 2018 in New York City. The New York subway system faces a deteriorating infrastructure with overcrowded trains, budget cutbacks, delays and an ancient signals system. (Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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NEW YORK (AP) — Police are looking for a man wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat and shirt who pushed another man onto New York City subway tracks while shouting anti-Hispanic slurs at him.

The assault happened Friday evening at Manhattan’s Union Square subway station. Police say the attacker — a heavyset black man wearing items with President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan on them — directed anti-Hispanic slurs at the victim while both men were on a train.

They say he then followed the victim off the train, punched him in the head and pushed him onto the tracks.

The victim was helped back onto the platform by a friend and another person. He was treated for a cut to his head at a hospital.

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