A man was charged with attempted murder in what police have described as a "brutal hate crime" against an Asian woman in New York state last week, with video
Highlights
- Tammel Esco, 42, was arrested and accused of calling a 67-year-old woman an “Asian b—-,” following her into a building and severely beating her Friday in Yonkers, New York state.
- The woman, who was not publicly identified, is stable and recovering in a hospital, police said.
- Video shows she was punched 125 times, stomped on seven more times and spat on.
- Esco was charged with attempted murder as a hate crime and one count of assault as hate crime.
- He was arraigned Saturday and remained in custody at the Westchester County Jail on Monday, according to inmate records in Westchester.