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Suspected hate crime attacker who beat Asian woman in NYC arrested

By Thomas A. Smith

The man who beat an Asian woman to the ground then kicked her in the head in a brutal, caught-on-camera hate attack in Midtown earlier this week was arrested by police early Wednesday morning, cops said.

Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested at about 2 a.m. Wednesday and hit with a number of charges, including assault as a hate crime and attempted assault as a hate crime, police said.

Elliot lives in a nearby hotel that serves as a homeless shelter, according to cops. 

via nypost.com