Suspected hate crime attacker who beat Asian woman in NYC arrested

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