An attention-grabbing story that is still developing was the arrest of a 16-year-old girl on Tuesday after she was seen on camera reportedly assaulting a Nevada mother while on the train to Manhattan with her family. Authorities have validated the allegations of assault in this upsetting occurrence.
Due to her young age, the adolescent decided to give herself in to the NYPD on Tuesday morning about 9:45 a.m. This important choice was made just where the frightening brawl on the F train had place.
The young lady is accused of assaulting Sue Young, a 51-year-old mother, in front of Young’s kids, her husband, and a bystander named Joanna Lin. While the Nevada family was in New York City, the event happened.
There were two counts of assault filed against the adolescent in the formal charges.
The NYPD’s hate crimes squad initially became involved in the case because they thought Young’s family, who are of Asian heritage, could have been the target of the attacker because of their race. Race was not a part in the incident, according to both victims, and as the investigation progressed, hate crime charges were dropped.
Young described the sequence of events that resulted in this confrontation, saying that the 16-year-old and her two pals started making fun of her family while riding the northbound F train close to West 4th Street. Young joined in the laughs, seeking to diffuse the situation by preventing any inappropriate conduct. Her laughing, though, didn’t appear to calm the situation; instead, it seemed to enrage the adolescents even more.
The initial laughing quickly turned into a barrage of profanities, threats, and insults thrown against the family. As things got out of hand, other commuters tried to step in and bring things back to normal.
Joanna Lin, a spectator on the train, started filming the unfolding events on her phone as a result of the deteriorating scenario. But when the 16-year-old realized she was being videotaped, she allegedly turned her wrath on Lin and threw several hard blows at her.
Young described the heated argument, saying, “One of the females got up and simply walked up to Joanna and hit her. I’m talking about striking out repeatedly. I counted three, perhaps two or three. This startling event motivated Young to act.
Another youngster approached Young and started to argue with him in the midst of the ruckus. Young shoved her aside to get to Lin, and as a result of this change in direction, the 16-year-old started going after Young directly.
Young recalled, “They all rushed after me as soon as I made contact and shoved her shoulders away. I retreated, but the girl in the white t-shirt charged at me nevertheless. She grabbed my hair, I grabbed her hair, and I only held onto her hair to protect my face from her swing.
Young’s spectacles were broken and thrown flying during this frenzied brawl, and her arm was bruised from getting stuck between the railings.
The youngsters were successfully separated from their victims thanks to the intervention of other travelers. The family and Lin were able to get off the train at the following station and leave the tense situation thanks to these stepping in riders.
Joanna Lin is unwavering in her conviction that documenting the incident was the proper thing to do, despite the damage she endured. Tuesday evening, Lin released a statement in which she expressed satisfaction that the adolescent had admitted guilt and turned herself up. Lin stated her hope that the young woman would obtain the required assistance, treatment, counseling, and mentorship to learn from this experience and set out on a road of personal growth. Lin also expressed her wish for the adolescent to formally apologize to both Sue Young and herself.