Rich Midtown man charged with hate crime for beating Asian victim
EXCLUSIVE: Rich Midtown man charged with hate crime after he beats Asian victim, screams ‘We are white power’
Police say Steven Zatorski, 48, stormed up to the 30-year-old victim on Third Ave. near E. 53rd St. and started kicking him about 10:40 a.m. Monday.
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Cops arrested an apparently well-heeled but hate-filled man they say hollered, “We are white power,” as he pummeled an Asian man in Midtown, authorities said Tuesday.
Steven Zatorski, 48, stormed up to the 30-year-old victim on Third Ave. near 53rd St. and started kicking him at 10:40 a.m. on Monday, according to police.
“You are a f---ing immigrant!” Zatorski, who lives in a million-dollar condo in the Flatiron District, screamed at him, cops said. “Go back to your country! What are you doing here?”
The two hadn’t spoken before Zatorski attacked, officials said.
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“We are white power,” Zatorski shouted as he punched the victim in the face, according to police.
Witnesses to the beatdown alerted a nearby NYPD transit cop, who arrested the alleged attacker.
He was charged with assault as a hate crime and was being held at Rikers Island on $5,000 bail, according to court records. The victim was treated at the scene.
Zatorski lives at the Cammeyer, a condo building on Sixth Ave. that boasts a 24-hour concierge, according to police and streeteasy.com.
A man identifying himself as a family member denied the charges against Zatorski. A call to his attorney was not returned.
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