The Hate Crimes Task Force is currently investigating an anti-immigrant incident in Bayside – QNS

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating after a man was caught on camera shouting anti-migrant rhetoric to a group of men, including a 14-year-old girl, in Bayside on the night of Wednesday, November 6th.

Bayside 111th Precinct police reported that the suspect found the three men – ages 19, 24 and 43 – and the juvenile outside the 7-Eleven store at 41-00 Bell Blvd. have addressed. around 11:30 p.m. and began following them down the commercial corridor while shouting racial slurs at them. The perpetrator reportedly insulted the Spaniards and told them to go home.

“Donald Trump will send you back to your country” and “Trump will now deport you all,” police said Friday, adding that the four victims were residents of Queens. The suspect fled the scene on foot in an unknown direction. No injuries were reported during the incident.

The NYPD released surveillance video of the suspect on Friday, which shows him yelling at the group. He was wearing a white T-shirt, blue jeans and work boots and had several tattoos on his arms.

Anyone with information regarding this harassment investigation is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or in Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are treated confidentially.

As of Nov. 3, the 111th Precinct has reported seven hate crimes so far in 2024, not counting the recent incident on Bell Boulevard, which is six more than the hate crime case reported at the same time last year, a 600% increase , according to the latest CompStat report.