The sufferer is Asian, and also this episode follows that a spate of these bias events amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Muflihi was recognized as the man accused of running to the sufferer in Chinatown, and stabbing him in the trunk. Video captured the episode, with the defendant running behind the victim.

The suspect is a Brooklyn person accused of having a Asian guy in Brooklyn a month. The sufferer in the new episode was called a 36-year-old guy from Chinatown.

Muflihi can be charged with criminal possession of a weapon, and forgery since he supposedly possessed a bogus driver’s license. He said during questioning that the episode wasn’t motivated by race or ethnicity.

Mulifhi allegedly maintained he did not enjoy how the guy”looked ,” based on WABC.