A New York City woman punched and stabbed a transgender black man on Christmas after he offered her his seat on the subway. She refused adamantly, exclaiming, “I don’t want to sit next to black people,” before stabbing him.
The incident occurred around 11:05 p.m. Sunday when the victim, 44-year-old DaVonte Jarrett, told 30-year-old Stephanie Pazmino that she could have his subway seat as the two were riding the train through the Manhattan neighborhood of Harlem.
Pazmino declined the offer and told her cousin in Spanish that she didn’t care to sit next to a black person, Raw Story reported Monday.
Jarrett, who was on his way home from his job as a hair stylist in Bayonne, New Jersey, got up from his seat anyways after telling Pazmino she didn’t have to sit next to him if she didn’t want to. He then took a seat across from her, trying to forget about the incident. But when he got up to leave the train, she began punching him, Jarrett told the New York Daily News. He didn’t even realize Pazmino had also stabbed him until another passenger stepped in to help. Pazmino had stabbed him in the arm with a two-inch knife while also slicing his face.
“I ran to the ticket booth to ask the attendant to call the police, she stated that she did, and that I should sit down. And I passed out after that,” Jarrett said.
Law enforcement authorities rushed Jarrett to a local hospital. He said he wasn’t aware if Pazmino also went after him because he was transgender.
Ibtimes
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