The video shows one of the women repeatedly rushing over to the woman filming, though the footage cuts out before any violence is shown.
“This ferocious one runs over to hit me. I put down my phone to cover my head and took the blow (ow),” one of the video’s captions said.
The video then showed a brawl involving multiple passengers. A video caption said the woman filming was dragged by the hair and hit several times until she rolled away.
A caption on the video said the incident ended at the next subway stop, when everyone involved exited the carriage. She said she spoke to the mother of the family and shared the videos with her to help in filing a police report.
The video has prompted outrage, particularly in New York City, where an uptick of anti-Asian attacks in recent years has stoked fear among Asian communities. In response, the NYPD created the Asian Hate Crime Task Force soon after the Covid-19 pandemic began, citing a sevenfold increase in reports of anti-Asian harassment, discrimination, and violence since February 2020.
The NYPD’s social media post said one of the women seen in the video sparked a “dispute” with a 51-year-old victim, and “made an anti-ethnic remark, pulled her by the hair & punched her.” The police department urged anyone with further information about the identity of the woman to come forward.
The NYPD did not immediately respond to Business Insider’s request for further details about the altercation.
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