Woman Is Held in Death of Man Pushed Onto Subway Tracks in Queens
Source: New York Times
A 31-year-old woman was being held by the police on Saturday in connection with the death of a man who was pushed onto the tracks of a Queens subway station and crushed by an oncoming train.
The woman, who had not yet been charged with a crime and whose identity was not revealed, made statements implicating herself in the crime when questioned by detectives, according to Paul J. Browne, the chief spokesman for the Police Department.
Patrol officers picked up the woman early Saturday after someone who had seen a video of a woman running from the attack spotted her on a Brooklyn street and called 911, Mr. Browne said.
The attack occurred around 8 p.m. on Thursday at the 40th Street-Lowery Street station in Sunnyside.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/nyregion/woman-is-held-in-death-of-man-pushed-onto-subway-tracks-in-queens.html?_r=0
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)wilt the stilt
(4,528 posts)and I lived there until I was 5. her house was on 41st street. As a matter of f act I think the house is still owned by my Uncle and Aunt.
mainer
(12,022 posts)unless she confesses. If she's mentally ill, then there'll be questions about her competence to make a statement.
No physical evidence, only eyewitnesses to ID her, and a grainy surveillance recording. A good defense attorney could make the case it's mistaken identity.
FarPoint
(12,415 posts)She new she was bad....and in trouble. Mental Illness is not a freepass-get out of jail pass.
mainer
(12,022 posts)But it's going to be hard to prove they've got the right suspect.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)with a full view of her. The newsreader said that one of her family members had seen the video on the news and turned her in.
malibea
(179 posts)I agree with you. No one, whether they are in good mental health or not, has a right to push another human being into the path of a train - or to push another onto train tracks. This person should be put away for good because they do not have a right, nor do they deserve, to live among other civilized persons.
Some people should be punished for their negative, repulsive behavior and this is one of these people!
1monster
(11,012 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 30, 2012, 03:49 AM - Edit history (1)
who will determine whether or not she is competent to stand trial. If she is found not to be competent to stand trial, she will be sent to a state mental facility where she will under go "competency training." When she is able to recite back all the answers (whether she is able to actually understand them) required for a rating of competent to stand trial, she will then stand trial.
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers Ive been beating them up.
$10 says she is a Fox and Limbaugh nut.
The victim was Indian, a Hindu.
toby jo
(1,269 posts)Makes the establishment of lacking in mental fitness redundant
Rozlee
(2,529 posts)they were mistaken for Muslim by Islamophobes? Indians didn't bring down the World Trade Center and neither did all Muslims. I seem to remember that, not counting the terrorists, 70 Muslims died on 9/11 in the attacks. You're right; Fox News and the right wing echo chamber program these idiots with their propaganda and hateful rhetoric, then let them loose in the streets to perform their holy missions.
Judi Lynn
(160,583 posts)Woman charged with hate-crime murder over Queens subway death
Police say Erica Menendez made statements implicating herself in death of Sunando Sen, who was pushed in front of train
Associated Press in New York
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 29 December 2012 18.02 EST
A woman accused of pushing an immigrant from India to his death in front of a subway train was charged on Saturday with murder as a hate crime.
Police arrested Erica Menendez on Saturday after a passer-by on a street noticed she resembled the woman seen in a surveillance video.
A spokeswoman for Queens district attorney Richard A Brown said Menendez told authorities she hates Hindus and Muslims.
Subway shoving victim Sunando Sen was from India, but it's unclear if he was Muslim or Hindu.
Sen, who lived in the borough of Queens and ran a printing shop, was killed on Thursday night. Witnesses said a muttering woman pushed him on the tracks as a No. 7 train entered a Queens station and then ran off.
More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/dec/29/woman-charged-murder-queens-subway
proudleftist526
(3 posts)DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)our building had 105 apartments. we had cubans, russians, afghanies, jews, puerto ricans, israelis, african americans, people from india and other parts of the world -- never had a problem.
cbrer
(1,831 posts)Is coming home. Full force. This is the religious party also remember. Tolerance and kindness...
Odin2005
(53,521 posts)SpartanDem
(4,533 posts)Zax2me
(2,515 posts)Who knew.
question everything
(47,500 posts)I think that he was mentally ill. Which really does not help the rest of us.
tawadi
(2,110 posts)A homeless man was arrested and charged with murder in that case. He claimed he acted in self-defense and is awaiting trial.
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/news/national/new-york-subway-death-woman-charged-with-murder-in-ny-subway-shove-death