Man Arrested For Attacking Asian Woman In NYC Was Out On Parole For Killing His Mother

The New York City Police Department reported Wednesday that a man arrested for what appears to be a hate crime was on parole for the 2002 slaying of his own mother. Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested Wednesday in what police describe as a hate crime for punching and kicking a 65-year-old Asian woman in front of an apartment building on W. 43rd between 8th and 9th.

“F–k you, you don’t belong here,” Elliot reportedly yelled as he assaulted the woman, according to police sources who told the New York Post details from the scene.

What was Elliot doing in the neighborhood after murdering his mother with a kitchen knife? He was sentenced to 15 years to life and made the cut for parole in 2019.

In Monday's attack, Vilma Kari, a Filipino American reportedly suffered a broken pelvis. The good news, if there is any here, is that Kari was released after just one day in the hospital.

As for what Elliot was doing in the area, he was staying in a Four Points by Sheraton on West 40th which has been turned into a homeless shelter by the city.

“When you’re releasing people from prison and you’re putting them in homeless shelters, you’re asking for trouble,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told PIX 11.

In December, Shea called 2020 a "dark period" for crime in the city. “The confluence of COVID into the protests into all of the debate about defunding the police — I can’t imagine a darker period.”

According to the NY Post, there have been 33 hate crimes targeting Asians so far in 2021. There were 28 total in 2020 and three in 2019.