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Recent Examples of assailant
Asian Americans’ outrage over a judge’s leniency in the case — the assailants received $3,000 fines and no jail time — sparked a surge of activism seeking tougher hate crime laws nationwide.
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
Cops believed the assailant was called onto the bus by a woman passenger already onboard who was arguing with the bus driver, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
While the investigation is ongoing, and several discoveries are made throughout the season, the police are not much closer to discovering the assailants behind the deadly shooting.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
The assailant, who said nothing during the attack and had no interaction with the conductor beforehand, ran out of the station.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
Cops believed the assailant was called onto the bus by a woman passenger already onboard who was arguing with the bus driver, a police source with knowledge of the case said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 30 May 2025
While the investigation is ongoing, and several discoveries are made throughout the season, the police are not much closer to discovering the assailants behind the deadly shooting.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 29 May 2025
The assailant, who said nothing during the attack and had no interaction with the conductor beforehand, ran out of the station.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 May 2025
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“Assailant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assailant. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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