New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday that an attack by a group of cyclists on an SUV in broad daylight was “absolutely unacceptable” and warned that there would be consequences for the perpetrators of the attack.
“It is absolutely unacceptable,” he said when asked about the incident. You have these teenagers doing something that is just wrong, period. “
De Blasio was reacting to the video of Tuesday’s incident in downtown Manhattan, in which a group of teenagers on bicycles attacked an SUV. A teenager was arrested and the mayor said “the others will be”.
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In a 14-second clip, several people in the group are shown jumping on the car’s hood. The teenagers also seemed to take turns damaging the vehicle. One teenager was seen using his bicycle to break the hood of the vehicle, while another was seen jumping on the windshield, causing it to partially shatter and collapse.
In another clip posted on a separate Twitter account, another teenager is seen repeatedly punching the side of the car.
De Blasio promised on Thursday that the perpetrators would be held responsible for the attack.
“Look, we have to teach our young people better all the time, this is a task for all of us, but we also have to have consequences, so there will be consequences in this case,” he said. “I never want to see anything like that in New York.”
Police told Fox News that they received a report that a vehicle had been damaged in the Fifth Avenue and East 21st Street area around 4 pm, but that the suspects fled the scene.
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The vehicle’s driver, Max Torgovnick, told the New York Post on Wednesday that he and his 70-year-old mother had just handed over a donation to a nonprofit when they found about 50 motorcyclists.
“It’s something I never expected to happen in New York City,” said the lifelong resident. “This is something you would see on the streets of a war zone. I never thought New York would look this bad.”
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He told the Post that his mother was screaming, ‘We’re going to die, they’re going to kill us’ “, during the attack.
Daniella Genovese of Fox News contributed to this report.