Posted on 03/02/2024 3:38:20 PM PST by grundle
A 23-year-old with eight prior arrests was busted in the shocking, caught-on-video bottle attack on a New York City subway cellist — and was promptly cut loose Thursday despite pleas that she be held on bail.
Amira Hunter was nabbed Wednesday night, 15 days after she allegedly bashed Iain S. Forrest, 29, in the head as he performed in the Herald Square station.
At her arraignment Thursday on second-degree assault charges, Manhattan prosecutors argued for $15,000 cash bail or $45,000 bond, noting that Hunter has failed to appear at three of her five court dates in other criminal cases last year.
“The People have little faith that she will return to court of her own volition,” prosecutor Alexandra Robertson told Judge Marva Brown in Manhattan criminal court.
Hunter, of Brooklyn, also had a bench warrant out for her arrest in two cases involving petit larceny, according to the Manhattan DA’s Office.
Her last arrest was in October on grand larceny charges for allegedly stealing two bathing suits worth $2,050 from Bergdorf Goodman, sources said.
She also was arrested twice for assaulting her mom in 2019, sources said.
But despite her criminal history, Brown set Hunter free on supervised release — even though the jurist could’ve set bail on the assault charge, a violent felony, under current law.
Hunter was caught on video allegedly whacking Forrest in the head with his own metal water bottle as he performed “Titanium” by Sia underground on Feb. 13.
Forrest was left traumatized over the terrifying assault.
“I hadn’t touched my cello since being attacked in the NYC subway … until today,” Forrest revealed in an X post Wednesday where he showed off some free gifts from a music company.
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Death Wish.
Keep it up. Watch how fast vigilante justice returns.
WTAF?
P:utting her in jail would take one of those rooms that could be use to house migrants.
Headline makes it sound like a cello was the weapon.
Just found her Facebook page, apparently this is an elected position, the people of NYC need to get out and vote for the right people if they want this crap to stop, otherwise, it's pretty hard to feel sorry for them.
Another couple ABW assault society
She could be purple and I can tell she’s Canadian
“Servant Leader with a lot of Love for the People”
Clearly she only serves and loves people with the same skin color as her.
I think I just heard a huge sigh of relief from the Amish.
Buskers oughta arm themselves, like Bernhard Gaetz.
“Keep it up. Watch how fast vigilante justice returns.”
Not near fast enough to suit me.
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Well, yeah.
The pavement apes will continue to run wild until the country collapses and the pieces are taken over by the Chinese/Cartels/Moslems. Then they’ll be final-solutioned...
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