Brooklyn teen charged with hate crime for assault on transgender 15-year-old he mocked on Snapchat
A 17-year-old boy was charged with assault as a hate crime for attacking a transgender teen in Brooklyn after mocking her on Snapchat, police said Friday.
The 15-year-old victim was punched in the face in the afternoon on Jan. 18 during a confrontation on Pennsylvania Ave. in East New York, police said.
It wasn’t immediately clear how the victim knew the suspect, but police said they learned during the investigation that he had posted hateful remarks about transgendered people on Snapchat.
The suspect was arrested Thursday. His name was not released because he is a minor.
