Madeline Barker, 47, of Merritt Island, Florida, allegedly got into a “verbal altercation” and made anti-Asian remarks before using pepper spray on four women in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood around 6pm on June 11, NYPD. The incident was recorded on video. In a screenshot of a mobile phone video, a woman, identified by police as Madeline Barker, 47, sprays four Asian women with pepper spray in New York. CBS2 The victims refused medical help, according to police. Barker was charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime. two counts of attempted assault as a hate crime; and four counts of harassment as a hate crime.

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