Mother of teen beat up, called racial slurs on subway speaks out
Moniquie Whyte stood with local clergy members outraged by the attack that happened Monday at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave subway station as her son was heading to school.
The mother of a teen beat up and called racial slurs is calling for more safety measures - and for everyone to be caught and charged.
"These thugs are terrorizing black children in this neighborhood, the videos are all circulating I want something done," said Moniquie Whyte, the mother of the teen attacked.
Whyte stood with local clergy members outraged by the attack that happened Monday at the Coney Island-Stillwell Ave subway station as her son was heading to school.
"It's a hate crime, they threw bananas they called him a n****, they didn't call him the n-word they called him a n****," said Whyte. "He didn't deserve that, he didn't deserve that."
A 16 year-old is now facing robbery and gang assault charges as hate crimes for the assault and police said they are continuing to search for others who were involved in the incident.
Local clergy calling on police to do more to prevent teen violence and questioning why this attack wasn't stopped or prevented.
"The police department is in this subway station, so where were they to provide safety?" said the Rev. Kevin McCall. "Police officers should be looking should be visible because when you have police officers that are visible, that deters crime. The police were not visible that day."
McCall announced local clergy are forming a Clergy Community Patrol to patrol the subway station before and after school to interrupt violence.
This week, two other incidents involving teens happened at this subway station.
A teen threatened with a machete on Tuesday and another teen was stabbed in the leg Wednesday, according to police.
Authorities have not linked these incidents.
