Police are searching for a man accused of assaulting a Black woman and using racial slurs toward her during a fight in New York on Sept. 27. (Credit: Crime Stoppers NY)

Black woman assaulted, spit at by cab driver in New York who hurled slurs at her

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Police are searching for a man accused of assaulting a Black woman and using racial slurs toward her during a fight in New York on Sept. 27. (Credit: NYPD)
Police are searching for a man accused of assaulting a Black woman and using racial slurs toward her during a fight in New York on Sept. 27. (Credit: NYPD)

Police announced on Saturday they are searching for a man accused of assaulting a Black woman who tried to intervene in a fight between him and another cab driver in New York.

The 52-year-old woman offered to help when she saw two men fighting in the Midtown section of Manhattan when she saw a yellow taxi driver and a Pedi cab driver on Sept. 7, according to the New York Police Department.

One of the two men hit the woman multiple times and spit on her while anti-Black slurs during the incident.

The victim was not hospitalized.

The incident is currently under investigation.

More information about the incident can be found here.

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