A white woman threw red pepper flakes on a 5-month-old baby during a racist attack at a pizzeria.
On Friday, June 11th, the altercation inside Not Ray’s Pizza in New York City was around 5:20 p.m. A Black mother was paying for her order while holding her 5-month-old daughter, with her 4-year-old son beside her.
According to the 35-year-old mother, the white woman began an unprovoked verbal assault, screaming “F–- your baby, n—–.” The unidentified racist then called the 4-year-old boy a “n—–” and told the family to “Get out of this country.”
The mother, who works as a realtor, initially believed that the attacker might have suffered from Tourette Syndrome. However, when the mom tried to walk away to diffuse the situation, she says that her baby was attacked.
“I walked away, and she threw the red pepper in my baby’s face,” the mother revealed, saying that the situation left her son “extremely distraught.” She says that she never even made eye contact with the woman before the altercation began.
The NYPD is now searching for the unidentified assailant who launched the bigoted slander. Since the incident, they have released a cell phone video that a bystander captured. In the clip, the woman is seen removing her mask and continuing to rant as she leaves. Police say she also made hateful immigrant comments.
The mother is now calling for justice and says that “if the tables were turned, and she was a Black woman, the police wouldn’t use that as an excuse.”
Neither the aggressor nor the mother has been publicly identified.
