Man wearing Arab scarf says he was violently confronted by a woman in Brooklyn park

Police are investigating a confrontation at a Brooklyn park as a potential hate crime.

The alleged victim said he was accosted because of the color of his skin and the scarf he was wearing.

As Ashish Prashar stood near Edmond Park in Fort Greene, he said, “I don’t think it registered how bad it was at that moment.”

CBS News

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