A Coney Island Mother and clergy group are calling for arrests for a gang assault that left a teenage boy injured on Wednesday morning.
Monique Whyte said her son, who is a student-athlete, was attacked at the Stillwell Avenue train station on Wednesday, March 26, by a gang of Uzbekistan teen youths just after 7:30 a.m. The assault left the boy with facial injuries and physical trauma so bad that he hasn’t returned to school yet.
Whyte said she normally drives her kid to school, but that morning, she wasn’t feeling well. She said the group threw a Bannas at him before starting the assault by kicking and beating him with sticks.
Following the assault, two teenagers were taken into custody and charged with multiple counts of robbery and one count of gang assault.
The group wants to see the survillance video and said that a good natured person walking by stopped this from being a real tragedy. Rev. Kevin McCall announced that the Clergies of Brooklyn will start patrolling the busy subway stop, which runs the B, D, Q, and F trains.
“The NYPD can’t seem to do their job, this definition, where they’re worried about standing somebody from beating the fan be worried about protecting New Yorkers, protecting people from this very family, Protecting people who ride the public every day didn’t. Governor Hochul and Mayor Adams, your people aren’t doing their job,” said McCall.
Monique Whyte is pleading with train district officers to find the gang that attacked her son. She is also fearing of retaliation towards her boy, who they also beat with a stick.
“People in this community deserve leadership in their community that makes them feel safe,” said McCall.
This incident comes just two months after a woman was burned to death while sleeping on the F train by a migrant who lit her on fire while drinking in January.
