Madeline Barker, the woman who was caught on camera pepper spraying four Asian women, has been indicted on 12 hate crime charges

The Manhattan District Attorney has announced the indictment of Barker and charged her with 12 hate crime charges — eight counts of assault in the third degree as a hate crime and four counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, a misdemeanor hate crime.

A group of Asian women were pepper-sprayed after being told to “go back to your country”

A group of four Asian women were looking for a lost item in Manhattan when they were suddenly attacked with pepper spray after the attacker allegedly screamed, “Go back where you came from! Go back to your country!”