Overview
- Police say Clive Porter, 33, punched a 45-year-old man at the Bowery–Delancey subway station, causing the victim to fall onto the tracks before climbing back to safety with a swollen eye.
- Officers arrested Porter shortly after at Grand and Forsyth Streets following a canvass with the victim, and he now faces assault as a hate crime, reckless endangerment, and harassment charges.
- Investigators link him to four other incidents earlier that day on the Lower East Side, including punches thrown at two male victims—one age 72 who suffered a broken nose—an alleged pickpocketing of an elderly woman, and another assault on a woman.
- While in custody and during transport to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation, officials say Porter spat on one officer and headbutted another, leaving the officer with a concussion.
- The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating, prosecutors may add charges, and officials highlight Porter’s extensive arrest history and his releases earlier in October after non-bail-eligible cases.