A crazed New York City woman seen on video lunging at a mom and her baby and dragging another woman by the hair before rampaging down an East Village street is back on the loose, according to victims who told Fox News Digital she should have been charged and sent for treatment.
“The crazy lady was released the next day, which is unacceptable,” said Ian Knife, who identified himself as the man seen near the end of the video wearing a sweater and dreadlocks and telling police the community has had enough.
“She came up to me and drank my coffee that was sitting on the bench,” he claimed. “Then she started emptying out trash cans, broke the one artist’s pottery, five pieces of pottery that were smashed on the ground in the park … She left a trail of actual, serious victims.”
He is demanding that police charge her so that she can face a judge and receive court-ordered mental health assistance.
“The only way she’s going to get help is if she gets charged and faces a judge and then gets forced into treatment,” he said. “That’s the only way to get her help. It’s not just going to come from kind words and stuff like that.”
Police arrived and took the person into custody on East 9th Street. Witness Ian Knife, right, said the woman needs to be charged and receive court-ordered treatment for her mental health issues. (Ed Quinn FreedomNewsTV)
The unidentified woman has frequented the area for years, he said, and used to be doing well for herself until “something happened and broke.” Since then, she has allegedly harassed bystanders, he claimed. Before the attacks caught on video Sunday, he said she snapped at other women and even stole his coffee.
“She slapped another lady, which happened before she pulled the lady’s hair,” he said, referencing the beginning of the video captured Sunday. “She slapped more people which is not appearing on these videos.”
That was when he called 911 – attracting her anger, he said.
