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“You n—–s are why I lost my job,” yelled the drunk white guy. Well, we don’t know about that, but police allege that after a scuffle, they may be why he lost consciousness.<\/h2>\n“You n—–s are why I lost my job,” yelled the drunk white guy. Well, we don’t know about that, but police allege that after a scuffle, they may be why he lost consciousness.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
An unidentified man was hospitalized with a massive head injury Friday following an apparent bias-fueled attack in the West Village, witnesses and officials said.<\/p>\n
Witnesses on Greenwich Ave. near W. 12th St. said the white man \u2014 who cops said is in his 30s \u2014 was belting back beers outside Benny\u2019s Burritos about 5:30 p.m. when he began mouthing off to a black customer in the outdoor seating area.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou n—–s are why I lost my job,\u201d witnesses overheard the man say.<\/p>\n
Outraged, the black man punched the bigoted boozer, sending him reeling backward onto the rain-slick sidewalk.<\/p>\n
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<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\nThe man\u2019s head cracked open on the concrete, said one witness who did not want to be named.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was lying on his back unconscious with his arms and legs spread out,\u201d said the witness, who described the man as \u201cwell-dressed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHis eyes were rolled back in his head.\u201d<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\nThe offended assailant took off.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it,\u201d the witness said. \u201cHe mentioned the N-word, this guy hits him one time and he hits his head on the curb.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paramedics rushed the man to Beth Israel Medical Center with head trauma.<\/p>\n
Cops were still investigating the clash late Friday night.<\/p>\n
A man is in critical condition today after he was punched for allegedly going on a racist tirade about “n***ers” in the West Village yesterday. According to the News<\/a>, the incident happened outside Benny\u2019s Burritos on Greenwich Avenue near W. 12th Street around 5:30 p.m. on Friday. The man, who has not been identified, was overheard telling a black couple, “You n—–s are why I lost my job.” “This really belligerent white guy came walking up to them and started yelling out the n-word,” Benny\u2019s worker Robert Garcia told the Post<\/a>. “There was some sort of altercation and it made the black guy punch the white guy in the face. He was out cold. I thought he was dead.”<\/p>\n \u201cHe was lying on his back unconscious with his arms and legs spread out,\u201d a witness told the Daily News. \u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. He mentioned the N-word, this guy hits him one time and he hits his head on the curb.\u201d A woman who claims she spoke with the man before he was knocked out told the Post he was upset over his wife leaving him and about his job at Goldman Sachs. That man was taken to Beth Israel Medical Center in critical condition with head trauma.<\/p>\n