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Video shows the moment when a Black man in a wheelchair is attacked while walking his dogs in New York.
In the video, the alleged assailant, identified as Levi Kabakov, appeared to push Troy McLeod out of his wheelchair amid a dispute.
“Call 911!” a bystander said. “How can you do that to a man in a wheelchair?!”
McLeod said he was walking his dogs in the Crown Heights neighborhood last month when Kabakov confronted him. The alleged attacker claimed McLeod's dogs were bothering his children and demanded that the man in the wheelchair cross the street. McLeod, however, said his dogs were muzzled, calm, and never interacted with the children.
“My dogs are well trained, and even as he was violating me, you can see they did not involve themselves to hurt him,” McLeod said.
As the dispute escalated, Kabakov allegedly grabbed a wooden block from his yard and hit McLeod before pushing him out of his wheelchair.
“I was scared, I was trying to get back up, I was in shock, and thank God someone was there,” McLeod said. “It felt like a vengeful vibe to me because, to the extent of the situation, there was no need for it.”
Kabakov is facing charges of second-degree assault and aggravated menacing. He was arraigned on March 30 and released without bail.
The alleged attacker is scheduled to appear in court in July.
Watch the video of the attack here.
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