Afzal Butts, a taxi driver, was viciously beaten in Midtown Manhattan after someone tried hailing a ride from him. The attack was caught on video, and now his family is afraid of him returning to work. DaveCarlinTV reports.
According to Butt, it started when someone with no connection to the group tried to hail his cab at the corner of Sixth Avenue and West 34th Street. A man believed to be in the group of attackers accused Butt of almost running them down on the street. "They started messing with me ... Started hitting my car, breaking my side mirror ... and they threw food inside my car, all over my clothes, my body. My car was littered with the food," said Butt.
Fernando Mateo, founder of the New York State Federation of Taxi Drivers, said cab drivers stand in solidarity with Butt. "How could they brutally beat a man like this?" said Mateo."There's the black car fund, there's the livery car fund and there's the New York state victims crimes board that they can go to and get financial help." "My wife, my kids ... they do not want me to drive now," said Butt."I have no option. I am a 61-year-old now. Nobody will give me a job.
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