Police: Woman Arrested After Allegedly Telling Staff Inside Chinatown Nail Salon, 'You Brought The Corona To This Country'
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A plain clothes NYPD officer stopped a racist attack in Chinatown on Tuesday.
CBS2 News has learned exclusively that Sharon Williams was arrested Tuesday night. She's accused of harassing the Asian staff inside a nail salon on Madison Street.
Police say she used slurs, threatened violence and said, "You brought the corona to this country."
Williams was allegedly harassing another Asian person outside when a plain clothes officer, who is Asian, intervened.
She then allegedly started insulting the officer as well.
In March, the NYPD increased patrols in Asian communities as a strategy to prevent and stop anti-Asian attacks.
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