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Twelve-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Beating Up Muslim Girl on Staten Island

Osman Daramy was also charged with felony assault and aggravated harassment after he punched, kicked, and tried to rip the hijab off of a 13-year-old classmate at Berta Dreyfus Intermediate School yesterday. [NYDN] Update: As commenters have pointed out, Osman’s dad has protested that it can’t be a hate crime, because he is Muslim, too.

Twelve-Year-Old Charged With Hate Crime After Beating Up Muslim Girl on Staten Island