Suspect In Deadly Beating Of Yao Pan Ma Charged With Murder As Hate Crime
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The Manhattan District Attorney has upgraded charges against the man accused in the April 2021 anti-Asian attack that killed 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma.
The attack happened when Ma was out collecting cans in East Harlem.
Prosecutors said Jarrod Powell, 50, attacked Ma from behind, knocked him to the ground and repeatedly kicked him in the head.
Ma never regained consciousness and died eight months later.
Powell is charged with second degree murder as a hate crime.
The case brought national attention to the rising number of anti-Asian attacks in New York City and around the country.
