{"id":262112,"date":"2026-06-10T17:26:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/262112\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T17:26:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T17:26:06","slug":"woman-indicted-for-hate-crime-for-pulling-nyc-subway-riders-hair-out-in-antisemitic-beatdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/262112\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman indicted for hate crime for pulling NYC subway rider’s hair out in antisemitic beatdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

A mentally-ill woman caught on video screaming, \u201cJews are eating kids!\u201d before she ripped out a fistful of a Jewish nurse\u2019s hair<\/a> during a beatdown on a lower Manhattan subway train has been indicted on hate crime charges, authorities said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Diana Smith, 45, was ordered held on $10,000 bail during her Tuesday arraignment in Manhattan Supreme Criminal Court over the objections of prosecutors who pressed for higher bail.<\/p>\n

She was indicted on charges including assault, criminal obstruction of breathing, and aggravated harassment \u2014 all as hate crimes \u2014 for the May 31 attack on the crowded C train heading into the Canal St. station.<\/a><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old victim managed to record much of the 2:15 p.m. clash on her cell phone.<\/p>\n

\u201cJews are eating kids!\u201d Smith screams in the recording.\u00a0 She then leaned in and said, \u201cYou\u2019re a Jew, I can smell the kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith also said she \u201ccould smell Jews,\u201d that \u201cJews kill and eat babies,\u201d and that \u201cJews can\u2019t see their reflections in mirrors,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n

\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 NYC, May 31, 2026: A 23 year old Jewish woman sent CAM footage of her assault on a subway train.<\/p>\n

Around 2:15 PM, a woman told her she could \u201csmell the babies\u201d she had eaten and yelled that \u201cJews eat babies\u201d before choking her, throwing her to the ground, and beating her. pic.twitter.com\/4yMygy3EEb<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Combat Antisemitism Movement (@CombatASemitism) June 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The victim, identified in published reports as a Jewish nurse, recorded Smith but otherwise tried not to engage and attempted to laugh it off. A moment later, Smith struck the victim.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t touch me!\u201d the victim screamed, the video shows, as other straphangers got involved.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s OK for her to eat a kid, but I can\u2019t choke her down?\u201d Smith yelled at the crowd as the two women were separated.<\/p>\n

During the fight, Smith ripped out a chunk of the woman\u2019s hair and punched and kicked her, cops said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was just assaulted!\u201d the victim said, turning her cell phone camera onto herself for a brief moment.<\/p>\n

The victim was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital<\/a>, cops said.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe lunged at me. She choked me twice. She kicked me. She ripped my hair out<\/a>,\u201d the victim, who asked not to be named, told CBS News New York. \u201cIt was a hate crime against the Jewish community. This wouldn\u2019t have happened if I wasn\u2019t Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cops arrested Smith shortly after the incident and took her to a hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. A grand jury indicted her Monday.<\/p>\n

Smith appeared virtually from the psych ward at Bellevue Hospital for her arraignment.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors asked that Smith be held on $30,000 bail but Judge Daniel Quart granted her $10,000 bail and ordered her transferred to the Rikers Island. Her next court date is Sept. 3.<\/p>\n

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