Pols express support for Muslim cop after attack
Adams urges public to help catch hate crime suspects
A Muslim police officer who was attacked in a suspected hate crime in Bay Ridge is receiving support and encouragement from a slew of elected officials and civic leaders.
Police Officer Aml Elsokary, along with her 16-year-old son, was a victim of a possible hate crime on Ridge Boulevard and 67th Street on Saturday, according to police, who said a man yelled ethnic slurs at the cop when she stopped him from pushing her son.
“ISIS [expletive], I will cut your throat, go back to your country!” the suspect yelled at Elsokary, according to police, who said the officer, who lives in Bay Ridge and works out of the 90th Precinct in Williamsburg, was wearing a hijab.