A white army veteran from Baltimore told investigators he spent several days stalking black men before he killed a 66-year-old man.
The man said it was “practice” for a larger attack he had planned for Times Square to incite a racial war on interracial dating.
Prosecutors of the hate crime said although New York is one of the safest cities in the US, the number of reported hate crimes has increased steadily since the 2016 election of President Donald Trump.