FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Newly released officer-worn body camera video captured the aftermath of what authorities described as a hate crime on a postal worker in Fort Lauderdale that led to a man’s arrest.
Fort Lauderdale Police officers’ body cameras were rolling as they arrived at the scene of the incident on the afternoon of Oct. 24, 2023.
“What happened? I see a little bit of blood on your right,” an officer said to the mail carrier.
“He grabbed me. He took my hijab and everything,” said the mail carrier.
The 47-year-old victim, a Muslim woman employed by the United States Postal Service, said she was out delivering mail when the suspect, 47-year-old Kenneth Pinkney, approached her on a bicycle.
“He was riding his bicycle, and I’m like, ‘Excuse me,’ and the only thing that I – he was like, you know, like he was pointing with a gun,” said the mail carrier.
“He was pretending to point with a gun?” said the officer.
“He was telling me, you know, ‘Go back to your country.’ I said, ‘You know what? Just leave me alone,’” said the mail carrier.