Racist transgender man is found guilty and faces prison time for battering Chinese man on NYC subway last year in brutal hammer attack caught on film
- Christian Jeffers, 49, was found guilty of assaulting an Asian man on the New York City subway last spring
- A jury arrived at the verdict after less than a day of deliberation, following Jeffers’ decision to take the stand in his defense
- Jeffers, who is black, was convicted of committing a hate crime against the victim, who he attacked in the head with a hammer
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Trans Christian Jeffers, 49, was found guilty of a number of charges pertaining to a hate crime committed last year when Jeffers assaulted an Asian man on a New York City subway with a hammer.
Jeffers, who identifies as a woman, was found guilty of attempted assault, assault, criminal possession of a weapon, menacing – which he was charged with as a hate crime – and aggravated harassment.
The jury deliberated for less than a day before delivering a guilty verdict. Jeffers had taken to the stand one day prior in his defense.
Jeffers, who is black, appeared in court Wednesday wearing a white scarf, white shirt, lipstick and what looked to be some eye makeup.
He will be sentenced at a later date.
Christian Jeffers, 49, was found guilty of multiple violent charges pertaining to a hate crime committed against an Asian man on the New York City subway system last year
The jury deliberated for less than a day before returning a guilty verdict. Jeffers has previously taken to the stand as part of his defense
Jeffers was arrested last spring for assaulting a 29-year-old Asian victim at the 14th Street subway station in Manhattan.
Jeffers was subsequently charged with assault, aggravated harassment, menacing – all under the umbrella of hate crimes – and one additional count of criminal possession of a weapon.
Prosecutors argued Jeffers attacked with ‘little to no provocation.’
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The incident, which was captured on-camera, shows Jeffers, wearing a black wig and purple lipstick, smashing the victim in the head with a hammer just after the strangers had bumped into one another.
They exchanged words before Jeffers can be seen launching a brutal attack on the 29-year-old Asian man.
Police said that Jeffers has a vast criminal history that stretches back to 2007 and includes 47 prior arrests, charges of prostitution, grand larceny, public lewdness, theft of service and drug possession.
Jeffers was released from prison in June 2021 after serving six years for second-degree robbery, and just a week after release, was arrested for petit larceny.
Jeffers has yet to be sentenced following the guilty verdict, but assault in the first degree, a Class C felony in which an individual has intentionally caused serious physical injury to another person using a dangerous weapon, can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
Police said that Jeffers has a vast criminal history that stretches to 2007 and includes 47 prior arrests, charges of prostitution, grand larceny, public lewdness, theft of service and drug possession
The 29-year-old victim was left with blood pouring down the side of the face after being smashed in the head at the 14th Street station
The victim is seen in the back of an ambulance. He was taken to Bellevue hospital, where he made a full recovery
At the time of the hammer attack, the victim said he was fed up with the rising crime in the Big Apple – and that he wants his hammer-wielding attacker ‘locked up.’
‘I want to get him locked up because he was pretty aggressive,’ the victim, who chose not to be identified, told the New York Post.
‘He was looking for trouble.
‘We’re trying to live our lives as well as we can, you know, and it’s just unfortunate that we have to face all these adversities, along with just all the struggles in life,’ he added.
