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Savage black woman accused of stabbing tourist inside NYC steakhouse, piercing his lung, acted in self-defense, parents claim: 'Sweetest person you'd want to meet'
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Nov 21, 2022, 6:32:19 PM11/21/22
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A woman accused of stabbing a tourist inside a posh Midtown Manhattan
steakhouse, piercing his lung, told cops she doesn’t remember the attack —
and her parents told the Daily News she was only defending herself after
being punched.
Joan Thompson was celebrating her 41st birthday with her cousin by
visiting Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on W. 51st St. for the first time Friday
night.
The 24-year-old victim, eating with his wife as part of a large party at
another table and a stranger to Thompson, needed surgery after he was
stabbed in the back in an attack prosecutors say was partially captured on
video.
Police said Thompson flew into a rage Friday night after the victim’s wife
made snide remarks about the service and the waitstaff at the W. 51st St.
steakhouse.
Video taken by another patron showed Thompson standing on a chair or
bench, gripping the steak knife and shouting, assistant District Attorney
Samantha McCarthy said during Thompson’s arraignment Saturday in Manhattan
Criminal Court.
She can be seen repeatedly plunging the knife downward, and the blade
connected with the victim once, going through the flesh of his back and
piercing his lung, prosecutors say.
But Thompson’s father claimed his daughter was punched in the face and
harassed as the mayhem broke out around her, based on what his daughter
and her cousin told him.
Workers at the restaurant who did not want to be named but who spoke to
witnesses told the Daily News that diners at the victim’s table insulted
the suspect and her cousin and punched the suspect before the stabbing.
They insulted Thompson and her cousin’s clothing, calling them
prostitutes, the workers claim.
“That’s exactly how it started,” Carlos Stapleton, 84, said Sunday. “These
people left their table to come to my daughter’s table to start harassing
them for nothing. He put his hands on her is what I was told.”
He said another woman from the group at the next table also approached and
started harassing his daughter.
“My daughter told them, ‘We’re not here to fight — we came here to have
dinner,’” he said. “My daughter got the worst of it and she’s the victim
protecting herself.”
The woman who approached Thompson threatened her, saying, ‘I’m going to
bust your nose,’” Thompson’s mother, Barbara Stapleton, 64, claims.
“If she’s protecting herself, why is she in jail and they’re not in jail?”
the mother said. “That’s cruel to me.”
Thompson, is charged with assault, was ordered held on $40,000 bail.
Prosecutors argued that while she has no previous criminal record, the
fact that she fled the restaurant indicates she’s a flight risk.
“She’s not OK,” Carlos Stapleton said of his daughter. “She’s highly upset
because this has never happened before. She was never in any trouble at
all.”
Thompson fled but police were able to identify her from the table
reservation and arrested her later that night, prosecutors said.
She told police she remembered being in the restaurant and getting into an
argument but didn’t remember the stabbing itself, McCarthy said. But
Thompson acknowledged she was the woman in the video and that it appeared
to show her stabbing the victim, according to the criminal complaint.
The victim, who police said hails from Milford, Mass., was released from
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell after surgery, prosecutors
said.
Thompson’s mother said she spoke to her daughter from Rikers Island.
“She said, ‘Mommy, I didn’t mean to do it but I was scared,’” the mom
said. “She’s very scared. I don’t think they should have taken her to
Rikers. I’m furious that she’s at Rikers.”
The family was still trying to pull together enough money to get her
released on bond Sunday.
“It was unjust. For her being a victim, yes it was unfair,” her father
said of the bail amount. “It’s hard. It hit everybody unexpected. It’s
hard on the family.”
Thompson is a mother of two young children and a Costco supervisor.
“Joanie’s not a violent person, whatsoever,” her mother said. “She’s the
sweetest person you’d want to meet and I’m not just saying that because
I’m her mother. Everybody who meets my baby says she’s a beautiful
person.”
Obviously not.
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A woman accused of stabbing a tourist inside a posh Midtown Manhattan
steakhouse, piercing his lung, told cops she doesn’t remember the attack —
and her parents told the Daily News she was only defending herself after
being punched.
Joan Thompson was celebrating her 41st birthday with her cousin by
visiting Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on W. 51st St. for the first time Friday
night.
The 24-year-old victim, eating with his wife as part of a large party at
another table and a stranger to Thompson, needed surgery after he was
stabbed in the back in an attack prosecutors say was partially captured on
video.
Police said Thompson flew into a rage Friday night after the victim’s wife
made snide remarks about the service and the waitstaff at the W. 51st St.
steakhouse.
Video taken by another patron showed Thompson standing on a chair or
bench, gripping the steak knife and shouting, assistant District Attorney
Samantha McCarthy said during Thompson’s arraignment Saturday in Manhattan
Criminal Court.
She can be seen repeatedly plunging the knife downward, and the blade
connected with the victim once, going through the flesh of his back and
piercing his lung, prosecutors say.
But Thompson’s father claimed his daughter was punched in the face and
harassed as the mayhem broke out around her, based on what his daughter
and her cousin told him.
Workers at the restaurant who did not want to be named but who spoke to
witnesses told the Daily News that diners at the victim’s table insulted
the suspect and her cousin and punched the suspect before the stabbing.
They insulted Thompson and her cousin’s clothing, calling them
prostitutes, the workers claim.
“That’s exactly how it started,” Carlos Stapleton, 84, said Sunday. “These
people left their table to come to my daughter’s table to start harassing
them for nothing. He put his hands on her is what I was told.”
He said another woman from the group at the next table also approached and
started harassing his daughter.
“My daughter told them, ‘We’re not here to fight — we came here to have
dinner,’” he said. “My daughter got the worst of it and she’s the victim
protecting herself.”
The woman who approached Thompson threatened her, saying, ‘I’m going to
bust your nose,’” Thompson’s mother, Barbara Stapleton, 64, claims.
“If she’s protecting herself, why is she in jail and they’re not in jail?”
the mother said. “That’s cruel to me.”
Thompson, is charged with assault, was ordered held on $40,000 bail.
Prosecutors argued that while she has no previous criminal record, the
fact that she fled the restaurant indicates she’s a flight risk.
“She’s not OK,” Carlos Stapleton said of his daughter. “She’s highly upset
because this has never happened before. She was never in any trouble at
all.”
Thompson fled but police were able to identify her from the table
reservation and arrested her later that night, prosecutors said.
She told police she remembered being in the restaurant and getting into an
argument but didn’t remember the stabbing itself, McCarthy said. But
Thompson acknowledged she was the woman in the video and that it appeared
to show her stabbing the victim, according to the criminal complaint.
The victim, who police said hails from Milford, Mass., was released from
New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell after surgery, prosecutors
said.
Thompson’s mother said she spoke to her daughter from Rikers Island.
“She said, ‘Mommy, I didn’t mean to do it but I was scared,’” the mom
said. “She’s very scared. I don’t think they should have taken her to
Rikers. I’m furious that she’s at Rikers.”
The family was still trying to pull together enough money to get her
released on bond Sunday.
“It was unjust. For her being a victim, yes it was unfair,” her father
said of the bail amount. “It’s hard. It hit everybody unexpected. It’s
hard on the family.”
Thompson is a mother of two young children and a Costco supervisor.
“Joanie’s not a violent person, whatsoever,” her mother said. “She’s the
sweetest person you’d want to meet and I’m not just saying that because
I’m her mother. Everybody who meets my baby says she’s a beautiful
person.”
Obviously not.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
Just Wondering
Nov 21, 2022, 7:09:58 PM11/21/22
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up a steak knife, climbed on a chair, and stabbed the guy in the back.
Just Wondering
Nov 21, 2022, 7:12:26 PM11/21/22
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On 11/21/2022 4:32 PM, Leroy N. Soetoro wrote:
> https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-ruths-chris-steakhouse-
> stabbing-suspect-self-defense-parents-20221106-qrr5jb3uvffyfemzazj6bg4o2a-
> story.html
>
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> A woman accused of stabbing a tourist inside a posh Midtown Manhattan
> steakhouse, piercing his lung, told cops she doesn’t remember the attack —
> and her parents told the Daily News she was only defending herself after
> being punched.
>
> Joan Thompson was celebrating her 41st birthday with her cousin by
> visiting Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on W. 51st St. for the first time Friday
> night.
>
> The 24-year-old victim, eating with his wife as part of a large party at
> another table and a stranger to Thompson, needed surgery after he was
> stabbed in the back in an attack prosecutors say was partially captured on
> video.
>
It goes to show, we've just got to get us some of them there common
> stabbing-suspect-self-defense-parents-20221106-qrr5jb3uvffyfemzazj6bg4o2a-
> story.html
>
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>
> A woman accused of stabbing a tourist inside a posh Midtown Manhattan
> steakhouse, piercing his lung, told cops she doesn’t remember the attack —
> and her parents told the Daily News she was only defending herself after
> being punched.
>
> Joan Thompson was celebrating her 41st birthday with her cousin by
> visiting Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse on W. 51st St. for the first time Friday
> night.
>
> The 24-year-old victim, eating with his wife as part of a large party at
> another table and a stranger to Thompson, needed surgery after he was
> stabbed in the back in an attack prosecutors say was partially captured on
> video.
>
sense steak knife control law thingies. Yep, knife control laws are
just the thing we need to stop these sorts of shenanigans.
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