Category: Assaulting

Ex-NBA Player Ben Gordon Charged With Assaulting Son, Police

NEW YORK—Former NBA player Ben Gordon is facing assault charges for allegedly punching his son at a New York airport. The alleged assault occurred Monday evening at LaGuardia Airport. According to the Queens district attorney’s office, witnesses, including an American Airlines employee, saw Gordon yell at his son and punch him several times in the…


Footage of Women’s Beating Sparks Outrage in China

SHANGHAI—Surveillance footage of men assaulting women at a restaurant in the northeastern city of Tangshan has unleashed a flood of outrage on Chinese social media, prompting state media calls for punishment. The graphic video, which has gone viral on China’s Weibo social media platform, shows a man approaching a table at a barbecue restaurant and…


Footage of Women Being Brutally Attacked Sparks Outrage in China

Surveillance footage of men assaulting women at a restaurant in China’s northeastern city of Tangshan has unleashed a flood of outrage on Chinese social media. Footage from a barbecue restaurant in Tangshan in northern Hebei province, time stamped 2:40 a.m. Friday, showed one of the men approaching a table where a party of four women…


US Charges Passenger With Assaulting American Airlines Flight Attendant 

U.S. prosecutors in Colorado on Monday charged a 20-year-old California man with assaulting a flight attendant on an Oct. 27 American Airlines flight that forced its diversion. The New York to Santa Ana, California flight made an unscheduled landing in Denver after the alleged assault. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver said Brian Hsu, of…