Saturday, June 6, 2026

98-year-old beaten with broomstick, chair in NYC by woman campaigning for DSA candidate: cops


98-year-old beaten with broomstick, chair in NYC by woman campaigning for DSA candidate: cops

An apparently loony, lefty political worker handing out campaign leaflets for a DSA candidate in Brooklyn was arrested after allegedly punching and beating a 98-year-old man with a broomstick and metal chair in a crazed dispute over the reelection flyers, police said.

Tashara Abel was stuffing reelection flyers into mailboxes in the lobby of a building at Maple Street and Rogers Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens when the nonagenarian walked in around 4 p.m. Thursday, cops said.

The two began beefing over the handouts for candidate and Democratic Socialists of America member and New York State Committee Member Anthony Beckford’s June 23 primary run, cops and neighbors said. Beckford is running for re-election as a Democratic district leader.

Police released surveilance photos of suspect leaving the Brooklyn building. dcpi

Abel, 27, allegedly repeatedly punched and kicked the older man before striking him with the broomstick and chair polices aid.




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