Authorities say the officer, who was wearing a Muslim head covering, encountered a man yelling while pushing her 16-year-old son on Saturday evening in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. When the off-duty, unarmed officer tried to intervene, police said the suspect said to her, “ISIS [expletive], I will cut your throat, go back to your country,†reports CBS New York.City officials hailed Officer Aml Elsokary as a hero in 2014, after she ran into a burning building to save a baby.“I was sick to my stomach when I heard that one of our officers was subjected to threats and taunting simply because of her faith,†New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio said at Monday. “We can’t allow this.â€There was no immediate information on an attorney who could comment on the defendant’s behalf.It was the second such incident in New York City in one week -- on Thursday, a young woman wearing a Muslim head covering was harassed while riding the subway. Hate crimes are on the rise across the country, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
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