A man screaming about masks attacked a 69-year-old woman at the State Street Orange Line stop Wednesday afternoon, ripping her mask off, knocking her to the floor and trying to drag her to the tracks before a bystander intervened, Transit Police and WBZ report.
Police say the man, 33, attacked the woman “without warning or provocation,” around 1:30 p.m. WBZ interviewed the bystander, who reported that as he was dragging the woman, the man was yelling about how this is America and we don’t need masks.
Police did not identify the man. Boston Municipal Court records show that Ivan Joel Herrero, 33, was arraigned yesterday on a charge of assault and battery on a person over 60.
Innocent, etc.