‘Shocking’ video shows NYC man lighting fireworks and tossing them on sleeping homeless man

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A video circulating on social media shows a man in New York City lighting fireworks and throwing them on a sleeping homeless man.

“Earlier yesterday morning, a homeless male was sleeping on the sidewalk in front of 67 Lenox Avenue, in the confines of the 28 pct, when he was attacked. The male pictured above threw a lit firework on him, which exploded causing burns to the victims back,” New York Police Department’s chief of detectives, Rodney Harrison, tweeted Tuesday morning.

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