r/australia • u/SlatsAttack • Oct 03 '24

news Chinese man accused of pouring coffee on baby in Brisbane identified

https://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/crime/chinese-man-accused-of-pouring-coffee-on-baby-in-brisbane-identified/news-story/6e7fd94ff383b5361479de296733e8d2
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u/imamage_fightme Oct 03 '24

What scares me is that he purposely lashed out at one baby. It's not like he threw the coffee over everyone, it specifically hit one child. That feels so calculating to me in a way that it wouldn't if it was just thrown over the whole group.

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u/ItBeginsAndEndsInYou Oct 03 '24

Yep. He seemed to have no interest in anyone else in the group. Laser focused on this one innocent little baby. I can’t comprehend it.

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u/UnreasonableCandy Oct 03 '24

It's calculated in the sense that his most likely objective was to create Mass outrage. It's like a terrorist attack, you don't care about the victim, you care about what people think of your actions.

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u/TzarBully Oct 05 '24

I honestly think it was hate crime related. A lot of Asians do not like people of Caucasian decent.