Racist Black woman charged with hate crime

2011 - Police have charged a 32-year-old woman with a hate crime in connection with an assault in Niagara Falls.

According to the Niagara Falls Police Department, Antoinette Ivey and another woman punched and kicked a 26-year-old Pakistani woman several times, and said several racial and ethnic slurs.

During the attack she said this one slur was mentioned was the term "bloody Paki".

"She was extremely traumatized by the attack. She was physically beaten and spent time in the emergency ward."

Police said the incident happened in a Dollar Tree parking lot on 9th Street just before 8:30 p.m. Thursday.

The victim suffered cuts and swelling to her head and body, according to police.

Ivey is charged with assault in the 3rd degree as a hate crime.

An investigation into the incident is continuing.