DAILY NEWS: A NYPD Officer Was indicted On Hate Crime Assault Charges For Anti-Muslim Tirade During A Road Rage Incident

DAILY NEWS: Riggs Kwong, 50, was hit with hate crime charges in the one-sided Jan. 15 melee at Ocean Parkway and Church Ave. in Kensington, where he beat up off-duty Uber driver Abdul Motalab, 32, after calling Motalab “Muhammad” and a “terrorist” in a mock Arab accent, according to prosecutors.

Kwong knocked Motalab to the ground and repeatedly punched and kicked him while continuing to scream racial epithets at his victim.

When Motalab finally stood up and tried to walk away from his attacker, Kwong attacked one last time, prosecutors said.

“That’s when the defendant throws the final blow towards the victim and knocks the victim out,” said Assistant District Attorney Samantha Perlstein.

Kwong pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon in front of Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Raymond Rodriguez and was escorted out of the courthouse by six NYPD officers.

The two drivers began fighting after Motalab cut Kwong off while Kwong was trying to make a turn onto a service road.

Kwong’s racist taunts prior to the beating was captured on cell phone footage he took himself, prosecutors said.

“I’m trying to make a left turn here on the service road and this terrorist is terrorizing me,” he said on his video. “You’re upset because I didn’t let you make a U-Turn, Mr. Mohammed ... Al Qaeda, terrorist, ISIS.”.

The encounter escalated when Kwong spat on Motalab....

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