Three men and one woman were arrested after staging a sit-in at the Times Square Olive Garden- They were among a group of people protesting New York City's vaccine mandate for indoor dining
- The protesters are now expected to be charged with trespassing for the Friday evening incident
- Just 11 hours later, a homeless man pushed an Asian woman onto the subway tracks at the Times Square station
- NYPD arrested Simon Martial, 61, and charged him with second-degree murder
- The victim was identified as Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, from the Upper West Side in Manhattan
- The police found the woman lying on the tracks, unconscious with trauma to her body
- Martial has a previous criminal record and served two years in state prison for robbery before being released in August 2021
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