star Jayson Williams. The investigation follows an incident where Tanya Young Williams, a Black business owner in New York City, was allegedly assaulted and called the N-word by a white suspect who got angry over a political poster of Vice President Kamala Harris displayed in her store window. NYPD officers arrested 76-year-old Juan Bernal on Sept.
7 on charges of third-degree assault in connection with the incident. His arraignment is scheduled for Sept. 25.
Tanya Young Williams says a man attacked her after taking issue with a Kamala Harris poster in her storefront's window. (Photos: Getty Images, Facebook/Tanya Young Williams) The altercation occurred Aug. 30 when a homeless man stopped by Tanya Luxury Fashion Boutique on West 72nd Street to complain about the window display, which featured a poster of the Democratic presidential nominee with her campaign slogan, "We're not going back.
" The store owner, Tanya Young Williams, said she was standing in the doorway of the store when the man walked by and called her a "n—er." NYPD did not include the racial aspects of the alleged crime in its police report, leaving Williams uncertain about why this information was left out, according to ABC News. Williams, a resident of the Upper West Side for the past six years, is a minor TV celebrity known for her appearance on VH1's "Basketball Wives L.
A.," where she spoke about surviving domestic violence at the hands of her ex-husband, Jayson Williams — the former NBA star who pleaded.