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   From: he-failed-to-repatriate-niggers@reparations.org   
      
   A pit bull owner accused of beating a pizzeria manager into critical condition   
   stomped repeatedly on the unconscious victim’s head — an assault so brutal   
   a Manhattan Criminal Court judge said prosecutors would have been justified   
   asking that the    
   suspect be held without bail.   
      
   Tyshaun Watson allegedly put 47-year-old Zakaria El Sherief in a chokehold and   
   then stomped his face twice as he lay unconscious in the street, prosecutors   
   revealed Wednesday. The victim may not survive.   
      
   Watson’s lawyer asked during the suspect’s arraignment for his client to   
   be given supervised release with no bail, but acknowledged to Judge Simiyon   
   Haniff that the request was a “stretch.”   
      
   Haniff explained his reasoning to the suspect for agreeing to prosecutors’   
   request that bond be set at $500,000.   
      
   “Mr. Watson, look, the bottom line is it’s a serious case. I don’t have   
   to tell you about that — nobody should have to endure that,” Haniff said.   
      
   “Right now, it’s allegations, I recognize that, but these are serious   
   allegations. … This man is in the hospital, intubated, and that is serious.   
   … I’m surprised the people aren’t asking for remand based on the   
   condition of the [victim] at    
   this juncture.”   
      
   Watson, 35, is due back in court Friday and is charged with attempted murder   
   and related charges.   
      
   He followed El Sherief outside Roma Pizza in the Flatiron District, repeatedly   
   punched him and put him in a chokehold, Assistant District Attorney Nicole   
   Borczyk told the court.   
      
   When El Sherief appeared to fall unconscious, surveillance footage shows,   
   Watson twice “forcefully stomps on his face,” Borczyk said.   
      
   “The victim suffered extensive injuries, including brain bleeds and internal   
   bleeding,” Borczyk said. “He remains intubated and unresponsive to   
   external stimuli, and his prognosis is uncertain.”   
      
   El Sherief also has facial fractures as well as bruising and swelling to the   
   face, according to a criminal complaint. He was working the counter at the   
   pizzeria on Fifth Ave. near W. 19th St. when he got into an argument with   
   Watson, who entered with the    
   unleashed dog about 9:55 p.m. on Monday, cops said.   
      
   The pizzeria’s daytime manager, who did not provide his name, said El   
   Sherief had told Watson dogs were not allowed to be unleashed or inside the   
   shop by order of the Health Department. That’s when Watson lost his temper,   
   came behind the counter and    
   began to punch the victim, according to the daytime manager.   
      
   As the clash escalated, the pit bull also attacked El Sherief and the fight   
   spilled out onto the street, workers said.   
      
   Watson’s attorney Kristin McAlpin asked for supervised release,   
   acknowledging to the judge it was a “stretch.” She said her client has no   
   criminal convictions in New York, a strong work history, a military background   
   and a stable home and    
   relationship.   
      
   McAlpin said Watson lives in Secaucus, N.J., with his significant other and,   
   before that, lived with his son, now 10, whom he still supports. Watson is   
   employed as a senior sales manager for a Fifth Ave. hotel and has worked in   
   the hospitality sector for    
   five years. He was laid off by Apple during the COVID-19 pandemic and served   
   in the National Guard for a decade as a chemical specialist, she said.   
      
   The lawyer said his prior arrests in Virginia were DUI-related.   
      
   “I think alcohol might be a factor in this case,” McAlpin said of the   
   pizzeria beatdown.   
      
   In the days before the attack, Watson posted several videos on social media of   
   him and his dog, a black pit bull named Dior, walking in New York.   
      
   The victim’s wounds were mostly inflicted by the owner and not Dior, sources   
   said.   
      
   The dog was not hurt and was brought to Animal Care Centers of NYC, where he   
   is undergoing a 10-day rabies observation hold.   
      
   https://www.nydailynews.com/   
      
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