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After Attack, Elderly Advocates Want Protection

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Mar 12, 2007 5:46 am US/Eastern

After Attack, Elderly Advocates Want Protection

Suspect Also Wanted In Nearby Assault On 85-Year-Old

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Click to enlarge 1 of 2: Rose Morat, 101, says she feels sorry for the man who attacked her, punched her and knocked her to the ground over a few bucks in her pocketbook. Surveillance video captured the March 4 attack and now the NYPD is looking for the suspect, believed to be a b
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Click to enlarge 2 of 2: Surveillance video captured what appears to be a black male punching out a 101-year-old woman inside a vestibule in Jamaica Hills on March 4. That same man is also wanted in connection with an assault and robbery of an 85-year-old woman a half-hour later.
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Don't mess with the city's elderly. That's the message that advocates tried to get out yesterday as police continued the manhunt for a mugger who attacked two senior citizens, including a 101-year-old.

Retired NYPD Detective Marq Claxton of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care says his organization wants to make the elderly a protected class. He says senior citizens should be served by enhanced protections, just like children.

Claxton's group is offering a one-thousand-dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who attacked the two elderly women last week.

Rose Morat, 101, was attacked on her way to church. She suffered a broken cheekbone. Her assailant took off with $33.

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