Carraway was later matched with the suspect in the January 17 incident, when a rider on the L train in Brooklyn hurled homophobic slurs at a 24-year-old man, then followed him onto the platform of the Williamsburg station and attacked him.
They just walked up to me. They were strangers and just walked up to me. They just said, 'You're beautiful, can I kiss you?' I said, 'No'. He said, 'If you were my slave, I could kiss you,' and that's how it started.
The incident, captured on disturbing video, reportedly began after the woman pushed away a man wearing the MAGA hat when he attempted to kiss her, while the other suspect appeared to record the encounter, authorities said. As she tried to walk away, the men allegedly blocked her path and used a lighter to ignite her boots.