Failed New York mayoral candidate charged with putting sock in TikToker's face, posts podcast about social media attack, insults NYPD

Metro

by Tina Moore

The one-time unsuccessful mayoral candidate who was charged with randomly punching a TikToker in the face in Manhattan posted a podcast about the attack on his social media, then hurled insults at the NYPD.

Skibokie Stra posted a video on Instagram Tuesday in which the podcaster talks about recent assaults on women in the Big Apple, even using emojis to insult the officers and call out NYPD detectives.

“Detective Gene T. Roorda🤡 (10th Precinct),” he wrote on Instagram (skiboky_stora), including a poop emoji.

Luda works at the NYPD's 10th Precinct on Manhattan's west side.

It was not immediately clear why Stra, 40, insulted him.

Stra, who lives in East New York, is accused of randomly punching social media personality Harry Kate, 23, in the face as he walked around Chelsea at 10:20 a.m. on March 25.

About a dozen women have recently told police they were punched in the face in New York City, authorities said.

Police said Stra is not connected to the other attacks.