Turns out he bumped into a woman, and that led to his skull getting cracked. And thus that means the attacker shouldn't be punished as severely.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/n...man-in-midtown-attack-on-journalist.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/30/n...man-in-midtown-attack-on-journalist.html?_r=0