#NJ woman attacked in Staples after telling customer to mask up or back off

A New Jersey Staples shopper with her nose poking out of her mask pushed another woman to the ground, breaking her leg, after being told to keep her uncovered schnoz six feet away.

The social-distancing encounter unfolded just after 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday at a Hackensack location, where the unknown assailant improperly wearing a mask walked up a 54-year-old woman using a copy machine, police said.

The 54-year-old woman told the unmasked customer to put her mask on or back up — pointing her cane at her attacker, according to cops and video from the store.

The unmasked woman then became angry, started yelling, and threw the 54-year-old to the ground.

Cops released a video of the encounter Friday asking for the public’s help to identify the attacker.