Fury as woke Manhattan DA lets three teen suspects walk free without charges after battering Fox News weatherman on Subway - leaving him with bruised rib and two black eyes

Fox News weatherman Adam Klotz, 37, was beaten by teenagers on the subway after he says he told them to stop bothering an old man

But other social media users appeared to think the blame lay with mayor Eric Adams. 

One wrote: 'If you live in NYC you are not safe, that is the truth of it. NYC Mayor Adams is just an empty suit.' 

Another tweeted Mayor Eric Adams directly, saying: 'What they did to Adam Klotz is disgusting. It was on your subway. 

'These people set an old man's hair on fire. When Adam stood up for him they pummeled him. Then can back and attacked him. 

'Three were nabbed. Now they are back on the streets!! Fix this b*******!!'

Twitter users were appalled to discover none of the suspects had been charged

One user labelled Klotz's attackers 'creatures' and condemned the fact they hadn't spent a night in jail

The suspects are not facing criminal charges as adults due to their age, officers confirmed. 

 The 17-year-old suspect could have been charged as an adult before the state's 'raise the age' law which was implemented in 2019.

The revised law upped the age a youngster can be charged as an adult from 17 to 18. 

None of the boys' names have been released but new footage shows them being arrested.

In the clip, the suspects are lined up side-by-side while flanked by cops.

All three appear to be wearing handcuffs and looking at the ground. 

Another piece of footage shows the teens later being escorted into an NYPD van by cops. 

In a statement, the NYPD said: 'On Sunday, January 22, 2023 at approximately 01.13 hours, the 37-year-old male victim was on board a southbound 1 train approaching the West 18 Street and 7 Avenue station when he observed group of four teenagers acting disorderly on the train. 

The beating happened at around 1.15am at 18th Street station by the 1 train

'The victim asked the individuals to stop, at which point they began to assault the victim, punching him in the face multiple times. 

'When the train arrived at the 18 Street and 7 Avenue station all four individuals and the victim exited the train.'

The statement added that police caught three of the suspects while the fourth fled and they were unable to apprehend him.

'All were released to guardians with Juvenile reports for assault,' the NYPD added.

Juveniles found guilty of a crime do not have to undergo the same jail sentences as if they were an adult. 

Instead they face lesser punishments which range from: imposing formal or informal probation, enrollment in a special school for juvenile offenders, or commitment to the City's Juvenile detention center.

But Klotz himself appeared to make light of the incident last night.

He told his 7,000 followers: 'While the headline I just read 'viciously beaten by teenagers ' is true, it's doing way more damage to my ego than the physical beating did.' 

Klotz made light of the incident on Sunday as he joked the incident had harmed his ego

The 37-year-old weatherman said he didn't want to go through life 'angry' about the attack

And he also insisted he wasn't angry after one Twitter user expressed surprise he had managed to find humor in the incident. 

Klotz, who is originally from Indiana, wrote: 'Sorry friend. I'm not gonna go thru [sic] life angry. I'mma gonna do the hard thing and find a way to smile and laugh while I'm doing it.'

The weatherman hit headlines yesterday after uploading an Instagram video where he explained he had been attacked.

He told his followers he had been on his way home after watching the New York Giants NFL playoff when he saw the teens bothering the older man.

In the video, he said: 'Coming home last night from watching the [New York] Giants game at a bar, on the subway, this older gentleman was being hassled by this group of seven or eight teens. 

'I was like, 'Yo, guys, cut that out.' And they decided, 'Alright, he's not gonna get it, then you're going to get it.

'And boy did they give it to me. They had me on the ground, my ribs are all kinds of bruised up too. They got their hits in.'

 The old man that Klotz said he was defending was fine and able to get away unscathed, he said.

The attack comes as data shows that subway crime in New York increased by 30 percent between 2021 and 2022. 

Adams has suggested that those statistics are merely a reflection of the fact that more people are using it in post-pandemic New York.

In response to the subway's high crime rate the city has sought to deploy more NYPD officers to man stations. This year the department is spending an additional $20million each month on police overtime, Bloomberg reported.