BROOKLYN (JTA) — A teenager was arrested in connection with a series of attacks on Jewish men in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn.
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The teen, said to be 16 and not named because he is a juvenile, turned himself in to police on Friday and was arrested, PIX11 reported.
It is not known which of the at least three incidents he was involved in.
The teen was charged with two counts of aggravated harassment, according to the report.
The incidents on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2 were being investigated by the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes unit, which tweeted about the arrest.
Surveillance cameras captured each incident, in which several men jump out of the car and chase Hasidic men and boys. In one incident, the passengers punched a Hasidic man after their vehicle pinned him against a parked car. Victims also were punched in two other incidents.
On Saturday night, unidentified youths threw eggs at several Jewish buildings and at some identifiably Jewish people walking near them.
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HCTF has made the first arrest in a series of Anti-Semitic incidents in #boropark @NYPD66Pct https://t.co/bu3Nh1uyfi— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) November 8, 2019
Why are these perps called “youths” and teens”. They are vicious thugs and criminals, period!
Just consider, had one of those being chased gotten hit by a car or fallen with injuries!
It’s so perverse that Jews don’t carry pepper gels and pistols. It’s anti-Jewish and anti-American.
they get off with a slap on the wrist.
they should be standing in a open space with hundreds throwing eggs at them.
an eye for an eye