BROOKLYN, NY (VINnews) – New York City police say they are investigating an assault on two Jewish teens in Brooklyn as a hate crime.
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The NYPD says a group five unidentified individuals smacked a 14-year-old in the head, and then knocked his yarmulke off the top of his head.
It happened on November 11th around 6 p.m. on Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue in Crown Heights.
Investigators say the suspects then approached a second victim, a 15-year-old male, and removed his fedora off of his head, before fleeing down Albany Avenue towards Saint Johns Place, and throwing the fedora onto the ground.
There were no statements made and no injuries were reported. Both victims were dressed in traditional Jewish garb.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
o wow, nypd is admitting to a hate crime. I thought under debozo hate crimes against jews dont exist.
Animals
Black hats matter
But on a serious note if the attackers were beaten by a mpg as it was when i grew up in Williamsburg the sun human s would think twice before attacking
Mob, sub humans
Self-defense, not tears.
who could have thought that black male teenagers are capable of committing a crime? I thought that thug trayvon martin with his hoodie that was obamas imaginery son was an angel and he was a victim of take your pick 1. profiling. 2. bad childhood 3. the system 4. institutional racism etc.