By Sandy Eller – VIN News
The NYPD is once again combing the streets of Brooklyn for clues after a 17 year old Flatbush Orthodox Jewish teen was assaulted last night on his way home from yeshiva.
Police told VIN News that the incident took place last night at 6:30 PM at the corner of Avenue L and East 29th Street.
Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who visited the teen this afternoon, said that the student had been heading home, listening to music on headphones, when he was punched once without warning on the side of his face by an unidentified black man.
Police described the perpetrator as 5’7, weighing approximately 155 pounds and possibly wearing a grey sweat suit or jogging clothes and a black waist length jacket.
“The guy just belts him on the side of the head and this kid falls to the ground and into the street because he was walking right at the edge,” Hikind told VIN News.
The victim who was wearing his tzitzis out and carrying his tefillin in a shoulder bag was clearly Jewish and Hikind called on the 70th precinct to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
“Nothing was taken from him and nothing was said,” noted Hikind. “When you walk over to someone just to inflict pain and intimidation, if anything should be a hate crime, it should be this.”
The victim suffered pain and minor swelling to the injury site.
City Councilman Chaim Deutsch said that there is absolutely no reason to believe that last night’s attack on the teen was related to the robbery and beating of a Midwood man that took place early Monday morning.
Deutsch said that he had been in close contact with detectives at the 70th precinct who are investigating the incident and had given them locations of surveillance cameras in the vicinity.
Deutsch said that he asked the NYPD for extra visibility in the area and cautioned all residents to be aware of their surroundings at all times.
“We all must remain vigilant and alert and not be distracted by any type of gadgets that people may use like cell phones and iPods,” said Deutsch.
This attack comes the day after two men beat and robbed a 55 year old Midwood man on Monday morning.
The victim was walking home from the train and was on Avenue M at East 8th Street when he was assaulted from behind by a suspect who hit him in the head with a closed fist. Police said that the victim fell to the ground and was beaten repeatedly by his attacker as he lay on the ground.
The suspect rolled the victim over, with a second suspect arriving on scene, and the pair searched the victim’s pockets, taking the his wallet and iPhone. The two men, dressed in light colored pants and hooded jackets, fled on foot towards Ocean Parkway.
The entire episode was caught on surveillance video which was released by Brooklyn South Shomrim.
Be Alert. Don’t walk down the street distracted by talking on your cell phone or listening on earphones. Look for shadows coming from behind. If you see their faces, they are less likely to attack you.
Hey CH guy, truth be told you are correct to say that crime can happen anywhere at any time. Where you seem to be missing the point is that the difference lies in the countermeasures that are available to the general public to help inhibit the emboldening of criminals in order to mitigate the possibility and frequency of criminal activity. When we left CH fifteen years ago and went from a state and city which demonizes legal gun ownership and the prospect of people actually being able to protect themselves, to a “shall issue” state which respects the right of… Read more »
so much for all the people that say, OK I am moving out of CH, or THANK GD I moved away from CH….crime happens everywhere and has no compass.
Raksin got killed in Florida by a piece of dreck.
If you need to move, just say so but don’t make an excuse that is lame like the crime in CH 😉
do you think if that kids was carrying a gun he would have been better off?
would he have have been able to use it?
I am not against guns but in a situation as shown it is more likely the thug would have taken it from him, no?
Listening to electronics is likened to a se’kana.
every jew a .22
Lived on that block. Now you know why we moved. No crime.no street cleaning rules and no snow.