By COLlive reporter
Just plain old crime…
A new video clip being shared on social media on Thursday evening shows an altercation between a black man and a Jewish man on Eastern Parkway near Troy Avenue in Crown Heights.
The Jewish man, a volunteer of the Shomrim neighborhood patrol group, was punched by the man and was later treated by Hatzola for facial trauma.
Gadi Hershkop of Shomrim clarifies that the incident wasn’t connected to the series of anti-Semitic attacks on Jews in New York and New Jersey.
“This has nothing to do with anti-Semitism,” he told COLlive.com. “It has to do with a package thief who didn’t want to get caught.”
The victim was tracking the thief in an effort to curb the rash of theft of packages from homes in Crown Heights. It is estimated that multiple packages are stolen daily in the neighborhood.
“Two of our volunteers were following the perp that he should be apprehended by the NYPD,” Hershkop explained. “The thief got violent on our volunteers when he realized that he was being followed.”
After hitting the Shomrim volunteer, the thief ran into the apartment building where he resides. He had a female accomplice.
“We surrounded the building, the NYPD anti-crime unit came,” Hershkop said. “They checked surveillance cameras and found what apartment they went into.”
Police found drugs and drug paraphernalia on the man and in the apartment. The thief and his accomplice were arrested. The man faces 2 charges of assault and 1 charge for theft, in addition to drug charges.
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But will be home by tonight, right?
Hes mentally ill, just let him go.
oh, so it’s ok to have people roaming the streets stealing and punching people in the face… as long as they can blame it on their mental health?
Brave men. Thank you
Thanks bail reform.
And tomorrow he’ll be at the next apt/home with another package. Kudos to NYC Judicial System
As crime shoots up they are busy worrying about the criminals and how they can make crime easier for them.
Nowadays with the bail reform the best option is to catch these guys in a dark place and give them the beating of a lifetime. No point even calling the cops anymore, just take care of it the old way. When my zeida a”h caught a malpeh who climbed into their apartment from the fire escape he asked him if he wants the cops or a beating. Guy said the cops. He got both. Cops came and found my zeida with his belt and this guy’s blood everywhere. Cops nodded to my zeida and took the malpeh. End of story.… Read more »
Crime here has GOT TO STOP! Are we falling into a trap of ‘just being thankful it wasn’t anti semitism’? Are we going to find excuses for the insane amount of crimes that happen in Crown Heights- and yes, they DO just happen to be perpetrated by anti semites or anti-humans. Respect to the brave Jew. If we are learning to fight back at least that’s a step in the right direction.
New no bail law means he’ll probably be released with no bail .
I witnessed the whole thing unfold. 2 Shomrim members were following this criminal when he started swinging towards their faces and pounced on one of them. At that very moment, a brave jew stopped his car in middle of the road, jumped this guy, shocking him from behind. Then a few brave Jews came running from the offices across the street and took positions and held him down. At some point, this rabid dog started biting, all those that held this dog, walked behind and around him, pulling him down every few feet. This video only shows the moments in… Read more »
I don’t understand from this post what this attacker did to warrant attention from Shomrim. Did they see him stealing a package? Did they recognize him from pictures of previous thefts and that he was a wanted man?