By COLlive reporter
A bochur was stabbed in what is being called a hate crime attack on Friday night in Crown Heights, within 100 feet of Chabad Headquarters 770.
The incident began when the perpetrator exited the Subway station and started to walk on Kingston Ave, towards Union Street. After crossing paths with a group of Bochurim, he began to intentionally harass and attempt to provoke them by yelling “free Palestine!” and other anti-Semitic slurs.
The group initially ignored him and the perp remained in the immediate vicinity waiting and looking for more victims to provoke.
After continuing to harass multiple other passersby, he confronted and physically threatened another group while screaming “do you want to die?”. He then became physically aggressive and suddenly withdrew a knife and stabbed a bochur and attempted to stab a 2nd victim as well.
The perpetrator began to flee while some witnesses immediately began to chase him, while others ran back to 770 to notify the police stationed there and call Crown Heights Shmira and Hatzalah.
The NYPD and Shmira quickly responded and he was apprehended a few blocks away. The perpetrator was identified by the NYPD as 22-year-old Vincent Sumpter, a resident of East New York, Brooklyn.
The victim was transported in stable condition, and is expected to recover due to the location of the stabbing and the quick response of paramedics.
The incident is being investigated by NYPD Hate Crimes Division, Devorah Halberstam, Honorary Commissioner of Community Safety, told COLlive.com.
“This is an extremely serious incident. The victim could have been killed. This act of hateful violence highlights the dangerous impact of anti-Semitic incitement and hate propagated by some local politicians and leaders in New York and across the United States,” said Yaacov Behrman of the Jewish Future Alliance.
“Take this incident as a warning of the potential consequences if such hateful rhetoric continues. When hate and incitement against a group are preached, it invariably leads to violence.”
NYPD Deputy Chief Richie Taylor of the Community Affairs Bureau told COLlive that this incident is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force and there will be an increase in police presence at 770 from now through the Tishrei holidays.
The amount of time it took to call first responders was delayed due to the fact that there was no access to phones in the area. It is extremely crucial and necessary to install a Shabbos Emergency Phone in your Shul. If you need a phone in your Shul, call Shmira (718-221-0303) to have a free phone installed.
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EVERY JEW A .22!!
Nice rhyme, but 9mm would be preferable
Most definitely.
If a 9mm is too much, a .380 is also more than fine!
Can those of us who don’t hold of the eruv, get a heter to carry pepper spray?
Ad mosai! So horrified! Would like to pray for the stabbing victim. . .
יחיאל מיכאל בן שטרנע שרה
Hashem yerachaim
What’s the name to daven for?
May this Rasha who committed this crime be disappeared from this world
Complete revealed healing
Where the cops they parked outside 770 ?
Yes, that’s what it seems from the above article.
On their phone, sleeping, eating pizza, passive, telling you to call shomrim cuz they don’t want to work on their job from our tax $.
Cops can’t do anything to prevent a random stabbing. They can only respond once the attack is perpetrated. The real issue here is the passerby being a bunch of cowards and running off instead of defending him
It’s legit scary to walk in crown heights at night. Even at day. Moshiach needs to come before the pogroms start!
With crown heights growing quickly ka”h B”h we could really use safer streets. I mean as of now…if your walking from the chabad community of East Flatbush then you need to pass by very unsafe neighborhoods so if Crown heights was safer it would be really nice. Oh and forget about that stupid idea of building homeless shelters!
On shabbos?
But cops protecting Jews is! And saying tehilem also works.
BS”D
Every Jew a .22 !
I think 770 should have at least 10 phones in 10 locations.
770 DOES have a hatzoloh phone.
Problem is, it wasn’t working.
Without placing blame on anyone, (each one is blaming the other) because of politics & kovod. The phone wasn’t repaired.
Which is very sad considering what could have happened.
Besuros tovos
💯% agree even though there is Hatzalah and police outside!
Will you personally not rest and see to it, once you get away from your computer or phone, that they are installed?
Unfortunately very few of the jews who marched for BLM in this neighborhood will be around to stick up for us
The hatzala phone in 770 needs to be fixed and every shul in crown heights should get one as well.
It took many minutes till hatzala was called since there is currently no hatzala phone in 770.
Who’s responsibility is it to fix it?
יחיאל מיכל בן שטערנה שרה
Wow, thank you.
The community needs to come together and make a massive rally! This crossed every red line. We need to show the world and the police that this is not OK!!
Oh they know …
And don’t care
We’re on our own
Time to face reality and fend for ourselves before it’s too late.
What about having police presence in the rest of Crown Heights until Tishrei is over?
Refuah Shlaima to the bochur. Thank you to those that took quick action in this incident.
יחיאל מיכל בן שטערנא שרה
I think bochurim should learn self defense, it’s mamesh dangerous to walk outside at night! I think that whoever is in a position to do so should arrange for self defense classes for bochurim
Everyone should learn self defense! It’s SO important and you never know what situation you will be in!
My name is dovid and I teach self defense in crown heights – this past school year I taught many Oholei Torah bochurim and I continue to teach community members – what’s the best way for me to get the info out to people here?
Make a flyer and post to all community chats
do u want to post a how to video on collive teaching us how to do basic self defense
Post a article on COL live and explain what the advantages are in learning self defense (like not getting killed for example) and then make it very accessible to people (like by working along with yeshivos so instead of them being your enemy they will be your partners) then ask people to send it around Whatsapp groups, and then crown heights will be filled with bachurim who have skills in self defense and to the point where the Goyim will no not to start up, and last but really should be firsts things first is to see what the Rebbe… Read more »
Once again, another (unfortunate) reason why we need guns in crown heights.
Why can’t we fight back and show these animals once and for all that we aren’t scared!
I doubt this is his first offense.
The politicians setting the rules to enable these animals are to blame…
It’s no mistake that we are being hamstrung from defending ourselves while the perpetrators get to reoffend and walk free.
And we get to pay for them with our taxes and our lives.
But the unfortunate truth is that there are a bunch of higher ups that are running the show, take for example these news websites saying that Harris ym”s will be elected… They need to build your trust so CNN at first will say trump is in the lead then before you know it Harris somehow becomes president with like two votes buy you need to serve HaShem because no one and nothing can come close to that
Are you sure it was a hate crime?
what is there to investigate?
There needs to be an investigation to see if he was jaywalking too. And if he is mentally ill so he can walk free to rinse and repeat
Never forget you’re second amendment right!!!!
Time to do something NOW!
Not all that surprising how the local antisemites of the old variety, usual suspects, are attracted to the slogans of those who want to seize the land of Israel from us. And here, there, our enemies just want to be rid of us. Whether it is the local thugs in Brooklyn or the monsters of Hamas and all their friends.
Or the politicians who pretend to be your friend while they import these criminals into your neighborhood on your dime, protect them from consequences but threaten you from daring to defend yourselves….
He needs to be charged as a terrorist. Bring back capital punishment.
It’s better to be tried by 9 than carried by 6. The only problem is if you have to take action you’re deemed racist.
Yeah but capital punishment only applies if someone is chas ve shalom killed.
Is it possible that the attacker might have been black?
No way!
Can’t be
But who cares about his skin color
I want to know if my taxes are paying for his food and rent
And if this is his first time getting arrested…
As we encounter another sad moment in crown heights. We fathoms the thoughts which are unmentionable. But we davin and hope tomorrow would be a safe day. My question is. As posted in the last few months.. the new Vaad promised us engaged us pepped us n showered us with promises enthusiasm enabling us to live in our community in our holy neighborhood of the Rebbe without fear of our material spiritual and or physical safety. Where are you now ? Why don’t we hear the screams the outcry of those who promised security ? Where are you now ?… Read more »
All the hate negative news the media put out every single minute of the day around the world just to create publicity in order to generate $$$ should be held fully responsible
The politicians must be held responsible for not doing what’s necessary for the laws to be effective in order to live in a civilized world
The only way to be effective is to take a position in Government and do what’s necessary to bring some stability and maybe a chance for a future stable world
Its war time, critical action must be taken . Now
A number of Jews, including some from Crown Heights don’t consider ‘ free ” Palestine”:’ as anti-semitic. They are wrong.
We need to spread more the Rebbe’s words proving that it is anti-semitism.
we need 100 shmira members with AK47s patrolling crown heights 24/7
…. The guardian angels !!!
Check your mezuzahs and tefillin
No loshen hora
The statement before the attack shows it’s an intent of Terrorism not just a Hate Crime.
Everyone of us start carrying a good pepper spray it helps
It’s high time that the two both wonderful security patrol agencies make real peace — even if they don’t “merge” they should coordinate together and ensure that there is respect and love. Maybe a one number to call that either agency can respond to? Or something like that. Like if the Arabs can agree to “Abraham” accords… we can also may an “Yakov” accords… and agree to all get along and work together for the betterment of the community that “we” desire to serve. Some may say leave it alone, but think about the power of a quiet deal that… Read more »
What exactly does Devorah Halberstam and Yaacov Behrman do if this keeps on happening?
It’s time to get serious in this community!!
If you have any suggestions as to what they can do, please mention it, they are not magicians, why don’t you go open a discussion with them, that’s the best way to find out what they do.
Go ahead Step up And see how difficult it is to fight the corrupt machine. Between the cheating in elections, and importing the illegals and violent criminals and giving them more rights than you, you will quickly see how things work. Just ask Sholom M rubashkin. Imagine if every violent criminal (violent defined as: who used physical force against people or property) gets the book thrown at them like they tried to do with him. Welcome to the color revolution. Manufactured disorder for the political purpose of instituting communism. You will own nothing and be happy. The beating will continue… Read more »
In Israel Perpetrator would be shot on the spot Here in nyc of that would happen there would be riots for days
But it’s the same crime
Soon he will be back on the streets free bailed out…
Personally think these things happen to us because of our sins as it says “because of our sins we were exiled from our land”
Hence the woman need to start dressing more tznius.
Who are you to decide the reason why this happened? Regardless of how the women dress and how the men act it’s still not right for some sicko to chase people with a knife in their streets!!
all jews move out of NY
move south or to midwest
You can buy a taser and pepper spray on Amazon by sending it to your relatives or friends in a different state and having them send it to you. Everyone should carry pepper spray when going for walks at night. Someone should open a shop in Crown Heights that sells self defense items.
we love u yechiel