By COLlive reporter
A Jewish woman was assaulted by a black female who attempted to rob her as she walked in Crown Heights on Thursday evening.
The incident occurred at approximately 7:05 pm on Empire Boulevard and Albany Avenue, when the attacker approached a Jewish woman and punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground. She continued to punch the victim while attempting to grab her purse, all the while shouting that she wanted her money, witnesses said.
Police and Shmira volunteers were called, and when they arrived on the scene the attacker fled down Empire Boulevard.
Shmira volunteers caught the woman on Empire Boulevard near Troy Avenue, and witnesses identified her as the attacker. She was arrested by police and charged with robbery.
The victim, who had sustained injuries to her face, was treated by Hatzalah.
The attacker is a 16-year-old female who is homeless, police said. She admitted to police that she had attempted to rob the woman.
The NYPD is investigating the incident.
Curious about all the pepper spray that was handed out in Crown Heights. Two Jewish women have been attacked in the last two weeks and there have been no reports of them “pepper spraying” their attackers. So was all the pepper spray being handed out in vain?
“when the attacker approached a Jewish woman and punched her in the back of the head”
Yes, Pepper spray is an extremely useful way of fending off an attacker, however, not when youre attacked from behind. There is an obvious difference.
It can get easily turned on you and is unsafe on a windy day. Secondly, the women was punched in the back of her head. Which wouldn’t give her time to pull out pepper spray. Third, one needs to learn the basics of fighting back once on the ground. I have been training in women’s self defense and martial arts for 8 years…
Can save lives.
We believe that there are actually adults here who can carry protective resources where they have immediate access AND use it responsibly. And would prefer to act from a distance rather than to engage in combat. Please consider that your chances of subduing a crazed, violent criminal, much larger than you, using martial arts are doubtful.. and most of us would rather not wait until we’ve had 8 years of martial arts training, like you, to find out for sure. Meanwhile, we’ll use whatever resources are available.
The point is it can get turned on you very easily. I carry other forms of self defense. You are correct. Any form of self defense may fail. When being attacked from behind, pepper spray does nothing.
If someone attacks you from behind like in this case, your pepper spray and distance won’t do much good. You don’t get to choose how they will try to surprise and attack you
We obviously need classes in self defense asap
Being situationally aware can help.
I check my surroundings every so often to make sure no one is following me too close behind or for too long.
I agree, pepper spray, and self defense classes are a must. Checking our backs will have to suffice until then.
Moshiach now
Can you please share which class you go to? I’m looking for a self defense class for women
This black woman goes around crown heights asking for tzedaka and if your don’t give her money
She screams at you
That you sick and crazy
10 yrs ago she was sixteen.
That makes her 26 now.
Kudos to the bochurim of oholei torah mesivta for handling the situation with professionalism as they always do. OTM never disappoints!
Why are there so many homeless people in our neighborhood
Answer: because we have homeless shelters all over our town!!! This is insane! We have to do something about it or this will keep happening again and Again!!
If we had a jewish homeless shelter we would not have had all these homeless shelters. We got them because we had no homeless shelter in our area. They were protested against but it didnt help because we had no homeless shelter. A jewish homeless shelter is still needed
Why not also, more importantly, with Assault and Battery?? Some law ‘enforcement’. With robbery alone she’ll be out on free bail before she’s even in. This is unacceptable. And, of course, we all know that this was a HATE CRIME. A non-Jew in the same place at the same time – and there are plenty of non Jewish people who walk the area- would not have been targeted for this crime and especially such vicious violence.
Punched and again and again and no assault charge? I don’t get it.
She punched her and injuries were sustained. No assault charges ? Rational?
Rational for no assault charges is…..?
Reason?
We need to catch them
And not Call police
We need To beat The
Ou Of Them
I doubt you intend for your words to drive a Jew to prison. It would be a big chilul hashem and a tragedy. A major, major tragedy. Violence never stops violence.
Couldn’t agree more
Problem will be solved only when the criminals fear society more than society fears the criminals. Or moshiach comes!
Ad Masai…
What’s next?
If people like this assailant get away without a scratch because law enforcement sees fit to ignore the truth…
What next?
If assailants like this one get away without a scratch because law enforcement sees fit to ignore the truth then expect more
Why didn’t they stop her from “continuing while trying to rob her”?
I guess they were just used for a publicity stunt
they can be everywhere all the time?
We are to blame
We are not patrolling our community
She was already released and is back on the street
She needed the money.. that used to be reason enough. Not every hungry person is anti-Semitic
yep i’m sure that in her off hours she is staunch supporter of her Jewish neighbors
She is not hungry she can eat at shelter but drugs can’t buy and Work is something that she never tried.
Hungry can ask, and get food card from the government and from around too. She is a Criminal And need to go to the prison
So she repeatedly punched her and punched her even when the woman was on the ground because she needed the money?
Or maybe she forgot to take the groceries (I happen to know that the woman was carrying bags of groceries) because she was hungry?
Yes, every person who enjoys hurting Jewish people when they have alternate options of who to rob, steal, punch etc. is antisemitic. Don’t be so naive or worse, blind to stay in your politically correct comfort zone.
Carry guns
It won’t help because I bet you that you would be scared to use it
As long as we elect liberal democRATs we will be victimized. The democrats today are very sick and dangerous. They hate Orthodox Jews as well as Israel. The jewish ones are self hating Jews. Why can’t we be smart voters. Between all the frum yidden in nyc as well as upstate we can get rid of the self haters like Schumer,Nadler and Engel. Why are we sleeping.
I hope our community can provide this lady and her family all support.
It’s unacceptable what is going on in our streets. Time to hire private patrol. We are going back 30-40 years in safety and pls wake up all our rich and wise people and do something and community will support it.
Till now all plans not working …
Go and screen homeless shelters and send mandatorily all sick and sheigiz to the mental house