NEW YORK (WABC) — There are new developments in a beating that was caught on camera.
Two NYPD officers were caught beating a man at a Jewish center in Brooklyn.
In the videotape, there is clearly a confrontation.
His attorneys say 21 year-old Ehud Haleavy is telling the officers that he had a right to be sleeping on the couch of the Jewish youth center where he was being counseled.
Suddenly, one of the officers puts-up his fists and pummels Haleavy like a prizefighter.
Landing, by one count, more than 20 punches, while his partner, a woman., beats him with her baton.
Late Wednesday afternoon, the president of the city’s police union told Eyewitness News the officers were justified.
“Using force always appears to be severe but is necessary to arrest a culprit who resists,” he said. “The officer must use force to gain compliance and handcuff the offender. In this case, it is clear from the video that when the officer attempted to take the culprit’s arm he resisted by twisting and turning away.”
Haleavy was not seriously injured, but the officers charged him with assaulting them.
The rabbis who run the center say that’s outrageous.
“As far as you’re concerned he didn’t need to leave? Police report is wrong?” asked Eyewitness News reporter N.J. Burkett.
“Yes. Absolutely. Totally wrong. Almost every charge is baseless. And even if he was supposed to leave, he wasn’t supposed to get such a beating before leaving,” the rabbi said.
His attorneys insist the charges should be dropped.
first off a 911 call was placed to respond to scene of a fight . an alleged drunk man and the buildings security guard. the officers walk in a fing a desheveled and possibly drunk man. why not show the whole video to the public before you start ranting and raving to the officers in the 71 who by the way risk their lives to protect you. release the whole unedited video and stop having the rabbis putting out information about the case i.e.”special needs man” and just in case you find my post offensive……im a convicted felon….so if i… Read more »
de goyim/de velt eichet bodek un villin zen vos de yidden zog, az ti kiddush hashem un zeinen eideleh yidden. gutten shabbes.
Stop bringing in Shalom Mordechai into this!!!! Why doesn’t anyone say anything about the Jewish member of the community that called the police and ASKED them to go to Aliya to remove Ehud HaLevi, because he was “not supposed to be in Aliya, and was trespassing” This is what started it all. Yes-The police officers acted harshly, but this was NOT an anti semitic thing. thats what happens when you resist arrest. I have seen the police in action many times. This is what happens unfortunately when you resist arrest
#24 44 55 59 If your so tough to come out and openly contradict a “plain sight” video and argue with everyone (I guess for the sake of trolling etc) why don’t you post your name, is it cyber bully? Forum troll? There’s this sick machla that ppl have, that when there’s a forum, they have to argue with everybody else, and this gives them a sick, twisted, satisfaction! I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I had an enjoyment from that! And do you even know who this ehud is? Maybe he’s not mentally stable, maybe he’s… Read more »
wow is it in the talmud that talks about some pious fool?ae you the village idiot? The guy was asleep and it’s not ur business what he wears and that video has a bigger message. GET HELP SERIOUSLY
the cops thouht it wouldent b seen then they have the
audacity to press charges on the guy they beat.
The Mesira by shomrim needs to stop! Trappler says he didnt realize it was going to spiral out of control. Really? did he do anything to prevent this yid from getting arrested or try to get him out of prison? He really meant to say, I didnt realize that my false mesira is going to be advertised to the entire world.
was the video lying?
How could they not trust the video?! It is absolutly nuts that even though they have such clear evidence that those cops were evel brutal beasts who were actng as they are. How can they get away with this? where is justice? America is turning into a jungle!
Are u out of us mind!!!!
That poor guy!!! The cops started on em. U should have some sensitivity to that poor soul, I mean the cops literally attacked, out of the blue, usually they wouldn’t beat someone up without evidence. Its in sane!!!!
The democratic city should form a criminal union and he should the president
Dear 64, Very well said. You’re a smart ‘Yid.’ Why not state your name? All those that condemn Mr Ehud should think (We just passed ‘Rosh HaShana’ and ‘Yom HaDin’…remember?) how they would react to being awakened, groggy, perhaps weak English…knowing you HAVE PERMISSION to be where your are…why give up YOUR truth? What is America? ‘One Nation, under G-d…’ Is G-d Truth? A non-Jew who hits a Jew is ‘Chaiv Misa’ according to Jewish Law. The spirit of this country is/has become a violent one. Look at the recent ‘presidential’ debates…lack of information…’throwing ‘barbs’ at one’s opponent…this was a… Read more »
Why should youth listen when they are charged, warned, re: ‘bullying,’ etc. when an adult, head of a large union, says it’s OK?
What! Mr. Lynch had to defend the officer’s actions? He is embarrassed, pained? He could have remained silent instead of talking like a street criminal, etc.
These two officers are very lucky that Mr. Ehud Halevy wasn’t an Israeli soldier. They’d both be in the hospital.
are you having machshava zoros because of her? okaaay now. get help. from your mashpia or psychiatrist
Dear Mr. Patrick J. Lynch…Your last name is very appropriate…G-d should ‘ ‘ you.
No wonder we had a ‘911!’ G-d adds up all the sins, like ‘Sodom & Gemoraha’ then makes HIS Decision…This weeks ‘parsha’ is very instructive…has mankind changed at all?
We might be worthy of another ‘911’ if we keep going the way we are.
Aliya is a haven for young boys & men to go wen they need help or have no other place 2 turn 2, 4 wtvr reason. How DARE the police go in there & beat up a man & try 2 drag him out wen he had FULL permission 2 b there (no matter if he’s drunk or sober)?!?!?!?!!!!!! It’s outrageous & disgusting & the police department should start 2 prActice wat they preach. U don’t want violence in a community? Then how abt U stop using unjustified violence??? The charges should b dropped & these police officers should b… Read more »
Here is another maamar chazal: b”idneh d’rischa. People react differently when they have a moment to ponder i.e. sitting at a computer and commenting than when they are confronted and awoken from a foggy and/or a simchas torah lechaim induced sleep. Another maamar chazal: al tadin es chaveircha ad ….
Being frum doesn’t mean closing our eyes & ignoring whats happening around us, especially to our own brothers.
ofcourse Ehud was attacking the poor cop!
didnt you see Ehud’s face throwing ruthless blows incessantly at the 2 poor cops!!!
he deserves to sit in jail for his attack on these harmless cops!!
I for one am not surprised. They have gotten away with so much over the years that this was to be expected. Last night’s Tanya speaks clearly about just this kind of situation and how things are right now. But that doesn’t mean we should ever be so intimidated that we try to justify it to fool ourselves into thinking that everything is ok.
we do need to say tehilim for the 911 caller! he really messed up by trying to have fun on yomtov!
55: I do not presume to be lucky, which is why I would comply and fight through my attorney. Assuredly, I would comply were I to be arrested, c’v.
53: thank you for putting down your pitch fork and taking the time to enlighten us all with a maamar chazal
the caller is himself a nebach who needs out tehilim!! he’s never imagined how his little prank call vendetta will escalate due to a THUGGISH cop!
This is outrageous! I will never trust NYC police again in my life!!!
close center . it is a cesspool of alcohol . bring them in with food. good entertainment and some yidishkait put some varemkait in there neshome not alcohol that should not be allowed
You might not be as lucky and resilient and strong as ehud halevy and have a hard time talking to your attorney after getting such a beating. In any event, it easy to surmise what you might have done under those circumstances when your’e sitting at your desk, you’d probably react differently in real time.
this nebach druggy made a small Lie (claiming that he was security) & now he has to defend himself by making the kid sound like he was in a women’s shul naked where he doesn’t belong!! utter lies! just to cover up a previous lie
Milse d’avidah l’igluyai INSHI lo meshakre, freely translated into english means that facts that are apparent (the video) PEOPLE (as opposed to idiots) don’t deny. I presume you subscribe to the latter.
Yes, should the police come into my home at night C”V, I will comply, politely, and demand, politely, and I would say nothing until consulting with my attorney. You can be the tough guy. And should the police brutalize themselves in your presence, I will be the first to protest.
would you have the same opinion if it was your son soleeping in a shtieble in bp or flatbush?
I think the biggest issue here aside from the horrible behavior of these cops, is the fact that he lied on the report and this boy could of been sitting in jail for no reason! B”H there was a video to prove the false accusation. If we had cameras all over CH the cops would think twice before they reacted to a situation knowing they wont be able to falsely report.
I just read your info on your planned demonstration on Friday and you proved my point when you write there that the council has no part in this. THAT is one of the MAJOR problems of our neighborhood, we have a council that will NEVER stick out its neck for its own people!!! THEY should not only have endorsed it but should have been at the HEAD of it! I for one will be there and am wishing all the success that it should accomplish what it’s meant to.
ALL I WISH YOU IS TO GET THE SAME JUSTIFIED TREATMENT BY THE NOBLE HOLY PIGS (AKA COPS…) you’re dealing here with a person who was awakened from sleep and doesn’t want to be arrested for no reason. the pigs should have YES waited for backup if the guy resisted arrest. And why, pray tell, did they beat a man to a pulp erev Yom kippur last year because he tried to assist a fellow jew and they used the same old sick line, he attacked a police officer????? with friends like you who the he– needs enemies. if this… Read more »
we must remove & prosecute the sicko-cops that it!!
rushing to beat him up after such a threat instead of waiting to see how to figure things out, to defuse the situation & not escalate til a more seasoned backup or greasepaint has decided how to proceed
ridiculous! whoever is trying to hurt our communities respect for the good cops & to antagnize the good ones to feel hated & accused by us, anyone promoting that is the opposite of a friend to our community, despite their claims, they do not have our communities best interest at heart!!
No I would not. This did happen to a relative. A fellow yid. And that it why everybody is writing ‘totally different comments’. Would it be a relative of mine, I’d thank Hashem that the officer was restrained, and I’d teach him how to behave when an officer puts him under arrest. Keep quiet, comply, and politely, firmly and incessantly demand to consult with an attorney. Ehud was fortunate, B”H.
even if the report is accurate that Ehud threatened to defend himself against officers arresting him just for sleeping where he was supposed to!!
that threat does not constitute an immediate Threat/Danger requiring immediate beat down!!
The officers should have waited for the additional personnel to arrive before handcuffing him if this was a problem for the two officers alone. There was no imminent danger to anyone.
ANYONE WHO CARES ABOUT SAFETY WONT REALLY TRY TO VILIFY ALL COPS!!
aside from being false (i know some very decent cops personally who are outraged at this misconduct) its also counter productive towards our goals to try to pit ALL cops against our community bec in each group there are the rotten-apples!!
BH the commander of the 71st pct is outraged by the conduct & has made it clear that he finds no necessity for the cop rushing the situation which could have been kept calm & figured out after a few minutes of simple inquiry & patients
…..,.
our commander is a role model of discipline & discretion & requires the same professionalism & respect from his force
i’m confident that the good ppl in our pct will not remain quiet or intimidated by the defenders of BULLY COPS!!
that’s a complete fabrication!!! this ‘security guard’ kid is a man in his 20s who does nothing with his life!! he made a serious mistake by trying to generate some action in his bored life & never anticipated things to escalate to this level!! re HIS LIE that he’s a security guard @ aliya: every lie has a germ of truth: the truth is this… trappler is one of several local residents who live on that block who agreed to be helpful if they happen to notice the doors unlocked or the lights left on after midnight, they agreed to… Read more »
The actions of those nazi police officers were evil, but the justification of there actions is far worse! Apparently the Rubashkin case wasn’t just an incident, there seems to be a trend of antisemitism, and must be fought!
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What more can you expect from the worlds largest mafia who hide behind guns and badges. You should not expect this pupet to say anything different. WE MUST GO OUT THERE AND DEMONSTRATE ASAP
you’re obviously a moron and spreading false information based solely on your assumptions…
I know for a fact that Ehud was sleeping there for some time before this incident and he explicitly had permission.
You פ”צ had this have happened to someone you know, say a relative, you would write a totally different comment!
And on a side note, the
president of the city’s police union sounds like he’s in Soviet Russia 1970
What a load of Dinkins
huh?? what in the world are u talking about?
the “fake security guard” made a small lie (claiming that he was security) & now he has to defend himself by making the kid sound like he was in a womens shul!!
well could be the cops are right what would you do if your a cop ifeel bad for the cops that need to put up with this but at the same time the charges should be dropt bc he is a jew so i wish him well and by the way a a march to show your suport for the bocher will get more ppl arested
Considering I’ve farbrenged with them on Thursdays and seen them try to reach out to the foggiest of minds to bring them back, it is doubtful that they would just hang a yid up to dry to make a spare buck. The facts are: *Aliyah claims permission was granted *It was an activity room that maybe during regular hours(not 4:30am) was the female side of the shul. *There was beating by 2 officers, with backup of about 10 other officers getting involved within 2m of the startup. *The security guard that called was a yid. It was Yom Tov. It… Read more »
THE NYP AR NAZIS
OF COURSE BE THERE ON FRIDAY, ALYIA GOIN TO SHARE MONEYM POOR GUY HALEVI
the guy didnt have permission to be there aliyah is only saying he had permission cuz it looks good for them to say so
but even if their rules justify, it does not make their rules just. Not to mention, he had permission. To all the “experts” here saying it’s justified because he was resisting arrest – a similar case is actually going through the court systems, where cops wrongly barged into someone’s home and he shot one. The case went through the supreme court of that state, it’s now onto the federal court system. Common sense says you have every right to defend yourself if they come in and try to mistakenly arrest you. Would you who are backing the cops say the… Read more »
Sucks.
The officer mishandled the situation, yes. But the officer is a trained fighter — you can tell when he gets into his boxing stance. And the officer is a weight trainer — you can tell by looking at him. Yet Mr. Halevi appears unscathed. I speak from experience and those with experience will relate — if that officer had not held back considerably — it would have been messy, C”V. Really messy. The officer took care not to be brutal. That is a fact. Proper procedure is to force the resistor face first to the ground, to force his hands… Read more »
Hope EVERYONEZ will show face and voice at the demonstration! It should be ordered from the top that all men (and wo,en if they can) should attend! Just advising no one use any violent or threatening signage and behaviors because the animals will let loose again if so. I think now is th time for the Jews and the non-Jews of CH to unite and riot against the cops. I’m only scared of how many of us could get hurt in such, but theoretically…..
That Rabbi Feiglin and Aliyah are on Ehud’s side? That in itself should show he’s not some problem or punk or this or that.
Simply put, the police could’ve figured this out and instead escalated. Now they pay the price.
I agree it seems justified. This guy continually resisted arrest, what did he expect?
WE WILL NOT EXCEPT THIS OUTRAGE!
https://collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=22192&alias=halevis-friends-plan-protest
BE THERE!
This is so upsettting.
I thought for once we got lucky and there is a tape, so justice will be done. What a sick world we live in.
i agree, crown heights has finally gotten a commander in the 71st precint with integrity.
just watching this ruthless brutality has scared me!!
Can’t you read the outrageous-yet-not-surprising quote above? Burn baby, burn….. Bring them ALL down or we may as well buy tickets to Aushwitz right now.
this cop was completely out of line and unjustified
The word chutzpa does not begin to describe the nerve the head of this police union has in saying such a thing!
Stop covering for rotten apples, alas all might become spoiled as well
14. the commandar of the 71st pct is outraged by the conduct & has made it clear that he finds no necessity for the cop rushing the situation which could have been kept calm & figured out after a few minutes of simple inquiry & patients
our commander is a role model of discipline & discretion & requires the same professionalism & respect from his force
i’m confident that the good ppl in our pct will not remain quiet or intimidated by the defenders of BULLY COPS!!
it was justified. This guy jumps around and eludes arrest. he got what he deserved, end of story
any trained officer knows that if the facts are contested & the individual is offering an alternative (in this case TRUE fact) clarification… the cop is trained to listen & seek to deEscelate the situation even if it means calling in a sergeant to clarify the facts! at 4am there was no urgent rush to skip the deEscelation protocal & begin pummeling him viciousely, another violation by the cop was to attack the kid by assuming a boxing stance to the head!! officers are trained extensively how to maneuvers ppl far bigger than themselves to the ground with minimal force… Read more »
not tznius! should not be on a frum website!
This is the same stupid inhuman excuse in which our friend Rubashkin is in prison for… mere comments, one idiotic man’s word against another wise man’s word….only to have Sholom’s life turned upside down for the rest of his life. Pity. Such pity. Same thing here. Excessive force – these cops made a mountain out of a mowhill. You can get a big cop to easily lock a man’s arms behind his back. Watch the movies. They are more professional than these 2 goons.
BE THERE!!!
Huh? is this for real??????
the truth takes time to unravel the LAW SUIT $$ grows with each attempt to white wash the cops despicable actions!!
when this goes to court & the truth is revealed , the credibility of this investigative agency will be exposed!!!!
Nazis…
Now we definitely must go to the protest.
Show them that Jewish blood is not cheap!
How can he say that? If the victim was black you can bet money that they would be too scared to say this.
Eveyrone thinks Jews are punching bags and its all ok.
I am literally sick to my stomach.
SICK IT’S NOT ENOUGH TO SAY, POOR PARENTS OF THIS YOUNG MAN, PEOPLE THING ONLY MONEY WHEN HE GOT THE BEATING, SICK !!