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Police are looking for two suspects who they say attacked an Orthodox Jewish man in front of a synagogue in Brooklyn.
It’s the third attack on Orthodox men in Brooklyn in less than a week, according to police.
It happened in Midwood on Saturday night just as Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, was coming to an end, CBS2’s Marc Liverman reports.
Police say the victim was walking home when he saw two men drinking in front of a synagogue near Avenue J and East 15th Street. They say there was some type of verbal dispute.
That’s when one of the men pushed the victim to the ground, took the victim’s belt and started hitting him in the face with it over and over again.
The victim was treated by EMS for cuts to his face and head.
Police say it’s too early to tell if this was a hate crime, but former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind tweeted, “A young Jewish man was called a f***ing Jew and then belted over the head with a metal belt buckle!”
Authorities are investigating two other possible hate crimes that happened earlier this week. According to the NYPD, someone hit a rabbi in the face with a heavy paving stone Tuesday morning in Crown Heights, breaking his nose and knocking out two teeth.
On Thursday, police say suspects threw something at an Orthodox Jewish man while he was sitting in traffic. The victim suffered an eye injury. That incident also happened in Crown Heights.
Police say there have been nearly 150 anti-Semitic hate crime complaints in the city so far this year. That’s nearly double the number they saw at this time last year.
time to teach our boys self defense
Time to pressure our leaders to speak out against the incitement from their ‘progressive’ leaders.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
TIME FOR THE PEOPLE OF NYC TO PROTEST AND DEMAND SOMETHING BE DONE
ABOUT THE ATTACKS ON THE JEWS IN BKLYN.
LIBERAL POLITICIANS WILL SAY AND DO NOTHING.
WHERE IS THE MAYOR…THE GOV…..CHUCK SCHUMER…..GILLIBRAND.?
THEY ALL HAVE SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT TRUMP, BUT NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT PROTECTING
THE JEWS OF BKLYN.
A DISGRACE.
COL. DAVID ‘MICKEY’ MARCUS. THE FIRST GENERAL OF ISRAEL, LIVED IN BROOKLYN,
AND TODAY WOULD BE ASHAMED OF THE PEOPLE OF NYC, AND ESPECIALLY OF BKLYN, FOR
NOT RISING UP AND FIGHT.
LIBERALS REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION.
SO AS MARCUS WOULD HAVE DONE PROTEST AT CITY HALL, MAY YOUR VOICES HEARD,
AND MAYBE THEN THE MAYOR WILL ACT.
BUT TO SIT BACK AND SAY AND DO NOTHING IS A CRIME.
ENOUGH ATTACKS ON THE JEWS.
JEWS OF BKLYN, SAY AND DO SOMETHING.
TIME FOR THE BROOKLYN JEWS TO DEMAND ACTION.
NOT JUST SIT BACK AND SAY AND DO NOTHING.
Time to learn how to protect yourself
In Colorado we are legally armed and ready to protect ourselves. Never give up the second amendment. Di Blasio, Cuomo and rest of the leftist crazies are quickly destroying NY. If another Giuliani doesn’t get into power NY is over- finished. Soviet Union USA.
They are note SURE that this is a hate crime???????????????? It was a Jew in front of a shull but they are “ not sure”. What is this????!!
First thing to do is register every frum yid over 18 Yo. And outvote every democrat. How is it that Schumer,nadler,gillibrant and all the local politicians of the liberal democratic gang are elected from our votes. Yes they run in our districts. You will say the votes come from liberal parts of the city. True. But if we registered every frum yid we would put in normal candidates not the ones out to destroy the jewish way of life. Not only can we replace all these democrats but if we were all down at jury duty there would be no… Read more »
This double standard against the Jewish minority is proof of the hypocrisy plaguing the so called ‘liberal’ advocates. They wouldn’t know ‘social justice’ or empathy if it bit them on the nose. No respect for them.
They would be rioting and turning over cars and setting them on fire and murdering people, and the liberal leaders would be calling for “understanding”, of such crimes.
They knew how to stop such thuggery.