By COLlive reporter
The NYPD 71st Pct Council honored and paid tribute to Police Officer Craig Smith for his quick arrest of a person who assaulted a Chassidic young man in a bias attack at the tent in front of 770 during Yom Tov.
The unprovoked attack took place near 770 Eastern Parkway during the first day of Sukkos in Crown Heights.
The 15-year-old bochur, who is visibly Chasidic and was dressed in full Jewish attire, was davening Maariv in the tent near 770 at approximately 7 PM on Monday evening when a young Hispanic woman entered the tent and slapped him across the face while shouting obscenities.
The woman then fled the tent and was quickly apprehended by police officer Smith who was stationed outside 770. She was arrested and charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
At the event on Thursday, the Commanding Officer of the 71 Pct. Inspector Joseph Hayward, and Sgt. Mike Barratta were present as well as President of the Council Karl Cohen. Detectives from the Office of the Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell attended as well.
Eli Slavin, Community Liaison for Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, presented P.O. Craig Smith with a Congressional Citation.
Mrs. Devorah Halberstam, Chair of the Civilian Hate Crimes Review Panel, NYPD Hon. Commissioner for Community Safety, Police Liaison and Co-Founder of the Jewish Children’s Museum, addressed those in attendance and spoke about the roles the Review Panel and Community Safety play in keeping the community safe.
The next time you see a Police Officer, say “Thank you for your service”.
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This story is missing a critical bit of information. How soon after this arrest was the criminal released back on the streets, without bail?
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That’s the real question for which everyone wants answers.
Says the perpetrator was a young hispanic woman. So, yeh, she probably got arrested, with no bail, and will stay in prison. If the gender and skin color were different, THEN, there’s possibly a revolving door, and perhaps no arrest to begin with… And, don’t get me wrong, I think most police would arrest and convict and lock the jail cell, but there does seem to be a self-destructive unofficial policy to let things and people slide in this new woke era. And don’t’ get me wrong about jail either. I don’t think it rehabilitates people who are possibly rehabilitatable.… Read more »
It is actually quite the opposite. Statistically Hispanic and black people have heavier sentencing than others of the same gender. Research it.