By Rachel Holliday Smith – DNAInfo.com
A man arrested for stabbing a Jewish man on Empire Boulevard last month — originally investigated as a possible bias incident — will not be charged with a hate crime, prosecutors said.
Police arrested 26-year-old Keny Rochelin last week after he stabbed two different men walking in Prospect Park. Upon investigation, police connected Rochelin to the Feb. 10 slashing of a 25-year-old Jewish man as he walked along Empire Boulevard near Albany Avenue in Crown Heights.
At the time, the NYPD looked into that incident as a possible hate crime because the victim was wearing “Hasidic garb,” said Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce.
But Rochelin will not be charged with a hate crime, a spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s office said, instead facing two counts of assault in regards to the Empire Boulevard attack and one of the stabbings in the park and one count of attempted assault.
A law enforcement source said he wouldn’t be charged with a hate crime because there was no evidence that the attacked was motivated by bias. A law enforcement source added that Rochelin is currently undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
As of Wednesday, Rochelin had not yet been formally arraigned on the charges.
Cant prove attempted murder? you must be kidding, he had a knife and almost killed Brikman, assault could be a push, not a knife
and i’m sorry but its very disrespectful of you to say ‘calm down’, if it G-d forbid be your child you wouldn’t talk like that
This is despicable. Are they trying to actively encourage more of this? The criminal was lucky that his prey actually lived, the type of attack and area on the body indicates an attempt to murder. Instead, he gets off on ‘assault’- out of prison in a short time (what’s his minimum sentence anyway?). A few good meals and TV programs and he’s back on the streets, an encouragement to all who know him.
That murderer would stab a cop and he would be shot .
instantly.
Whoever came up with the excuse “mental illness” shall
say that when he or his child gets stabbed.
This community will not accept any less fair sentencing-
at least long time imprisonment!!!
There’s no conspiracy against crown heighters.
Yes, it is possible that it was a hate crime and probable that it was attempted murder. However, prosecutors will often only charge on things they think will stick and since they probably can’t prove attempted murder and surely not hate crime they won’t prosecute for them.
This is how the judicial system works. Like it or hate it.
And a sentence goes down !
Have Rachmones,
Thus man committed a crime and will get punished according to law. He is mentally ill and has serious health issues.
He should be punished, Jewish or non jewish, just like anyone who commits a crime.
Justice in this country Stinks good & proper!!!!!! So wakd out….next thing you’ll know, the attacker will start sueing…..(I don’t know for what) it can happan…..I know some one who got stabbed out side his business, & chased after attacker, & caught him, & tackled him in to his business, & security handcuff attacker, and till cops came. & owner cicked the attacker HARD while attacker was in cuffes…..guess what? Owner is now getting sued, BY the attacker…..how do you like that??
He almost took someone’s life for no other reason other than the fact that the victim was a Jew.
I bet you a million dollars if it was another black innocent person it wouldn’t have taken the place (I mean the stabbing)
good one. very true!
The idea of punishment is to make criminals afraid to commit crimes.
This low life should be given the same punishment as he inflicted on Brikman.
attempted murder
and that is why the violence won’t stop-the consequences are minimal.
#jewishlivesmatter
משיח now
Questions were not prohibited at the police conference. On the contrary, the Chief asked for questions and answered them.
then it would be hate crimes, just that he hates all Americans and/or non-muslims, and perhaps Jews even more
why not attempt of murder
How do we know this was all accurate? It seems clear that this idea was motivated by the past attacks in Crown Heights that went unpunished and by the attacks in Israel which started it all. This does not sound good and could encourage the many with similar ideas c”v. The fact that this was all conducted with such secrecy and even at police conferences questions were prohibited implies a lack of transparency. There is something wrong here.
But he still deserves a few years in jail. He almost killed Brikman!
He should NOT be let off easy.
wasn’t a love crime…