A Jewish man was attacked on Shabbos afternoon in Crown Heights, Brooklyn by a black male on a bicycle. The incident occurred at 12:30 p.m., when the Jewish man was crossing New York Avenue near Union Street in the heart of Crown Heights, when the black male crossed in front of him on the bicycle.
As the black male drove by, he slapped the Jewish man in the face and said, “you dirty Jew.” The Jewish male immediately walked into the 71 Precinct in Crown Heights to report the incident.
The incident is being investigated as a hate crime and Hate Crimes task force has been notified, police said.
These type of things happened all the time 30 yrs ago as well. Is it possible that we are making is worse by making a big deal about each incident??
It’s true that these things happened all the time thirty years ago. In fact, it was actually worse than today back then but they didn’t happen all the time ten years ago. The current direction is something that has to be focused on.
This doesn’t qualify as a hate crime. Sorry Charlie.