Brooklyn, NY – Five suspects are reported to be charged by the NYPD regarding the beating of a black man in Williamsburg that occurred last year, VIN News has learned.
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Taj Patterson, 22, was beaten in the early morning hours on December 1 on Flushing Avenue by what is believed to be Hasidic men.
The group beat Patterson, breaking his eye-socket, which resulted in a torn retina.
When the driver of a city bus pulled over to stop the attack, she also started taking pictures with her cell phone. The attackers then fled.
Patterson underwent surgery to reattach his retina.
Its unclear at this time if the suspects will be charged with a hate crime, or assault.
Identities of the suspects were to be disclosed later today at their arraignment.
All four suspects were taken into custody early this morning, a fifth suspect to be questioned is on his way back from an overseas trip.
Patterson’s family told The NY Daily News they were not aware of the arrest.
According to multiple police sources, Police waited until after the Passover holiday to make the arrests.
You mean that they assaulted a man just for walking on the street? it don’t sound right
The cops needed some korbonos to appease the minority population. They couldn’t find any real perpetrator so they chapped four korbonos who have nothing to do with it.
something seems a little fishy here…no names..pictures…random attack? somethings off.
There is a saying: There was once someone wearing a bekeshe and not behaving properly and someone said that it was a chassidic man doing a bad thing, “Thats not a chassidic man…thats a man with a chassidic levush (garb).
Sadly we all too often fail to make that distinction.
Smartphones…. People laugh when alerted to the dangers, but the dangers are real. You can never know who is recording what.
I bet some of us are missing Hynes right about now.
Of course to all you people it doesn’t make sense because you’re all just biased towards the attackers because you’re Jewish. When will you come to the realization that there are stupid Jews out there who do stupid things!
With the increased continuous stories of the violence and things like “price tag” crime from the ultra jewish communities in Israel and other places, this does not surprise me at all. Our communities are very lax in regulating the conspiracies of some of the worry free lives of some of our younger generation. They have it all in some cases and they do not strive for better interests and better lives. This is a poverty culture we are now living in in many places. Distinction for education is lost and no one wants to even become part of the American Culture for fear of the “evil impulse” being on “high demand”. The more you stifle your soul and heart, the more you will ultimately break away and commit a crime. And the hate of blacks in many of these communities is very horrible. Someone should indeed become more interested in African American Studies perhaps and I think it is many of our fellow yidden. You can not have hope and peace delivered to your doorstep. Get out and make a difference.
Never Again.
The naïve attitudes on this site, are incredible and astounding. It appears that nobody wishes to believe that frum Jewish boys would engage in such violent conduct. The fact of the matter is that such incidents do occur. This is not the first time, that gentile minority male residents have been selected at random, and beaten by frum residents of Williamsburg. When I worked as a civilian employee of the NYCPD in 1969, I was assigned to the old 90th precinct on Lee and Division Avenue. I remember distinctly that there was a rumble between the Chassidim and some Puerto Ricans. Some poor Puerto Ricans were surrounded by a gang of young Chassidim, and were beaten. I remember one Puerto Rican told the desk officer that he was accosted, beaten and kicked by a group of Jews. I don’t believe in collective punishment, as such tactics were used against our people during the Shoah. Hence, if someone has a legitimate grievance with a given individual, there are legal ways to pursue that grievance. However, for frum boys and men, to descend upon other residents of the community, and beat them, because of their ethnicity is not right, and is against all teachings of Yiddishkeit!
The police acknowledged none of the photos show any faces and do not show the attack in progress.
Would it be so far fetched to suggest that Mesirah (informing Jew on Jew) was involved in this case?
I’m not going to be surprised if this turns out to be the case.
People, please remember, these news reports are not Judge and Jury.
There will be a trial in a court of law and all the facts will be laid down. Until then, it’s all speculations and accusations.