Brooklyn, NY – Four Arrested On Hate Crime Charges In Crown Heights Bus Blaze; Police Searching For Additional Suspect

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    The NYPD released surveillance video of five boys wanted for arson of a school bus in Crown Heights.Brooklyn, NY – Four more juveniles have been arrested in connection with the torching of a school bus parked outside a Crown Heights girls’ school.

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    As previously reported on VIN News(http://goo.gl/TRs6Nx), surveillance video captured several boys boarding a school bus, cardboard boxes in hand, less than one minute before flames erupted inside the bus and the group fled the burning vehicle.

    Police said that they arrested an 11 year old, a 12 year old and two 14 year olds in connection with the incident at 7:30 PM last night. All four were charged with Arson in the 3rd Degree as a Hate Crime and Criminal Mischief in the 3rd Degree as a Hate Crime and are Brooklyn residents.

    Police said that they are continuing their investigation, searching for one more individual who can be seen on the video footage.


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    kenyaninwhitehouse
    kenyaninwhitehouse
    7 years ago

    These “youth” are the victims of institutional racism and lack of investment in their neighborhoods.

    blubluh
    blubluh
    7 years ago

    The cost of good quality surveillance cameras is justified by such incidents.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    How come you don’t hear Obama saying “If I had a son etc”???

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    7 years ago

    Where is the outrage from the liberal media? Imagine for a moment if this was an attack on an African American school bus or a Muslim van, it would be plastered all over the local tabloids.