Brooklyn, NY – NYPD: No Bias In Crown Heights School Bus Fire

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    The NYPD released surveillance video of five boys wanted for arson of a school bus in Crown Heights.Brooklyn, NY – One day after four more juveniles were arrested for setting fire to a school bus parked in front of a Crown Heights girls’ school, the NYPD has dropped hate crime charges against all of the young arsonists.

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    As previously reported on VIN News(http://goo.gl/5TpQzu), a total of five boys were arrested in the blaze which took place at the corner of Lefferts and Brooklyn Avenues in front of the Beth Rivka school on Sunday evening.

    The Wall Street Journal reported that the decision to drop the hate crime charges was made after a meeting between police and lawyers for the five boys, who range in age between 11 and 14 years old.

    Police had originally classified the incident as a bias crime because at least one of the boys said that he knew the bus was affiliated a Jewish school when the fire was ignited and because it was the second time that Crown Heights’ Jewish community had been targeted in less than one week. In the previous incident, a side view mirror of a school bus parked near a yeshiva was broken by a brick, although police said there was no evidence to prove that the two crimes were related.

    Each of the boys still face arson and criminal mischief charges and have been released to the custody of their parents. All five will be tried in Brooklyn Family Court.


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    7 years ago

    Unbelievable. Dare accuse a black of committing a crime, and you’re racist. But when the reverse happens, there’s a total double standard.

    sholkramer
    sholkramer
    7 years ago

    If it were the opposite a Jewish boy torching a black school bus it would be considerd a hate crime. The double standard is sickening.

    yankee96
    yankee96
    7 years ago

    remember election day who you elected and vote these officials out of office