Brooklyn, NY – The daughter of a Brooklyn man charged with attacking his Turkish neighbors and calling them “Arab terrorists” insisted Tuesday that her father wasn’t a bigot.
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“I’m very upset because I’m dating a Muslim and my family is being called racist,” said Mazo Schwartz, whose father, Simchon Schwartz, 46, was charged with felony hate crimes.
Cops arrested Simchon Schwartz, who is Jewish, at a Mill Basin synagogue after the alleged attack Saturday night on his next-door neighbors Selda and Mustafa Turan.
Although Simchon Schwartz’s family and his rabbi claim he was the victim in the ugly incident, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Simchon Schwartz was the culprit in the encounter in front of his E. 70th St. home. “The information I have is that Mr. Schwartz poured a beer can over Mustafa Turan’s wife’s head and when Mustafa tried to prevent this, [Schwartz] punched him,” Kelly said. “He made anti-Arab statements,”
Mustafa Turan, 32, suffered a gash to his nose that required three stitches. The Turans have not publicly commented on the attack. They remained in seclusion.
Mazo Schwartz claimed Mustafa Turan attacked her dad and shouted an anti-Semitic slur. “My father was walking down the street. They exchanged words, and he [Mustafa Turan] hit him,” she said. “We couldn’t call the cops because it was the Shabbas.”
Her boyfriend of two years, Amer Nicocevic, an Albanian, said Simchon Schwartz never hassled him about being Muslim. “He opened the door and welcomed me in,” Nicocevic said.
Simchon Schwartz, a car dealer, was charged with felony assault and felony criminal mischief, both as hate crimes. He could get up to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Residents of the block where the Turan and Schwartz families live said a feud has simmered between the couples since the Turans moved in a month ago.
Dating a Muslim but jewish ?? Put them both in Jail -the wedding can b there too
Dating a muslam?? Oh now I see why he is angry at them….
I know Simchon- hes a nice guy- I totally believe him
Dating a muslim… but couldnt call the cops because it was shabbos. At least some laws are still sacred. Kol hakavod for not breaking shabbos. ditch the boyfriend and good luck.
Well, he is certainly not orthodox so I guess he hasn’t got the middos to know how to ignore and not hit back.
something is not making sense
yesterday they said that swatz was religious and now is says that the daughter is dating a muslim and the father does not care
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Mazo Schwartz claimed Mustafa Turan attacked her dad and shouted an anti-Semitic slur. “My father was walking down the street. They exchanged words, and he [Mustafa Turan] hit him,” she said. “We couldn’t call the cops because it was the Shabbas.”
not sure what is going on here
“The information i have” is that a video or just one side of the story? How could this be classified as a hate crime if it is an ongoing neighbor dispute? It sounds like a few people that just can’t seem to get along with each other.
nobody knows what happened but the way swatz acted when they trier to arret him could get him trouble even if his story is true
gam zu letovu !!maybe this will save thier daughter from a terrible fate
Those who can, should brake up the interracial couple. Girl: Ur kids will be jewish bastards. If you realy care about ur father brake it off.
She is only saying that about her father so the muslim boyfriend won’t break up with her.