Borough Park, NY – David Flores Acquitted Of Attempted Murder Charge, Outrage Felt In Jewish Community

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    (PHOTO COURTESY TO VINnews.com) David Flores, 36, (Center) who is charged with attempted murder of Brooklyn Shomrim volunteers in September 2010 during a wild melee in Borough Park, sits at State Supreme Court on Nov. 26,. 2013 in Brooklyn for summations on his retrial.(NY DAILY NEWS) Borough Park, NY – A Brooklyn man was cleared of almost all the charges on Wednesday relating to a 2010 incident involving the man and Shomrim volunteers.

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    According to the NY Daily News (http://bit.ly/18HPyTs) David Flores, 37 was convicted only on possessing a gun. He was acquitted of 15 other charges, including attempted murder and assault. Flores fired his gun in a Borough Park street in 2010 after his car was blocked by local community members, who believed he had just committed a lewd sexual act in front of children.

    During the five-week trial, prosecutors alleged that the Shomrim had been following Flores, believing he was guilty of performing the same lewd act one week earlier. The prosecution argued that the Shomrim only jumped him when he pulled a gun. The attack left him with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the arm.

    Shomrim volunteers Abe Kaztow, Motty Brauner, Joel Klein and Motty Perl were shot.

    Flores’s lawyers said his acts were done self-defense, and described an angry mob pounding on Flores’ car and attempting to drag him outside.

    Assemblyman Dov Hikind stated, “It’s beyond comprehension. Four unarmed people shot and hospitalized. How was this sick individual not found guilty? How could the DA possible lose this case? Now Flores is out and capable of creating more mayhem? This is our justice system upside down. It’s insane!”
    The unarmed Shomrim volunteers oversee the safety of the neighborhood, and many of the Orthodox Jewish locals call them first in the event of an emergency.

    Flores still faces between five to 15 years in prison at a sentencing next month. He has already been in jail for three years awaiting trial.

    Meanwhile, Councilman David G. Greenfield is requesting that Flores receive the maximum sentence allowed under law.

    Councilman Greenfield is now urging the judge presiding over the case to send a clear message that illegal guns will not be tolerated in New York City by handing down the maximum sentence allowed under the law when Flores is sentenced next month.

    “It was very upsetting to hear that this individual will not be held fully accountable for his reckless actions, including shooting four volunteer neighborhood patrol members at close range. At the same time, I am relieved that the jury agreed that we cannot tolerate individuals carrying illegal guns around our city. I am calling on the judge overseeing next month’s sentencing to consider the importance of keeping illegal guns off our streets and sentence this individual to the maximum sentence allowed,” said Councilman Greenfield.


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    meshigener
    meshigener
    10 years ago

    Total shocked, where is our justice system these days?
    He shot to kill 4 people and he is found not guilty?
    Very sad day for our justice system.

    rebbe123
    rebbe123
    10 years ago

    Wonderful exactly a year ago on Chanukah a jury convicted a Jew without any evidence and everyone said the justice system is honest no bias no antisemitism
    And today with all proof the guy got off the hook
    WHAT A SHAME

    10 years ago

    DA Hynes is the answer

    BigMasmid
    BigMasmid
    10 years ago

    he was found not guilty because he is black, as Bob Grand would say…….

    Reb Yid
    Reb Yid
    10 years ago

    If you’re going to crop the photo, you’ve got to edit the caption. It makes no sense to put up a photo of two people and say that one of them’s in the “center.”

    MAYERFREUND
    MAYERFREUND
    10 years ago

    This is thanks to the fact that come jury duty we all find excuses not to go. I was a number of time a juror and b”h I helped a Jewish women.

    CountryYossi
    CountryYossi
    10 years ago

    When Weberman was foung guilty everyone was quite and said he must be guilty..
    so why when this guy is found NOT guilty you all jumping up and down..
    Either you believe in juries or not…dont pick what suits your heart

    CRITICISM
    CRITICISM
    10 years ago

    To be honest, we took law into our own hands by preventing him from doing further indecent acts in front of our kedoishm tehoirm children. Not saying he was correct, but, maybe we should’ve let the law enforcements take care of this, as opposed to nabbing him. Unfortunately, there will be a time where someone who gets involved, will pay a price

    ShatzMatz
    ShatzMatz
    10 years ago

    Listen to what the jurors said. They believed him when he said he was in fear of his life. And it is possibly true that he was scared after he was cornered. Since the Shomrim are not cops, they do not enjoy special protection under the law. This is actually a logical outcome. At least he got convicted on the gun charge. He could go away a long time for that. But shomrim have to realize that when they confront a perp they better tread carefully. Because if he fights back the law does not give them special privileges. They either make sure they could safely subdue the perp or they need to stand at a distance and call in pd. This is just a risk they take for us and we should be grateful.

    wolfungar
    wolfungar
    10 years ago

    If you look at the case as an outsider I think justice did prevail. He was charged with attempted murder if you understand the law and what happened you will see that he was acting in self defense. Now if you peel down the case you will see that he is a perverted and sick person who needs a lot of help. When you are sitting in the car and a group of people attack your car what will you do? They should have called the cops to do the stopping. And even though Shomrim did do a good job but they are not the cops and they can get a little violent some times. Attempted of murder is when someone goes out there and want’s to kill and fails. He did not wake up in the morning and say let me kill somebody today, so no he didn’t commit attempted of murder.

    enlightened-yid
    enlightened-yid
    10 years ago

    A lesson to Shomrim, be careful with your keystone cop, vigilante mob attacks on anyone you feel is a criminal. The citizens of 5 boroughs are well aware of your tactics. Youtube is filled with countless videos showing Shomrim mob attacks on non Jews. The same people serve on juries and remember how Shomrim behave as if they are the law onto themselves. Clearly the jury felt his actions were provoked by a mob. All other community watch and security only observe and report to the police, wait for the police to take action and not the other way around.

    EmesMeieretz
    EmesMeieretz
    10 years ago

    TO NO. 2 You took the words out of my mouth, cannot agree more!

    DanielBarbaz
    DanielBarbaz
    10 years ago

    I would be willing to wager that the people who were pleased when Zimmerman was acquitted in the murder of Trayvon Martin, are now expressing outrage at the outcome of the Flores trial.

    10 years ago

    Center is when one sits between two people….

    AuthenticSatmar
    AuthenticSatmar
    10 years ago

    The DA Hynes messed up. He refused to offer a deal. He wanted to prove to the community that he cared when we all know he doesn’t. The facts of the case were never in question and even the shomrim members involved expected this outcome.
    The real news in the story is that the NYPD messed up this case bad. They did not take a report a week earlier when he was witnessed exposing himself and when approached by the shomrim he drove on to the sidewalk almost hitting a number of people to get out off a traffic jam. The jury in multiple interviews have commented on the poor work of the NYPD and support of the shomrim’s intentions.

    MoshiachPleaseComeNOW
    MoshiachPleaseComeNOW
    10 years ago

    Shomrim, this one is for you. Not one comment gave you a complete Yasher Koach!

    When we are in need of help… YOU ARE ALWAYS THERE

    Thanks You – Thank You and Thank You!!!

    10 years ago

    While Shomrim deserves a lot of credit for their Extreme Devotion And For Risking Themselves For the Safety of the Community, We Cannot Ignore the Fact as the jury stated “they’re not cops.” And in this particular incident it comes out that Shomrim were a bit Reckless. Nevertheless I think from the Most important things out Community really needs is the Shomrim And we All need to Show out Our Hakoras Hatov for their Extreme Devotion to keeping our community safe!