New York – Two Brooklyn Men Charged With Assault As A Hate Crime For Alleged Unprovoked Attack On Rabbinical Student

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    Image from Survailence Footage shoing Beating of Jewish Man in Crown Heights on May 1New York – Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that two Brooklyn men have been indicted for assault as a hate crime and other charges in connection with an alleged attack against a Jewish rabbinical student who was walking home at night in Crown Heights.

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    The defendants did not take any property or cash, including a charity box the victim was holding, and allegedly stated that they were irritated because he was speaking in Hebrew on the phone – leading to the hate crime charges.

    District Attorney Gonzalez said, “We allege that these defendants decided to assault a man for the sole reason that he looked different than them and spoke a different language. I will never tolerate bias-motivated crimes in Brooklyn, and will investigate and prosecute them vigorously. Our strength is in our diversity.”

    The District Attorney identified the defendants as Darren Morgan, 20, of Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and Justin George, 19, of Brownsville. They were arraigned today before Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Martin Murphy on an indictment in which they are charged with third-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree menacing as a hate crime, third-degree assault and other related offenses.

    They were ordered to return to court on August 14, 2018. The defendants face up to four years in prison if convicted of the top count.

    The District Attorney said that, according to the investigation, just past midnight on May 1, 2018, the victim, a 22-year-old Lubavitch rabbinical student, was walking home from his studies at 770 Eastern Parkway, which is the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters. He felt that he was being followed and turned the corner at Albany Avenue and President Street, where the two defendants caught up to him, the evidence showed.

    The defendants then allegedly punched him and, as he tried to get away, grabbed him, threw him against a car and repeatedly punched him in the face and body. The victim dropped a charity box containing over $200 that he was carrying, but it was left untouched, and the defendants did not demand any money or property, including a cell phone the victim was carrying, according to the evidence. The victim suffered bruising and swelling to his face.

    As the assault continued, a police car drove by, prompting the defendants to flee. They were apprehended a short time later after the police were notified. In interviews with the authorities, the defendants allegedly stated they were irritated at the victim because he was talking on a cellphone in another language. Surveillance videos capture the initial interaction between the defendants and victim as well as the assault.

    Surveillance video shows the attack on May 1.


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    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    5 years ago

    Another racial attack under the Deblasio failed leadership.

    puppydogs
    puppydogs
    5 years ago

    You do know who was behind all those protests, right? In case you don’t, follow the money trail it all leads back to Soros and Obama.

    5 years ago

    The excuse that the savages gave was that they didn’t like the way that the defendant was speaking. Yet, every day, we are forced (while driving or walking), to hear their filthy, obscene, loud rap music blazing out of their cars. One time when I was driving, there was a car with in back of mine, blaring loud rap music. I held my ears to my head at a stop light, in order to protect my hearing. The piece of garbage driver in back of me, began to grin, and deliberately made his radio louder, in an effort to harass me. Hence, those who claim to be “oppressed”, are now the biggest oppressors!