Brooklyn, NY – Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) is demanding answers from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. and two judges for being too soft on hate crime suspect David Haddad. Haddad was released on his own recognizance by Kings County Criminal Court Judge Linda Poust-Lopez, while New York State Acting Supreme Court Judge Abraham Clott in Manhattan only required a bail of $2,500. “This is nothing short of shocking,” Hikind said. “Manhattan DA Cy Vance requested a bail of only $5,000. New Yorkers deserve an explanation.”
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Hikind praised Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes for asking Judge Poust-Lopez for bail to be set at $50,000, only to have her release Mr. Haddad without any bail whatsoever. Mr. Haddad is charged with aggravated harassment as a hate crime, which is a felony. “What message are we sending to criminals out there who commit these heinous acts?” Hikind fumed. “If anything, this might encourage others.”
Hikind released the audio of the hate-filled phone call that one Jewish family received over the weekend. “This family is traumatized. To get a phone call saying, ‘…all Jews must die’ after finding swastikas scrawled on several locations near their home is horrifying.”
Listen below:
I suggest that there be connection between the courts and Mayor Bloomberg. Our Mayor has never looked a a dollar sign without increasing the numbers that follow. If he could get involved, he might recognize this as a way to make money somehow, and such writeoffs could never happen. Good idea?
maybe hinkid forgot what bail is? to make sure he will return for trial
Listen this isn’t a hate crime but of a case of apparently a man who is mentally unstable. A shoitah is not responsible for any of his actions. He is a sick man who needs help not jail.
It’s crazy. We have sick liberal anarchist judges.
Same thing with the cop-killer freed by the judge on a previous charge.
Is he wearing an ankle bracelet? If not he can be gone by now and doing it in other states in another name!!
i dont see anything wrong, its true all jews are going to die, and so are all non jews going to die, number 2 is right, its just a crazy guy