Crime & Safety
Man Who Stoned Jewish Dad In Crown Heights Park Arrested: Cops
Oniel Gilbourne, of Brownsville, stands accused of throwing stones at a Jewish man in Lincoln Terrace Park, police said.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Police arrested the man they say threw large rocks at Brooklyn man in an alleged anti-Semitic hate crime.
Oniel Gilbourne, 26, stands accused of breaking a 63-year-old man's teeth by throwing stones at him in Lincoln Terrace Park on Buffalo Avenue and Eastern Parkway about 7:40 a.m. on Aug. 27, police said
Gilbourne, of Brownsville, was charged with assault as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
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The Brooklyn man faces hate crime charges in part because the 63-year-old wore a yarmulke when he was attacked without provocation, said police.
Councilman Chaim Deutsch shared a photo of the large stone allegedly used, writing, "Has it become too dangerous for openly religious Jewish men to walk the streets of NYC?"
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A 64 year old Jewish man was violently assaulted in Rochester Park in Crown Heights. THIS is the weapon that was used against him. Has it become too dangerous for openly religious Jewish men to walk the streets of NYC?@NYPDHateCrimes is currently investigating this attack. https://t.co/iWMHYzEMGO pic.twitter.com/2IO74a5edp
— Councilman Deutsch (@ChaimDeutsch) August 27, 2019
Anti-Semitic attacks make up for 27 percent of reported hate crimes New York City has seen this year, new NYPD data show.
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