Crime & Safety
Stone-Thrower Broke Jewish Man's Teeth In Crown Heights: Cops
Police released video of the man suspected of attacking a 63-year-old man unprovoked in Lincoln Terrace Park Tuesday morning.
CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — A man suspected of throwing large rocks at a Brooklyn father in a possible anti-Semitic hate crime was caught on footage released by police Tuesday night.
Police are looking for the man who threw stones at 63-year-old man wearing a yarmulke in Lincoln Terrace Park on Buffalo Avenue and Eastern Parkway about 7:40 a.m. on Aug. 27, police said.
City Councilman Chaim Deutsch shared a photo of the large stone that Chassidic performer Benny Friedman said was thrown at his father and which police said broke several of the 63-year-old's teeth.
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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
Police are investigating the assault as a possible hate crime and the Anti-Defamation League is offering a $5,000 reward for any information that leads to the man's arrest.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the NYPD.
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