By COLlive reporter
A Jewish man was severely beaten by two black teens during an attempted robbery in Crown Heights on Wednesday evening.
Around 7:20 PM, the Chassidic man, in his mid-50s, was exiting the subway station and walking home near President Street and Utica Avenue.
He was approached by two teens wearing face masks, estimated to be between 15 and 20 years old. One wore an orange bandana, while the other had a black one.
“What type of phone do you have?” they demanded.
The victim kept walking, trying to avoid engagement. The teens then picked up a wooden cane and demanded that he hand over his phone.
Before he could comply or attempt to flee, they began brutally beating him with the cane, striking him multiple times and with such force that the cane snapped in half.
At one point, the victim managed to run, but they chased him—one riding a scooter.
Crown Heights Shmira responded, searching for the perpetrators and reviewing nearby surveillance footage. They also notified the NYPD and Hatzalah.
“The victim is in excruciating pain and is currently in the emergency room,” reported Yaacov Behrman, Director of the Jewish Future Alliance.
This incident follows three recorded incidents last week in Crown Heights, including a slashing attack on a Jewish man, a Jewish individual being aggressively knocked down, and a man who harassed customers at Kosher Cafe with antisemitic and anti-Israel slurs. All the incidents involved black male perpetrators.
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A Chasidic man was beaten in Crown Heights tonight near Utica and President at approximately 7:30pm. The assailants, one was wearing a mask, demanded the victim’s phone, but when he refused, they chased him and beat him. The victim is in excruciating pain and is currently in the… pic.twitter.com/s4mn1K6HtV
— Yaacov Behrman (@ChabadLubavitch) November 7, 2024
Unfortunately, a yid was injured and it is sad that this happened.
But…..that’s what you get when the CH PAC endorses (and uneducated people follow their advice) Yvette Clark. When you think with your wallet….they want that too.
This has nothing to do with it. She is the leading candidate and will win regardless. The community needs to start teaching self defense widely to give people some tools how to deal with this
The logic of voting for someone bad because they will win anyway makes no sense. All it shows is weakness and pandering. If she’s winning anyway why not vote for someone else as a protest vote instead? We need to show a little more strength, pride and dignity if we want a little respect. There are plenty of other decent black people in our neighborhood who can run instead. People with integrity and respect.
Keep voting for the same people in NY
How terrible
I want to say Tehillim for his recovery
NYC Get your act together and up your safety.
IF that doesn’t happen we’ll want to know why! Keep up with this case and see that these criminals are punished to the fullest extent of the law and kept far away from the humans for a very long time. We don’t need that in civilization.
Need to start getting all press around this
Time for Shomrim and Shmira to band together. Imagine the force!
Unfortunately bad blood at the top of both orgs wont let it happen. its already been tried. The actual guys showing up to their calls would do it tho.
So sorry!❤️
So many suffer from poverty
Plz tell me your joking
ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW? Wow. So these thugs beat up a Yud and put him in the hospital but somehow they’re the victims?? I genuinely don’t know how a sane person can come to such a conclusion!
Look at the 7 Mitzvos b’nei Noach. It is incumbent upon EVERYBODY–Jew and l’havdil non-Jew–to behave in a civilized manner.
Poverty does not excuse criminality.
Government Public Schools Products
It’s time to sue the city of New York for not protecting it’s citizens! You pay taxes for a reason ! He should go for trauma therapy and sue big. When a few million dollar law suits hit the city. Maybe crime will not be tolerated any longer.
We have to get rid of the agressive black children!
Start renting to us Jews!
You never hear this the other way around!
Robberies- beatings, stolen scooters, what are they learning??? Great education!
Pepper spray is useful to always carry just in case
@ Sunshine for $10
i carry mine i my jacket i got off ebay
The police here are the type that will arrest a person (Jew) who defends themselves for using spray, but at least you will have protected yourself from worse.
Was there nobody else around who could have intervened and helped this guy out?
Chaptzem
Refuah shulaima ! So hard to look at this pain !! I hope get are found !!! And off the streets for good
About our community to feel safe???
Enjoy your stay!
JDL and 2A now no more of the stupid shtetl mentality fight back. No more letting Sharpton and the scummy media put “graduation” photos of our murderers and attackers and call them “sweet boys”. Stop the stupid soirees in sukkahs for photos start Arming and training Jews to fight back.
Yes but let’s just vote in the same people again so this can keep happening again and again and again!
Because I’m not aware of any likely candidate.
Sad, but not surprising. Ad Mosai?!
Now let me ask you this.
If that man was armed, would he be allowed to use deadly force, (aka a fireman)
Because I truly believe it would end crime in crown heights once these thugs start getting put down!
Is not a form of deadly force. Unless he is really heavy and you use him as a projectile. Please confirm.
False.
If those animals used that cane in a c’v correct matter it can be used as a deadly weapon.
Besides for the fact that it’s 2 on 1
Read with tongue in cheek. They originally wrote fireman. A fireman–especially with all the gear on–would be difficult to wield at a deadly threat.
Fireman or firearm?
As long as there’s no responsibility and accountability this will never stop , it’s one of the 1st mitzvos Hashem gave.
las long as these criminals know Jews are a easy target they won’t stop. This might sound rough but until one of these criminals aren’t beaten down, it will never stop. Sorry for telling the truth
ZG
Get legal firearms!!!!!!
Hopefully President Trump will have a Congress that immediately presents him with a National Concealed Carry Reciprocity Bill that he signs. Out of State visitors need to protect themselves as well.
EVERY JEW A 22!! Go Trump! End of story. Liberals are delusional and think they are perfect. They need some humility and a reality check.