Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, NY State Assemblyman Dov Hikind and other elected officials and clergy held a news conference Monday to decry recent violence against Jews in the neighborhood.
The conference gathered in front of 339 Albany Avenue, between Eastern Parkway and Union Street, the exact site of last Wednesday’s violent assault on 24-year-old Jewish student Avrohom Wolosow.
In an attack Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League says, three teens approached and hit a Jewish man walking down the street in Crown Heights. Surveillance footage from the scene shows the teens approaching the man, with one quickly punching him in the face before they all run away.
Surveillance footage Knockout attack in Crown Heights:
Then, a day later, the group says, three young men attacked a 9-year-old boy in the same neighborhood, hitting him in the head.
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams said the attacks have to stop.
“We have an obligation as Brooklynites and as New Yorkers to state, ‘That will not happen in our city,’” he said.
Following remarks from the Borough President, Public Advocate Letitia James, activist Chanina Sperlin and others, Jewish and black leaders along with community members walked down to the Raksin home to pay their condolences to the family of Yosef Raksin who was brutally murdered in Miami last Saturday morning while walking to synagogue services.
Full video of Press Conference:
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So arrest him. What’s the issue?
All these politicians, community “activist and leaders” are all worthless.
You will get further with calling 311 with whatever issue you have, then with getting any assistance from any above mentioned clowns.
My thoughts exactly. The way to go is way above the locals.
We gotta tell their teachers about teaching these thugs how to walk down a street……………..
Who is all this people? Why they represent me?
What a strong brave bochur
Such quick thinking and acting
Runs so fast…
Chases the cowards away in seconds
Amazing
BH
they started up with the wrong guy
I live in an apartment building in crown heights for thirty years b”h all I want is to live peacefully with my neighbors I want to be able to walk without fear in the streets which I have been living for 55 years we are a peaceful people and we don’t want anything from anyone just peace
These “knockout” games are perpetrated not by adults, but by children. Meaning, the criminality issue is a symptom, but the real core of the issue is an educational one! Therefore, the real treatment of it is a change in the approach towards education in the schools these children attend. The Rebbe spoke so many times about the necessity for the institution of a moment of silence in the beginning of the school day, first and foremost to prevent things like these. If we would focus on preventing criminality from its roots, there would be less need for policing and imprisoning.… Read more »
It was posted yesterday on col if you had even bothered to look!! Don’t blame others for something that you were careless about. I was there because it was posted yesterday! Unfortunately a lot of people didn’t show up!
Anyone can tell me where the he– is Al sharpton?? Why is he not here?? He’s always there only to instigate the mobs to riot!!!
how come no word from the police ? How come the thug is still not arrested? How come the anti semite cops are not transferred out of our community?
Shame time to get rid of the inspector
we are fortunate to have barry sugar. hope other capable caring people will be inspired to get involved as well.
The original article announcing this gathering was not posted on this site until this afternoon. The time & place for this event was surely arranged before today, so wjhy weren’t we told ?. Although the time was certainly not optimum for working people, I am sure many more people would have attended if only they would have had some advance notice. Perhaps someone at the CHJCC could be in charge of serious publicity to keep our community informed in the future ( only for simchas .) These pictures will be printed everywhere and it does not look like much of… Read more »
BS”D Mr. Adams looks honestly moved