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Protests turned violent in Times Square on Thursday evening as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators faced off, and the NYPD said its Hate Crimes Task Force was investigating a group assault on a Jewish man nearby.
The Associated Press View Comments NEW YORK — More than two dozen people were arrested as pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrators clashed in New York City's Times Square and police were investigating the gang assault of a Jewish man as a hate crime, police said Friday. “It’s absolutely disgusting and unacceptable,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said on WNYC public radio. “We had a man viciously beaten simply because he appeared to some individuals to be Jewish. We had folks throwing very potent fireworks and creating harm to others and burning some folks, at least one person.” The mel...
protesters clashing on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk, despite Israel and Gaza having reached a ceasefire agreement earlier in the day. Police confirmed that two commercial fireworks were thrown from a car and one person suffered minor burns. New York Jews were already on edge from a disturbing video that showed an older man being viciously beaten by a gang of pro-Palestinians for wearing a Yarmulke as he attempted to cross a street in Times Square earlier in the day. Police said their Hate Crime Task Force was investigating the gang assault and urged the public to come forward with info...
NYPD Arrests 1, Searching for Up to 6 Others After Times Square Attack on Jewish Man Newsweek 9 hrs ago Matthew Impelli © Raymond Boyd/Getty A New York City police SUV with two NYPD counter terrorism officers sits on Broadway in New York, New York on April 15, 2016 One suspect was arrested by the New York Police Department on Friday in connection with an attack of a Jewish man in New York City's Times Square on May 20. A spokesperson for the NYPD told Newsweek via email that a 23-year-old male was taken into custody and officers are continuing to investigate the situatio...
Education. our kids in this country have not been taught a complete enough history of different communities, contributions, to the history of the united states. whether it's the asian, african-american, latino, native american, et cetera. >> congresswoman meng, you take me to my very next point. because this is an issue that impacts so many communities. in fact, there was another disturbing incident overnight, and we've seen an increase in anti-semitic hate crimes. new york city police say the hate crime task force is investigating the assault of a jewish man in times square. it happened just ...