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The NYPD is looking into a series of attacks on Jews in Brooklyn. At least one attack was caught on surveillance tape. Some of the assaults may be part of a disturbing game, CBS 2’s John Slattery reported on Tuesday.
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said the attacks are not muggings. It’s not about money. He said the victims are being attacked because they are Jews.
Behrman said he believes the assaults are part of a disturbing game by some African-American teens.
Police are investigating a series of seven attacks on Jews in Crown Heights, trying to determine whether they’re the product of anti-Semitic bias or simply a twisted “knockout” game being played by street hoods.
Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the Hate Crimes Task Force was looking into the two misdemeanor assaults, as well as three acts of graffiti vandalism and a claim of verbal harassment.
Yet the city’s top cop wouldn’t call the unrelated incidents a pattern.
The most recent anti-Semitic attack took place on Sunday when a group of black males allegedly attacked a Jewish resident at Kingston Ave. and Crown St.
“The attack was unprovoked and nothing was stolen,” said Behrman.
The neighborhood blog CrownHeights.info said Sunday’s assault was part of a “sick new ‘game’ called knockout, which is gaining popularity among inner-city youth at a startling rate.”
The second violent confrontation erupted on Nov. 6 when about 15 black youths approached a 12-year-old boy, punched him in the face and shoved him onto the sidewalk.
“The two attackers ran back to the group screaming, ‘We got him’” and received a roaring cheer,” Behrman said.
Biigs
Kids will be kids, it will disappear soon enough.
Blowback
Just a little too much southpark
Rosinitiate
I'd be a little careful about this being propaganda.
without doing research it smells like something that would come out of the ADL or AIPAC. An attempt to gain sympathy for Israel with all the crap going there.
If this story is as true as the claim,
well then, the kids and the parents ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Raxoxane
reply to post by beezzer
Well imo it is a disgusting game.If a person is so filled with hate that they absolutely cannot withhold from punching or slapping some one because that individual is of another race or religion,can they not at least pick on someone of their own size and number? Two teenagers punching a kid is just plain cowardly and disgusting-no matter what grievance they may have with the race or religion they hate.What if this was Jewish teens going around punching black kids? I can just imagine the uproar over that!
beezzer
It's a harmless game with the youths.
Just like;
"Punch a homosexual in the face"
"Kick a caucasian in the groin"
"Throat-punch a hispanic"
Just ignore it.
(rolling eyes emoticon)
Raxoxane
Two teenagers punching a kid is just plain cowardly and disgusting-no matter what grievance they may have with the race or religion they hate.
tsingtao
beezzer
It's a harmless game with the youths.
Just like;
"Punch a homosexual in the face"
"Kick a caucasian in the groin"
"Throat-punch a hispanic"
Just ignore it.
(rolling eyes emoticon)
ya, treyvon has been played out.
punch a jew, wtf?
beezzer
tsingtao
beezzer
It's a harmless game with the youths.
Just like;
"Punch a homosexual in the face"
"Kick a caucasian in the groin"
"Throat-punch a hispanic"
Just ignore it.
(rolling eyes emoticon)
ya, treyvon has been played out.
punch a jew, wtf?
Well, no.
If it was just "punch a jew", or "slap an asian", it'd be ok.
If you played "Hit a black person in the back of the head" that'd be racist.
khimbar
Where's the proof that they're being targeted specifically because of their Jewishness,