Monday, May 19, 2008
Probe of attack on teen in Crown Heights
An attack on a Hasidic Jewish teenager in Crown Heights still is under investigation, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said Saturday.
A 16-year-old was assaulted near his home just after midnight on Friday. Police say his bicycle, watch and cell phone were stolen. The boy also suffered a broken jaw in the incident, Kelly said.
Hundreds of Hasidic Jews marched through the Brooklyn neighborhood Friday, hours after the incident, briefly blocking traffic on Eastern Parkway.
The assault is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
The area has recently seen tension between Jews and blacks who had coexisted peacefully in the years since the neighborhood was wracked by a 1991 race riot. Black leaders expressed outrage in April after a black college student was attacked in the neighborhood by two Jewish men.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-spcrow0518,0,4716412.story
A 16-year-old was assaulted near his home just after midnight on Friday. Police say his bicycle, watch and cell phone were stolen. The boy also suffered a broken jaw in the incident, Kelly said.
Hundreds of Hasidic Jews marched through the Brooklyn neighborhood Friday, hours after the incident, briefly blocking traffic on Eastern Parkway.
The assault is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
The area has recently seen tension between Jews and blacks who had coexisted peacefully in the years since the neighborhood was wracked by a 1991 race riot. Black leaders expressed outrage in April after a black college student was attacked in the neighborhood by two Jewish men.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-spcrow0518,0,4716412.story
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