Saturday, May 17, 2008
TENSION IN CROWN HEIGHTS
Protest started at Albany Ave. and Empire Blvd., then ended peacefully at 770 Eastern Pkwy.
Alon Sherman, 15, lays in bed after the assault with his mother, Iris, by his side.
Crown Heights erupted in anger yesterday as nearly 300 people marched in protest after a 16-year-old Jewish teen was beaten and robbed in the early morning.
Police have made no arrests but have not ruled the attack a hate crime, which has angered members of the Jewish community.
The mugging has raised racial tensions in the Jewish and African-American community that have simmered since the racial turmoil of the early 1990s.
The attack and march came on the same day cops released a photo and asked for the public's help in the capture of a Jewish man, Yitzhak Shuchat, 25, who has been named a suspect in the April attack on 20-year-old Andrew Charles, a black college student who is the son of a police officer.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05172008/news/regionalnews/tension_in__crown_hts__111239.htm
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Just an update, there was closer to 1000 people, men, woman and children (including some blacks) at the march that closed Empire and eastern parkway for almost 2 hours.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by 
: May 18, 2008 1:51 AM
: May 18, 2008 1:51 AM
i was there!
IT WAS MORE LIKE 1000 PEOPLE THERE!!!
IT WAS MORE LIKE 1000 PEOPLE THERE!!!
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 18, 2008 8:33 AM
: May 18, 2008 8:33 AM
charles hynes should question this black man who was alledegedly beaten by shmira members ,i have a feeling this latest attack on alon sherman was a revenge for him .they both took place on albany ave.
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 18, 2008 7:29 PM
: May 18, 2008 7:29 PM
anon, 7 :29
Crown Heights isn't that big. Leave the conspiracy home.
Chaptzem , get your story right. Alon is 16 not 15.
There were two people who beat him up.
As for the "alleged" beating of the black college student. It isn't an allegation, it is a fact. He was beat up by two frummies.
Any eye for an eye?
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Crown Heights isn't that big. Leave the conspiracy home.
Chaptzem , get your story right. Alon is 16 not 15.
There were two people who beat him up.
As for the "alleged" beating of the black college student. It isn't an allegation, it is a fact. He was beat up by two frummies.
Any eye for an eye?
Comment Credit ---This article posted by : May 23, 2008 2:14 AM
: May 23, 2008 2:14 AM
