Thursday, September 29, 2022
Man who said he was beaten by Hasidic safety patrol in Brooklyn awarded $4.5 million
A man who alleged he was partially blinded in an attack by members of a Hasidic safety patrol in Brooklyn was awarded $4.5 million earlier this month by a state Civil Court judge, the Daily News reported.
Taj Patterson, who is gay, reportedly told authorities he was walking home at around 4:30 a.m. on Flushing Avenue on Dec. 1, 2013, when several Hasidic men with the patrol, known as Shomrim, began assaulting him, yelling, "Stay down, f-----!"
The incident was investigated as a possible hate crime, according to the Daily News.
Five individuals were arrested; charges were dropped against two of them, while two others pleaded guilty to misdemeanor unlawful imprisonment in 2016, the News reported.
The fifth man, Mayer Herskovic, was convicted of gang assault in 2017, but his conviction was overturned in 2018 by an appeals court due to what the court cited as a lack of evidence.
The problem now will be collecting the money, according to the Daily News.
Despite a lack of insurance by the safety patrol, the city has continued to give them money, according to the outlet.
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