Friday, December 02, 2022
Black Man Awarded $4.5 Million After He Was Attacked By Religious Patrol Group
A Brooklyn man who was savagely beaten by members of a Hasidic safety patrol in 2013 has been awarded $4.5 million in the case.
The victim, Taj Patterson, who is Black and gay, was just 22 years old when he was walking home from a friend's birthday celebration around 4:30 a.m. near Flushing Avenue on December 1st, 2013. Unprovoked, about ten Hasidic safety patrol members began beating him, calling him the "f-word" during their assault. Apparently, the members received a call earlier about a Black person vandalizing vehicles in Williamsburg. Patterson believes the group targeted the first Black person they saw.
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