hate crimes

Nov
14
18-Year-Old Arrested For Throwing Eggs At Synagogue

18-Year-Old Arrested For Throwing Eggs At Synagogue

BORO PARK/KENSINGTON – The person who cops suspect threw eggs both at a synagogue and at a woman over the
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Nov
11
Crime & Fires: Dog kidnapped in Bushwick, Eggs Thrown at Boro Park Shul, Multiple Shootings, & More

Crime & Fires: Dog kidnapped in Bushwick, Eggs Thrown at Boro Park Shul, Multiple Shootings, & More

Crime scene at Flatlands shooting. Lloyd Mitchell/Bklyner.BORO PARK — A group of neighborhood youths went on an egging spree
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Nov
07
Briefly Noted: Flatbush Child Sex Trafficker Busted, B/Q Train Trench Drama, 66th Precinct’s Race Issues and More

Briefly Noted: Flatbush Child Sex Trafficker Busted, B/Q Train Trench Drama, 66th Precinct’s Race Issues and More

Flatbush/Ditmas Park — The Department of Buildings informed owners of Brooklyn homes next to a trench by the Q/B
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Oct
21
Muslim Family Says Trump Supporter Told Them To “Go Back To Your Country” At Bay Ridge TJ Maxx

Muslim Family Says Trump Supporter Told Them To “Go Back To Your Country” At Bay Ridge TJ Maxx

A Muslim family says that they were attacked and harassed outside of a Bay Ridge TJ Maxx by a Trump-supporting
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Sep
26
Another Hate Crime In Williamsburg?

Another Hate Crime In Williamsburg?

WILLIAMSBURG – The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating a crime that took place last week where two men slapped
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Sep
19
Deborah Lauter on Hate Crimes, Segregation and Standing Up Against Threats

Deborah Lauter on Hate Crimes, Segregation and Standing Up Against Threats

Deborah Lauter. (Photo: Zainab Iqbal/Bklyner)CITY HALL – Hate crimes have spiked all over the country. They have risen in
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Sep
06
Another Rock Thrown At A Jewish Man In Crown Heights

Another Rock Thrown At A Jewish Man In Crown Heights

CROWN HEIGHTS – Another anti-Semitic attack in the borough. On August 29 at around 4:57 p.m., a 34-year-man Jewish
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Sep
03
NYC Office For The Prevention Of Hate Crimes Is Now Open

NYC Office For The Prevention Of Hate Crimes Is Now Open

Mayor Bill de Blasio during a rally against anti-Semitism at Kingsway Jewish Center (Photo: Todd Maisel/Bklyner)The NYC Office
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Aug
26
‘What Is That Rag On Your Head,’ Lady On B6 Says To Muslim Girl Before Spitting On Her

‘What Is That Rag On Your Head,’ Lady On B6 Says To Muslim Girl Before Spitting On Her

BENSONHURST – In another act of Islamophobia in the borough, a woman shouted hateful remarks to a young Muslim girl on
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Aug
13
Police Investigating Series of Attacks on Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg

Police Investigating Series of Attacks on Hasidic Jews in Williamsburg

Image courtesy of NYPD[UPDATE: Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 10:15am] The police have arrested two suspects in connection
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