A 17-year-old was arrested Thursday in connection with a Feb. 11 anti-Semitic assault, according to the New York City Police Department.
Video showed [1] the alleged assailant getting out of a minivan parked on Avenue L between E 32nd Street and New York Avenue at about 11:35 pm last Friday and slapping a 22-year-old Jewish man across the face, knocking his yarmulke from his head.
Authorities say the assailant then ran back to the van, which was being driven by a second suspect, who has not been identified. The teen was charged with assault and committing a hate crime, according to the NYPD. Both suspects were caught on video in a nearby convenience store after the attack.
The first weekend in February sent Brooklyn's Jewish community reeling as two men [2] were attacked in separate incidents on Feb. 4. In the days after the attack, swastikas were found spray-painted on Yeshiva school buses and the sides of multiple buildings in Williamsburg.
Last week, cops arrested [3] a 15-year-old for allegedly attacking a man dressed in traditional Hasidic clothing in one of the Feb. 4 incidents.
"The sporadic and all-too-frequent attacks against our Jewish neighbors are indefensible with dire consequences for the victim, their family, and our community as a whole," said Councilmember Farah Louis, who represents the neighborhood, in a tweet posted [4] hours before the arrest. "I condemn Friday’s attack that occurred on Avenue L in Flatlands where a man was struck in the face and his yarmulke fell off. We live in multicultural neighborhoods that are open to all people and will not tolerate anti-Semitism or any other hate crimes in our backyard."
[1] https://www.amny.com/news/suspect-getaway-driver-smacking-jewish-man-brooklyn/
[2] https://www.brooklynpaper.com/brooklyn-jewish-orgs-electeds-anti-semitic-attacks/
[3] https://www.brooklynpaper.com/15-year-old-arrested-anti-semitic-attack/
[4] https://twitter.com/CMFarahLouis/status/1494343920767193089
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