Search Continues For Suspect Accused Of Beating Jewish Man With Large Stone In Brooklyn Park
Abraham Gopin told CBS2 he was jogging in Lincoln Terrace Park around 7:30 a.m. on August 27 when he was attacked in Crown Heights.
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Abraham Gopin told CBS2 he was jogging in Lincoln Terrace Park around 7:30 a.m. on August 27 when he was attacked in Crown Heights.
Abraham Gopin, a beloved father and grandfather, was going for a jog inside Lincoln Terrace Park around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday when he was attacked by a man yelling an anti-Semitic slur.
Police say the suspect allegedly struck a 58-year-old man in the face and made anti-white statements.
Police say four men were have now been arrested in connection to a series of attempted robberies in Williamsburg earlier this week.
Meanwhile, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has instructed the New York State Police Hate Crimes task force to join the investigation.
Police said the attackers snuck up from behind, punched the victims in the face and then rummaged through their pockets.
The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
According to NYU research, cities with more of a certain kind of racist tweets reported more actual hate crimes related to race, ethnicity, and national origin.
Police on Long Island are searching for a man accused of assaulting a woman earlier this month in a case now being investigated as a hate crime.
Police said Tuesday that a Harlem man is facing hate crime and arson charges.
The NYPD is trying to track down a man accused of spray painting anti-Muslim graffiti on a public school in Brooklyn. This comes after a similar incident at a nearby bus shelter.
Police said someone spray-painted "F*** Jews" on the front door of a medical office late Monday night in Harlem. It happened shortly after 11 p.m. on West 124th Street.
Police are investigating the matter as a possible hate crime.
It's the latest incident in a recent spike of anti-Semitism in our area.
Last week, the words "Synagogue of Satan" were spray painted on a yeshiva on Harold Street, and the acronym "SOS" was found on another yeshiva across the street.
The NYPD Hate Crimes task force is investigating yet another act of antisemitism in the city.
It has happened yet again. There has been another anti-Semitic incident in Brooklyn. And on Monday it was followed by a call for action.
Officials are worried as each seems more violent than the last.
A 42-year-old man says he was punched in the face by a group of men yelling anti-Jewish slurs.
Police have released a video they say shows the man accused by a Muslim woman of assaulting her while she walked down a street in Midwood last week.
Living in Midwood for more than 20 years, Umbrer Nisar has always felt free and safe to walk around her community wearing her traditional Muslim attire.
Investigators say the woman, who is black, sprayed multiple people, all of whom are white, in several unprovoked attacks near subway stations in Harlem and the Upper West Side on Friday.
James Jackson, 30, fatally stabbed Timothy Caughman, 66, in the back with a sword on March 20, 2017 near Times Square.
There were 11 hate crimes at this time in 2018, with 22 this year.
James Jackson, 30, fatally stabbed Timothy Caughman, 66, in the back with a sword on March 20, 2017 near Times Square.
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Tony Mizell says Meta and the New York City Administration for Children's Services bear responsibility for his daughter's death in a $50 million lawsuit.
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After summer-like warmth, rainy weather and cooler temperatures return to the New York City area mid-week.
A cool weekend is ahead for the New York City area before warmer weather returns.
Some residual showers may linger into early Sunday morning, but the majority of the rainfall should be over by sunrise.
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A man was arrested after a police standoff forced Bridgewater, New Jersey, residents to shelter in place for over 24 hours, officials say.
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An unsettled pattern continues through the entire Mother's Day weekend in the New York City area.
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Southampton Police shot and killed a 28-year-old man who was stabbing and slashing his mom with a knife on Mother's Day, police said.
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An American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR positive for the Andes virus," the Department of Health and Human Services says.
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