NEW YORK – A New York City man has been arrested and charged with a hate crime after police say he shouted “Free Palestine” and then stabbed a Jewish man near a synagogue over the weekend.
Police say the attack happened around 2 a.m. Saturday in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, near the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
They say Vincent Sumpter, 22, of Brooklyn, stabbed the 33-year-old victim in the stomach after a verbal dispute.
Police say the victim asked Sumpter why he repeated the phrase “Free Palestine.” Sumter replied “Do you want to die?” and then they stabbed him with a knife, they said.
The victim, who has not been named by police, was transported to the hospital in stable condition.
Sumpter, meanwhile, pleaded not guilty to second-degree assault as a hate crime and other charges during his arraignment Sunday, according to prosecutors.
He remains in custody with bail set at $100,000 cash or $250,000. The Legal Aid Society, which represents him, declined to comment on Monday.
Yaacov Behrman, a local rabbi, confirmed on social media that the victim was a Jew with “long-standing ties” to the community.
He said the man is expected to recover “due to the location of the stabbing and the quick response of paramedics,” adding that residents chased after Sumpter and detained him until he arrived the police.
“This act of hate violence demonstrates the dangerous impact of anti-Semitic incitement and hatred spread by some politicians and local leaders in New York and across the United States,” Behrman wrote. is a post.
“This is a dangerous escalation of the current climate we’re in right now and it should upset every New Yorker because it’s an attack on every New Yorkers,” Mark Treyger, executive director of the New York Jewish Community Relations Council, wrote on stage. social X, citing other anti-Semitic acts in the city recently.
Earlier this month, police arrested a woman on hate crime charges for her role in vandalizing the homes of Brooklyn Museum directors with red paint during a wave of anti-Palestinian protests in June.
Police say Taylor Pelton, 28, was among six people seen on surveillance video vandalizing homes, including museum director Anne Pasternak, who is Jewish.
2024-08-13 02:58:09
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