Shmira Helps Nab Thug Involved In Hate Crime At Chovevei Torah

This past Sunday as Bochurim were sitting and Learning in Choivevei Torah On Eastern Parkway near Albany Avenue, a large brick came crashing in to the first-floor classroom, striking a Bochur in the head. The Bochur sustained deep cuts and lacerations to his head, requiring multiple stitches to control the bleeding.

A group of three Black teens came onto Yeshiva property, brick in hand and threw the brick through a low window at a Bochur, who was sitting a mere 3 feet from the window.

A Bochur who saw what had happened, immediately began to chase after the group, which split up and ran in different directions. The Bochur continued following the remaining two of the group but then lost them as they went into the subway station on Schenectady Avenue.

At approximately 6:00pm Wednesday evening a group of black youths began instigating a fight in front of Chovevei Torah. The same Bochur who had chased the group of black youths earlier this week, recognized them. The Bochur immediately ran inside and told the Rosh Yeshiva, when he came back out, the group began running towards Lincoln Place, the bochur gave chase. A Shmira member who was on the corner called for back up and joined the chase.

The group of thugs noticed that they were being chased and scattered, one of the teens in the group hopped on to a City Bus in an attempt to flee, while the others ran into a building nearby, the Shmira members on scene stopped a passing Police car and notified the cops that the thug was on the bus, the bus was then pulled over and the teen was taken off. The teenager admitted to police that he was a part of the group that had thrown the brick and began giving Police his friends information, he denied that he was the one that had lobbed the brick.

The teen was taken to the 77th Pct for further investigation. The Police Department are treating this incident as a Bias Crime.

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