Posted on 11/24/2013 7:27:09 PM PST by moonshinner_09
Thug charged with hate crime after he brutally attacked Orthodox Jewish man at random in 'Knockout Game'
New York City police have arrested a man on charges of assault as a hate crime after a 24-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was punched in the face. Police are investigating whether it was part of a so-called ‘Knockout Game’ assault, in which the object is to knock out an unsuspecting person with one punch. Amrit Marajh, 28, of Brooklyn, had just left a bar at around 2:45a.m. on Friday with three friends and was talking about boxing when the topic of the knockout game came up, police sources said.
His victim, Shmuel Perl, 24, has said that he overheard his alleged attackers daring each other to punch him out minutes before he was actually assaulted. Perl was stuck once, but wasn’t seriously injured. Marajh was arrested on charges of assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment as a hate crime and released after posting $750 bail. His three friends were taken into custody, but released without charge.
Marajh's lawyer has denied that the attack had anything to do with the brutal game, but New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly said there was no question that the game was the motive for the attack, reports ABC. 'He makes a statement that he was punched in the side of the face,' Kelly said. 'He also makes a statement that just prior to it they were talking about the "Knockout Game".'
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or with assault
If the victim had not been Jewish, would it have still been a hate crime?
$ 700 is very low bail for being charged with a hate crime.
Maybe it was just a dislike crime.
Here’s a clue. Don’t be out at night at 2:00 am
How can someone say, with a straight face, that it was a hate crime - But then say that it was “Random” ?
Probably not. And, is this the one where the attacker is Indian and was with his Hispanic buddies?
A ‘random’ attack can not be a hate crime.
These attacks are not ‘random’: they are directed at specific groups, not specific individuals. They are hate crimes in the truest sense.
lol
good question
, has said that he overheard his alleged attackers daring each other to punch him out minutes before he was actually assaulted
I was wrong. Serves me right for not looking at the article.
or that it is only a game ?
LOL
The blacks playing this FINALLY made the mistake of attacking a protected group “jews” NOW they will come down on them like a ton of bricks!
When they were just killing WASP’s with this “game” it wasn’t even news.
If the attack was at random, how could it be a hate crime? If it was a hate crime then he was attacked because of some characteristic, and thus it wasn’t random. Wish they would be a little more careful...
Why should anyone fear being out at 2:oo in the morning or any hour for that matter—just crawl in a cave, you sound like a coward who sucks their thumb while in bed at 7:30pm.
How about assault?
Leaving at 2:45 am sounds like the bar may have licensing problems.
4am last time I was there in the eighties lol.
When do bars close in NYC?
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Don’t know about now, but in 1960-62 it was 4am. I was there twice while in the Navy, as my carrier was in the Brooklyn Navy Ship Yard when I first arrived and later returned after our Med Cruise.
Our favorite bar (Moriarty’s) would ‘sweep’ us out the door at 4am. It was often 5 degrees with snow and no traffic. We’d walk a mile or so back to the ship, try to sleep and stay warm and be present at 0800 muster. ...Old memories...
Amrit Marajh....the perp.....very likely a muslim building his jihad bank account.
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