Posted on 12/10/2013 1:05:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the alleged beating of a 22-year-old fashion student at the hands of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish mob. Taj Patterson, 22, was walking home from a party through the predominantly ultra-Orthodox section of South Williamsburg when he says a group of at least twenty Jewish men attacked him. Patterson says that during the beating, the men yelled anti-gay slurs, including, "Stay down, f----t!”
"I’m walking down some block by myself and then the next thing I know, I’m surrounded by a group of Hasidic Jewish men and they’re attacking me,” Patterson tells the Daily News. “I was alone. I was an easy target. I’m black. I’m gay, a whole slew of reasons." The assault occurred in the wake of a number of seemingly unprovoked assaults on Jews in Brooklyn. In November, hate crime charges were filed against a suspect who allegedly attacked a Jewish man in Borough Park without provocation.
In an interview with NBC New York, Patterson said his assailants "came up behind me, they grabbed me, they punched me in the face, kicked me down, knocked me out." The assault, which occurred on Flushing Avenue near Spencer Street, was stopped by an MTA bus driver who pulled over and intervened. "I get out of the bus and all these men were standing up straight around him,” bus driver Evelyn Keys tells the News. "Taj is laying down on his back. I went up to him and he was in so much pain. He says, ‘I can’t see . . . I can’t breathe."
Patterson, a student at the New York City College of Technology, was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was treated for a broken eye socket, a torn retina, bruises and blood clotting. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. (According to the police report, Patterson was highly intoxicated, and the Post reports that he couldn't make a coherent statement that morning.)
Assemblymen Dov Hikind, who has repeatedly condemned the so-called "knockout game" attacks on his Jewish constituents, concedes that "something obviously happened" to Patterson, but tells NBC New York the assault "sounds so out of character" for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Gehennas Angels, LOL!
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Possible too. Only the good Lord may know for sure except for people who are not telling. There have been fracases between blacks and Hasidim before and sometimes the blacks almost seemed to be going out of their way to ask for it. Usually Hasidim won’t go out into secular streets without a specific need, and certainly not to spoil for fights. I don’t agree with their religious system but have some understanding about how it carries on.
Amish...
Is that an Amish wise guy?
Knockout game becoming a multi-team sport?
“.....a number of SEEMINGLY unprovoked assaults...”
Was this one SEEMINGLY unprovoked?
Calling on the Justice Brothers and Obama news conference!!!!!
If the IDF was beating him up, I could believe he was “beaten”. But, I live in a town that is half Jewish. I haven’t seen three of the Jewish men or boys in one place that could put on a beating like that. They are not exactly the most “physical” group of folk.
He just needs an eye-patch, an earring and a scar.
I am not sure I believe this. It’s just so progressive story like.
“This sounds Brawley-esque in nature.”
Exactly what I was thinking. Paging race baiting Rev Al.....
I see a new reality show here-—”Hassidic Mafia”.
Very much like CS Lewis’ “logic” argument in Lion Witch & Wardrobe -
who’s more prone to lying, Lucy or Edmund?
And you’re going to believe Edmund in this case, why?
Logic! Why don’t they teach it in schools these days!?
Most likely another fabrication. He was drunk and incoherent when found. When he sobered up, probably thought he could gain the sought after victim halo by turning a booze soaked squabble with a boyfriend into a “hate” crime. I’m getting quite tired of these people and their constant need for attention......
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Everybody was kung-fu fighting,
Those Jews were fast as lightning...
;-)
Seriously, sounds bogus to me.
They went Maccabean on his ass!
Amish Mafia is the funniest show on TV.
The bus driver beat him up. Duh!
No other witnesses and the driver couldn’t ID one person? Puh-leeze!
05.30 Locate a gay black kid
05:50 Sock him in the right eye
06:00 Back to the club house...Knish for everyone.
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