Bed-Stuy Man [28] Arrested In Crutch Attack On Boy [12] Near Prospect Park: NYPD

Patch.com ^ | 11/25/2022 | Peter Senzamici

[simpson96]

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Police arrested a Bed-Stuy man they say used a crutch to beat a 12-boy in an unprovoked and bizarre attack near Prospect Park last week, according to the NYPD.

Jamal McIlwain, 28, was arrested on charges of assault, menacing and injuring a minor on Wednesday, authorities said.

McIlwain stands accused of attacking the 12-year-old boy at the corner of Saint Paul's Place and Saint Paul's Court in Prospect Park South just after 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 17, police said.

The Bed-Stuy man had previously arrested for attempted murder, part of a lengthy rap sheet with 23 prior arrests, according to the Daily News, eventually serving nearly two years at upstate Sing Sing Correctional Facility.

According to PIX11, the boy said he is doing much better, but is still wondering why the man randomly attacked him.

"It’s weird how he ran across the street just to hit me," he told PIX11.

"I’m feeling better than a few days ago when I got hit. The eye used to be swollen very much," the 12-year-old boy shared with PIX11. "I didn’t do anything to him, so how come he has a grudge against me?"

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Well the NYC residents voted for this as sick as that may seem. I feel bad for these kids though who have to live in this hell

[Kaiser8408a]

Of course, the race of the minor wasn’t disclosed. Guess? White boy.

[Roadrunner383]

First name Jamal. Common name with the Amish I believe.

[kosciusko51]

Bed-Stuy has been dangerous for decades

“I’ve been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I’m insane”
- Billy Joel

[Leep]

Come to NY.
High taxes without all the benefits.
Plus you might even be assaulted.
I love NY.

[lee martell]

No photo of the victim, so when I send that data through my vintage refrigerator sized computer system with all the tiny blinking lights, the explanation comes out on a piece of paper: “Victim is very likely to be
White, Asian or White-Hispanic-appearing. I theorum is not infallible.”

[Governor Dinwiddie]

🎶 "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!" 🎶

[Steve_Seattle]

"I didn’t do anything to him, so how come he has a grudge against me?"

Because you are white and he's been told you are both privileged and his oppressor, that the world will be better off without your "whiteness," so anything he does to you is deserved and justified.

[PGR88]

NY needs to sue the crutch maker

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

LOL Yeah but that entire city is dangerous now. My brother lives in Manhattan and told me the corner deli from him has been robbed twice the same month. And look at this: Tourists are STILL going there!

https://nypost.com/2022/11/25/conman-scams-irish-tourists-out-of-2k-in-times-square-cops/

[kosciusko51]

Yep. Not a city I want to visit.

[PGR88]

First name Jamal. Common name with the Amish I believe.

Not at all. McIlwain has a long history in Scottish Royalty, since at least the 15th century. I wonder if Jamal was wearing the family tartan and kilt?

Here is Jamal's Coat of Arms

[seabeeson]

Dats rite.

[seabeeson]

I grew up in NYC. Now I won’t even go there to attend funerals.

[EEGator]

There is nothing moral about assault crutches...nothing.

[wastedyears]

A jogger jogging along.

[Flick Lives]

NY needs to sue the crutch maker

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We need a 7-day waiting period for crutches.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Jamal:

Source:

New York Post "Maniac who beat boy, 12, with crutch busted outside school: NYPD "

[doorgunner69]

WTF is a bed-stuy man? Someone stuck in bed?