Posted on 10/12/2020 4:35:35 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
A dispute that has roiled Borough Park, an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn, took a dark new turn Sunday night after Heshy Tischler, the man who led protests against COVID-19 restrictions there last week was arrested and charged with inciting a riot.
The New York Police Department announced Sunday night that it had taken Tischler into custody and that he had been charged with “inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist.”
That journalist was Jacob Kornbluh, a reporter for Jewish Insider whom Tischler, with a crowd at his back, cornered during a protest Wednesday night and accused of being a “moser,” or informant — a charge that some Jewish legal texts say merits the death penalty. Kornbluh, a Borough Park resident, has reported about rising infection rates in Orthodox areas and the behaviors, including relatively infrequent mask-wearing, that may be fueling the rise.
Late Sunday, following Tischler’s arrest, crowds formed outside Kornbluh’s apartment building, at a busy intersection in Borough Park, with people in the crowd again shouting the “moser” accusation. In one video posted by a “Tischler fan account” on Twitter, people can be heard shouting, “Shame on you.” Other videos circulating on WhatsApp, the messaging service popular among Orthodox Jews, showed a significant police presence amassing outside the apartment building.
Last week, Kornbluh said he would press charges against Tischler, a flamboyant local activist who has emerged as a leader for those in Borough Park who feel that Orthodox Jewish communities are being unfairly singled out in the city’s pandemic response. And a wide range of local officials condemned him, including New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who said Thursday about Tischler’s behavior, “It’s absolutely unacceptable, disgusting, really”...
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Welcome to Cuomo's NY.
There ought to be a warning message under all the state's welcome signage: Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
This whole thing is insane. At least the Orthodox Jews are standing up against these tyrannical edicts, although I don’t know how long they can hold out. DeBlasio has obviously found something he wants to use the police for.
Here in Florida, where our governor has basically set us free but the mayors refuse to release their “mandates,” the city of Jacksonville has hired hundreds of “mask enforcers” who bicycle around and drop in on businesses and gatherings to enforce Herr Curry’s edicts. A few days ago, the bicycle mask enforcers broke up an outdoor nighttime concert (which had been permitted by the city) because some of the mostly young attendees had taken off their masks and were dancing. It’s nightmarish, like something out of Blade Runner.
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October 9, 2020 Jack Windsor theohiostar.com
But BLM can burn everything down. This is ridiculous!
Will he be able to tap into the LeBron get-out-of-jail bail fund?
Inquiring minds would like to know.
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