The NYPD is searching for three teens, two males and one female, concerning two anti-Semitic attacks in Queens on Passover. From The New York Post:
Two boys and girl allegedly approached a 49-year-old man at Caffrey Avenue and Mott Avenue around 2:45 p.m. Friday and began throwing rocks at him while shouting hateful comments, police said.The girl then brandished a razor towards the victim before a Good Samaritan intervened and the suspects fled, according to cops.The suspects’ spree of hate continued about seven hours later at Brookhaven Avenue and Beach 17 Street, when they began taunting a 48-year-old male with anti-Semitic remarks, the NYPD said.One of the boys in the group pushed the victim before they fled on foot.
Anti-Semitic attacks in New York City have doubled in the last two years:
The Times of Israel tallied figures for all of 2022 by collating monthly New York Police Department reports on hate crimes in the city. The police department released figures for December on Thursday, showing 11 antisemitic incidents last month, a relatively low amount.Throughout 2022, however, the data shows that there were 263 hate crimes reported, an average of one antisemitic incident in the city every 33 hours.
Jews have been targeted more than any other group.
In November 2022 alone, anti-Semitic crimes went up 125%:
Hate crimes were up 70% last month in New York City compared to the same month a year earlier, led by a surge in antisemitic attacks, which rose 125%.There were 45 hate crimes motivated by antisemitism in November versus 20 in November 2021, according to data released by the NYPD Monday.
NYC had 56 anti-Semitic crimes in February 2022.
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