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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Hate mongers torch cars, scrawl swastikas on Orthodox block in Brooklyn
By KIRSTAN CONLEY and AARON FEIS
Last Updated: 9:16 AM, November 12, 2011
Posted: 12:54 AM, November 12, 2011
Hate mongers torched three cars on a heavily Orthodox stretch of Ocean
Parkway in Brooklyn yesterday and scrawled swastikas and other vile messages
on vehicles and park benches.
Residents on the Midwood block lined with synagogues and yeshivas were
awoken at 5:30 a.m. to the sounds of sirens and the sight of towering flames
shooting from the vehicles.
The heinous acts of vandalism -- which cops are investigating as a hate
crime -- came a day after the anniversary of the Nazis’ infamous “
Kristallnacht” attack in Germany and Austria on Nov. 9-10, 1938, when Jews
were beaten and their property was destroyed by government stormtroopers and
civilian mobs.
GRIM: Burned-out cars and messages of hate, including swastikas and “KKK,'
are a sad spectacle on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn yesterday.
“The fact that this most recent attack came on the heels of the 73rd
anniversary of Kristallnacht may or may not be a coincidence,” Mayor
Bloomberg said. “Either way, this kind of hateful act has no place in the
freest city in the freest country in the world.”
Swastikas were painted on some of the benches, and a van was tagged with “
KKK.”
They also spray-painted the words “F--k Jews” on the sidewalk.
“I think it’s a jealousy of wealth, and then the use of anti-Semitism as a
way to express that jealousy,” said Bobby Tebeli, whose mother’s BMW X5
was burned out.
“This has really unnerved the community,” said state Assemblyman Dov
Hikind, who represents the neighborhood.
NYPD investigators remained at the scene hours after the attack, and a
heightened police presence was visible in the neighborhood.
Hillel Stein, 27, a lifelong resident, also drew a comparison to the
anniversary of the Nazi-era anti-Semitic attacks.
“This is Kristallnacht all over again. People are expressing their hatred
of the Jews,” Stein said.
City Councilman David Greenfield said his office would offer a $1,000 reward
for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible
for the attack.
Meanwhile, hate also reared its head in Queens, when a man was accused of
spray painting a series of swastikas, including one on a synagogue.
Franco Rodriguez, 40, allegedly sprayed nine of the vile symbols in five
different incidents between Oct. 30 and Nov. 4, police said.
One swastika defaced the door of the Jackson Heights Library. Another Nazi
symbol was sprayed on the Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights on
88th Street.
Additional reporting by Mitchel Maddux |
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