War on the harsh and anti-Semitic ultra-Orthodox violence in New York: The New York police recently arrested a suspect in the beating of the community activist in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn, Yosef Harshkop, a Chabad Hasid who was violently beaten about two and a half weeks ago. This is according to the report on the COLlive website.
The serious attack took place, as reported in the Shabbat Square, late at noon (New York time) on Wednesday the 14th of last Tammuz, and was recorded entirely on the security cameras. It happened, according to the reports, after Harshkop’s car hit the attackers’ car, on the street Montgomery in the center of the neighborhood, while trying to park his car.
The occupants of the vehicle demanded payment for the damage they claimed was caused to the vehicle. At the same time, the thugs began to beat Harshkop. They wounded him in the face and beat him vigorously, while his little 5-year-old son is in the car watching what is happening. The attacked devotee was taken to the hospital for medical treatment, by the ‘Rescue’ medics who quickly arrived at the scene.
The day after the incident, Thursday morning, Harshkop was released from the hospital. According to his acquaintances, he suffers from pain in his face and mouth and needs to be under medical supervision. The New York police opened an investigation into the case, and recently, as mentioned, arrested a suspect in the act.