A 22-year-old Brooklyn man was charged with assault as a hate crime after the police said he yelled “Free Palestine” and “Do you want to die?” before stabbing a young man near a synagogue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn early Saturday morning.
The 22-year-old man, Vincent Sumpter, was charged with second-degree assault as a hate crime in the attack, which occurred around 2 a.m. Saturday on Kingston Avenue, around the corner from the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement on Eastern Parkway.
Rabbi Behrman said that Mr. Dabrowskin, who is Jewish and about 30 years old, was taken to Maimonides Medical Center and was expected to recover from his wounds.
“This is obviously a very serious incident, and there has been a lot of antisemitic rhetoric,” Rabbi Behrman said.
“I’m concerned that unless this rhetoric stops, it’s going to become more common, sadly.”
Persons:
“, Vincent Sumpter, Yaacov, Sumpter, Yechiel Michel Dabrowskin, Rabbi Behrman, Dabrowskin, “ I’m, ”
Organizations:
Palestine, Kingston, Lubavitch, Maimonides Medical
Locations:
Brooklyn, Crown