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Man charged with hate crime after shattering Brooklyn Jewish center windows with flagpole: NYPD
[WABC] A 25-year-old man is facing hate crime charges after police say he shattered several windows of a Brooklyn Jewish center in Brooklyn with a flagpole.Authorities say Osman Butt ...this appears to be a Pakistani name, but the internet is carefully silent about any but Pakistani actor Osman Khalid Butt, so we can’t say for sure... then entered the Shore Parkway Jewish Center at 8885 26th Avenue in Gravesend and damaged more property.It happened just before 9 p.m. Sunday, when Butt allegedly destroyed several menorahs, an elevated platform known as a bima, and symbols of the Sukkot Jewish holiday, which runs from October 2-9. Neighbors heard him screaming anti-Semitic slurs and called the police. He was caught in the act inside the Jewish center, police said. Dr. Allan Perel, the president of the congregation, couldn't believe the damage. "He took a flagpole like we see here, it was an Israeli flag, and he knocked out every single window in the shul these are 16-foot windows," Perel said. He said the suspect's blood drops are still on the floor and he estimates the damage to be between $75,000 to $100,000. "It's devastating, this is a small shul, we don't have that kind of money," Perel said. "Why? Why would you do this, it's a nice place, we welcome people we have classes, we have non-Jews, we try to learn from each other. Why would you do this?" Rabbi Daniel Sayani said his congregation has a message for the vandal: "The message we will send is today and going forward is we are here to stay," Sayani said. Assemblyman William Colton released a statement expressing his outrage over the incident. "The perpetrator intentionally targeted the house of worship during the holiday of Sukkot," he said. "He broke windows and viciously damaged and destroyed symbols of the Sukkot holiday, which is a very disturbing act of a hate crime. Police were called, and luckily the perpetrator was apprehended while he was still inside. We must condemn any hate crime. An attack on one group is an attack on all of us and we will not allow it." Butt is charged with burglary and criminal mischief, both as hate crimes. Related: Brooklyn: 2020-10-07 Hunter Biden 'was paid $3.5 million by Russian oligarch' - when Joe was VP - to open doors to operate her business in America, her brother claims - but adds she may have been set up 'by people around her' Brooklyn: 2020-09-29 Civilian Voters Across Queens Receive Military Mail-In Ballots Brooklyn: 2020-09-24 Biden voters reportedly attack home of Trump supporters in Minnesota Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-09 |
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