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| Rabbi Alleges Attack: Men Chanted 'Allah Akhbar' |
| 2008-03-25 |
| More details on this previously posted incident. A Brooklyn rabbi is speaking out after a scary encounter with a man accused of snatching his yarmulke off his head. Rabbi Uria Ohana's crash course on street justice -- and the justice -- system continues. "I got a call from the district attorney," Ohana said. "I'm going to testify in front of the grand jury." The case is against 18-year old Ali Hussein, accused of snatching Ohana's yarmulke last week inside a Park Slope subway station. It was an offense Ohana says he couldn't let pass. "I decided to chase him to get my yarmulke back," Ohana said. Prosecutors haven't classified the incident as a bias crime yet, but a Brooklyn resident who spoke to CBS 2 HD says he's not encouraged by what happened. "It's unfortunate that these two cultures that don't get along a world away Â… even here in Brooklyn Â… are not getting along," Brooklyn resident Miguel Yazinsky said. One of them is getting along just fine. It's the other I'm worried about. Rabbi Ohana says as he ran back down the station's stairs two of Hussein's friends got up from this bench and chased him out of the station. "They were screaming 'Allah Akhbar (God is great) and punching my face," Ohana said. But Ohana says things came to a head when Hussein was hit by a car as he ran out onto Fourth Avenue. EMS officials confirm responding to a call at that time and location for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle. Yeah, God is great. Isn't He. At the subway station, CBS 2 HD found little sympathy for Hussein. "So you're trying to say the guy who grabbed it got hit by a car? That's justice, isn't it?" Brooklyn resident Kevin Ryan said. Almost. He's still breathing. Not for Rabbi Ohana, who says despite the fact Hussein was injured, he still wants him prosecuted to fullest extent of the law. Make sure he suffers both in this world as well as the next. Hussein is charged with grand larceny, petty larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. Prosecutors expect more charges will be filed. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #7 Hit by a Volvo no less. A VOLVO. |
| Posted by: newc 2008-03-25 17:27 |
| #6 What say we see if we can toss in "Mopery and Dopery on the High Seas" and "Conspiracy to Lurk with Intent to Gawk" as well. Have the driver sue him for damages to his paint job, too. |
| Posted by: Chief Running Gag 2008-03-25 16:59 |
| #5 Too bad the car didn't toss him a few hundred feet - then they could charge him with leaving the scene of an accident. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-03-25 11:37 |
| #4 prolly peed himself and rolled around a bit - vagrancy and loitering...Parading without a permit. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-03-25 10:56 |
| #3 Too damn bad the car didn't punt the bastard around 300 feet. Being NY though, no chance for enough velocity. Rabbi, you're a good man. And, we in the NRA would welcome you. We have the prescription for your wanderings on and about the subways. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2700 2008-03-25 09:34 |
| #2 Also charge him with damaging a vehicle. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-03-25 09:22 |
| #1 Sounds like Obama's grandma is at it today. |
| Posted by: SamAdamsky 2008-03-25 08:53 |