Brooklyn detectives are looking for a hateful brute who pushed a 64-year-old man to the ground in an antisemitic attack in Coney Island on Tuesday
NYPD
Brooklyn detectives are looking for the hateful brute who pushed a 64-year-old man to the ground in an antisemitic attack in Coney Island on Tuesday.
According to police sources, the incident unfolded at around 8:15 a.m. on July 21 at the intersection of Kings Highway and Ocean Avenue in Midwood.
Police reported that the suspect approached the 64-year-old without prior provocation and shoved him to the ground in the roadway.
“That’s what Jews deserve,” he told the victim.
The incident was reported to the 61st Precinct. The victim sustained injuries to his back and waist and was transported by EMS to Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital in stable condition.
Meanwhile, the suspect fled on foot and was last seen wearing a red hat, a gray shirt, and dark colored pants.
According to the latest NYPD statistics, hate crimes are up by 7.7%. More than half of the confirmed hate crimes for the first six months of the year, or 55.3%, were anti-Jewish hate crimes, despite Jewish New Yorkers making up only 10% of the city’s population.
This latest incident is being investigated by the NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force. No arrests have been made and the investigation remains ongoing.
Anyone with information regarding the attack can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, or on X (formerly Twitter) @NYPDTips. All calls and messages are kept confidential.