{"id":44967,"date":"2025-11-19T16:53:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44967\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T16:53:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:53:21","slug":"brooklyn-bigot-sought-for-spitting-on-man-spewing-antisemitic-slurs-nypd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/44967\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn bigot sought for spitting on man, spewing antisemitic slurs: NYPD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MixCollage-19-Nov-2025-11-27-AM-7933.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cops are looking for this man, pictured wearing a Brooklyn Nets cap, in connection with an antisemitic harassment incident in Brooklyn Heights, according to the NYPD.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Brooklyn bigot sought for spitting on man, spewing antisemitic slurs: NYPD 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Cops are looking for this man, pictured wearing a Brooklyn Nets cap, in connection with an antisemitic harassment incident in Brooklyn Heights, according to the NYPD.<\/p>\n<p>Photo by NYPD\/Crimestoppers<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/new-york\/brooklyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brooklyn<\/a> are looking for a man who allegedly spat on a passerby and spewed antisemitic remarks in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=Brooklyn+Heights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Brooklyn Heights<\/a> last month, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/?s=NYPD+Hate+Crime+Task+Force\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NYPD Hate Crime Task Force<\/a> is investigating the incident, which unfolded at about 11:55 a.m. on Oct. 28 in front of 55 Clark St. within the 84th Precinct.<\/p>\n<p>The 57-year-old victim was walking along the block when the suspect approached him and began trailing him for several blocks over the course of a few minutes, police sources said.\n<\/p>\n<p>During the encounter, the man allegedly spat on the victim while making anti-Jewish statements before running off toward an unknown location. The victim was not physically injured.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police released surveillance images on Wednesday of the suspected harasser, wearing a Brooklyn Nets cap, and are asking for the public\u2019s help in identifying him.\n<\/p>\n<p>Of the 395 hate crime incidents reported to the NYPD this year, 224 targeted Jewish New Yorkers, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbigov.us\/view?r=eyJrIjoiNTAwY2MzZWUtZTFjMy00YjQ3LTk1YWEtZGE0MDhkN2UzYTRhIiwidCI6IjJiOWY1N2ViLTc4ZDEtNDZmYi1iZTgzLWEyYWZkZDdjNjA0MyJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">police data shows<\/a>. In the 84th Precinct, where the Oct. 28 incident occurred, four of the nine reported hate crimes were directed at Jewish individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Citywide, anti-Semitic incidents have accounted for <a href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbigov.us\/view?r=eyJrIjoiNTAwY2MzZWUtZTFjMy00YjQ3LTk1YWEtZGE0MDhkN2UzYTRhIiwidCI6IjJiOWY1N2ViLTc4ZDEtNDZmYi1iZTgzLWEyYWZkZDdjNjA0MyJ9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">55.69% of all hate crimes s<\/a>ince Oct. 7, 2023, following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel and the ensuing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the alleged suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (the platform formerly known as Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cops are looking for this man, pictured wearing a Brooklyn Nets cap, in connection with an antisemitic harassment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44968,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[23370,25812,98,100,6748,99,25813,15582,9,24,63,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-44967","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-84th-precinct","9":"tag-antisemitic-hate-crime","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-heights","13":"tag-brooklyn-news","14":"tag-crimesoppers","15":"tag-hate-crime","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-new-york-city","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-nypd"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}