Shocking Video: Thugs Assault, Rob Man During Storm

Surveillance video obtained by CrownHeights.info reveals shocking footage of the ruthless beating and mugging of a Jewish man during Hurricane Sandy Monday night.

A gang of five African-American males loiters around the corner of Albany Ave. and President St. in wait for their victim to pass.

As the victim passes, the assailants knock him to the ground with a blow to the face and continue to pummel him with punches and kicks to the head, before rummaging through his pockets and stealing his wallet and cell phone.

As if his thirst for violence and brutality hadn’t yet been quenched, one of the perpetrators sadistically steps on the unconscious man’s head before walking away.

Warning: video contains graphic content and is not suitable for children. Please view at your own discretion.

74 Comments

  • ONLY IN CROWN HEIGHTS

    AND NOT A LOUSY COP IN SIGHT!!!!!!! AND WHAT IS GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS. THIS FOOTAGE SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE NEWS STATIONS IF THEY PUBLICIZE IT THE CITY WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. OTHERWISE THEY WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING – JUST LIKE THE CROWN HEIGHTS COUNCIL! IN WILLIAMSBURG OR BORO PARK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER THE NEWS TEN MINUTES AFTER IT HAPPENED AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE BOMBARDED WITH DEMONSTRATORS ALMOST AS SOON AFTER.

  • Catch em

    Why dosent vadd hakall give a huge reward to find these african Americans?

    What do we need a vadd hakall for or Braun to give out a letter about sandy if this can happen over and over again??

  • where are the cops?

    the NYPD will say nothing as they do not care but this is only half the problem

    where are our leaders? you think any other community will stand for this? now way only in CH we stand silent as we get killed!

    Remember nothing was done of the klein shooting

  • repeat shvartzes

    Something has to be done. these same guys broke somebodys jaw on Rosh Hashana. And they will continue, till who knows what is going chas vshoilom to happen.

  • chana

    should I be scared to walk outside my house at night? are these sick guys still around?

  • Let-s call a spade a spade

    PLEASE stop calling them “African Americans”! They could be Caribbean Americans; how do you know their nationality? Just call them SHVARTZAS. Oh, that’s not politically correct, that’s offensive, that’s disrespectful? Too bad!! When it comes to describing human beings that behave in a way WORSE THEN ANIMALS lets call a spade a spade! And please don’t call them animals, that is disrespectful to animals that only do Hashem’s will!

  • Luis Vega

    Where is DA Hynes??
    Where is the Grand Jury??
    Where is the black community leaders??
    Where is Andre Charles, His Mom and Dad??

  • aaron

    what do you guys want from the cops? matters need to be taken into our own hands…hunt these thugs and give them justice.

  • DP

    What racist’s you all are. Police officers can’t be on every corner every minute of everyday. Do they do that in Israel Hell No. Try moving there and see the police response. Crime is in every neighborhood, EVERYWHERE. Live on your own little Island if you can’t get along with everyone. Like the Haredi are angels lol. See what they do in the dark alleys and under the bridge.

  • MaDDinBklyn

    Way to take advantage of a situation… What I don’t understand is how the victim managed to walk around with an umbrella with those nasty winds blowing.

  • To #10

    Hunt what thugs?

    I can’t make out a single face in that video.

    Putting up cheap cameras are worthless and counterproductive. This video is worthless.

    A good outdoor camera should run you at least $500-$1000 a piece. Those cheap camera sets from Costco are good to check on your babysitter, not much else.

  • Outraged!

    Whats the point of these lousy cameras if you can’t even see anything! I feel terrible for the innocent! Building owners: Stop skimping on cameras and spend an extra feww 100 dollars on cameras that actually are worse something! Penny Wise- Dollar foolish! You can’t skimp on these things!

  • Why isnt this on every chanel out there?

    Why doesnt this stuff ever make it to the real news? Did anybody try submitting this to any of the local mews stations so people can truly see what kind of animals we are dealing with here? While most people would go out their way to help out other people during a storm these animals use it to commit a savage crime, UNREAL!!!

  • jewish blood is cheap

    Police in crown heights are too busy helping others to worry about law abiding citizens.They have dumped the Kings crown into the toilet.
    Why isnt there Lehavdil a Jewish al or jesse to shake the trees for innocent YIDEN???

  • To 13

    If you were on another planet, there was a hurricane last night.
    These r not Costco CCTV they actually cost more then $800 per CCTV

  • SELF DEFENSE

    It’s time to acknowledge that we are surrounded by people who want to hurt us and the police are, at best, not interested. We are on our own. It’s time for everyone in this community, men and women, to be taking self defense courses. Good techniques are also effective against armed assailants. We rely on H-shem but we are not supposed to rely on miracles.

  • TO #4

    How do you know these are the same shvartzes? Do you know exactly who they are? Please comment on this as I am pretty interested in some vigilante justice. Also if anyone knows the name of the victim it would be helpful too as he can identify them.

  • _Dov

    Shomrim did a great job. They arrived very quickly. Thank you!

    Unfortunate that 911 was down.

  • Am Yisrael Chai

    I would love to start a tfos otam velechasel otam team, need some chayalim like me, golanchik ++, and some backers for our neshakim and stuff, if your serious, lets meet in person and yala natchil et ha avoda kmo she tzarich!!

  • To #18

    Apparently, you either installed the cameras, or you are the owner of that property.

    Either way, I know a thing or two about security cameras, and, provided that they were installed correctly, and inside a dome or encasement with a little “roof” as they SHOULD be, the rain and wind should have little or no effect on their picture.

    An $800 CCTV with solid infrared/low light capability should not produce an image as was captured above.

    Another possibility is that the DVR was set to record low quality images, so that more can be stored, which is a common rookie mistake.

    I’m sure glad you don’t work for the Federal Reserve.

  • PLEASE SEND THIS FOOTAGE TO ALL MEDIA

    IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEND IT ALONG WITH A COMMENT THAT THIS IS TYPICAL OF WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING HERE FOR YEARS, AS WELL AS THE FACT OF THE RELATIVE INACTION GENERALLY TAKEN BY THE POLICE. THIS IS THE ONLY STEP THAT CAN MAKE THE RIGHT PEOPLE OPENLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS HATE CRIME GOING ON ON A CONSTANT BASIS AGAINST JEWS HERE.

  • african non americans

    They arent african americans. theyre animals. Chilul Black people is what it is.

    african NON americans. Americans are nice.

  • Anonymous

    Where is Barry Sugar making noise along with his side kicks Chanina and Dov Hikind?

  • Keep Us Posted

    Is there a investigation into this, did they apprehend these thugs or are they still on the loose?

  • Happy to state my opinion

    Thank U Shomrim for risking your lives!!!!!
    These “thieves” are sub-human!!!
    At a time where all humans need to work
    together to ensure the safety of ALL
    Humanity, they are on the prowl like
    savage animals lurking in the dark????
    They should be treated as such!!!
    Beat them like the vermons they are
    Make a few public examples!

  • this is done by the cops

    in retaliation to the demonstration against the beatings of ehud halevy
    the cops are out of control writing false tikets to poeple and now comes the beatings of another Jew .
    make no mistake about it the cops were involved.

  • From Boro Park

    And they say there is no racists in Clown Heights.
    #29 You remember those dark times in Eastern Europe.

  • Mendel

    It’s time we take the example of our friends from Williamsburg and take care of business ourselves. If the police is indifferent, who will stand up for us if not ourselves?

  • to number 2 & 30

    Good point, there should be an award offered.

    ALSO crimes committed during a state of emergency should carry an extra penalty, like 4 times the regular punishment.

    And to number 30: get a life!

  • CHLEAKS.COM

    Where are our heroes when we need them?

    Where is Barry Sugar (with his yellow star)?

    Where is Chanina Sperlin and Dov Hikind?

    Why won’t the other web-sites report this story and post this video?

    Is there no political gain?

  • dallas dude

    this is really bad but nothin to do with NYPD.

    They cant be everywhere at all times and those suggesting anything down those lines are imbeciles.

    It is not safer in west bank areas either. Or Tel Aviv? to some degree it is unsafe all over.

    Crap happens everywhere!

    SOmething does have to be done with this video – it is shocking – thanks to shormrim or shmira (whatever your choice is today) for helping keep the peace or trying to at least.

  • No Rights for Animals

    The correct term is VILDE CHAYES. No mention of color is needed. They are wild animals with no respect for the rules of civilization, and they must be caged or otherwise removed from human habitation. That is what is done with vilde chayes of the four-legged variety in rural areas, and that is what needs to be done with vilde chayes of the two-legged variety in urban areas.

  • defense

    #1 putting it on the news wont make police headquarters do anything. I dont know where you get your idiotic thoughts. If they put it in the news, the good thing would be that someone recognized the perps and call the police.
    I like #36. I agree people should come together and not take advantage of this. Unfortunately these criminals dont play fair, they dont play ‘tag’ and agree what is home base and all. I think people need to carry mace and just spray these animals.

  • A not Racist Chabadnick

    The racism is absolutely disgusting!
    The consequence of saying things like people do in these comments are unfortunately random lashing on innocent people (Chas V Shalom).

  • Max

    This is relatively easy case, the thugs could be apprehended in 24h-72h. Any petty crime detective in any precinct in US knows how to do that.
    The video was helpful enough, to give clues and leads.
    The rest I will leave to the local police precinct covering the area.

  • HEY, THE POLICE GOT AWAY WITH IT

    WHY SHOULDN’T THESE THUGS GET AWAY WITH IT TOO? THEY HAVE ALWAYS KNOWN THAT THE POLICE ARE RARELY GOING TO RESPOND- IN FACT, THEY HAVE A NICE HISTORY OF TURNING ON THE JEWISH VICTIM IF THE PERPETRATORS ARE ON THE SCENE. THAT’S THE REASONING BEHIND THE EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENCE OF UNPROSECUTED RANDOM VIOLENCE AGAINST JEWS IN THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD.

  • To #41

    These random acts of violence (not ‘muggings’) have been occurring well before the internet. Sometimes we have to tell it like it is so that people will view things realistically and take steps to protect themselves.

  • Equal opportunity racist

    To no 8:

    I agree with you 100%. Same goes for the Russian and Ukrainian kacaps, Y”SH, who assaulted and even murdered some of ours!

  • such and such

    Go learn from your friends in Williamsburgh. I still remember when they chased a slasher onto the BQE and finished him off.
    There’s a whole lot you can learn from the Satmar Chasidim including their tznius.

  • kol diAlim Gvar

    To anyone suggesting that videos get sent to the media. Why say that here? Just send the video to every media outlet. Yourself.

    To those who think videos like this stop crime or catch the perps – they don’t but they help get attention to the crime if the media (not just crown heights websites) goes with it.

    Would be nice if such perps got a beating themselves, but unless there were witnesses who could ID, the only angle is the idea of a community reward posted widely enough so that if their friends saw the reward they might rat.

    Pepper spray, mace, alarm button, carry them. Yell.

    Oh, by the way. Though the fictitious charges against the guy who got the beating by the cops were dropped, what happened to the beating cops? Sandy washed that off the news and their back on the beat?

  • sick and tiered of being sick and tiered

    4 get the cops…. you want something done right DO IT YOUR SELF! get an artist to draw a pic of the shvugies and giv em Justice!

  • Mandy

    Animals. No other description for ones like this. This video needs to be shown until these animals are identified and locked up for good. Not human

  • Lee

    And all of you Jews who continue to vote for Obama and the other democrats are doing NOTHING but perpetuating this kind of behavior. When will you ever learn??? Why on earth do the Jews continue to support democrats? It makes no sense whatever.

  • roman5

    a whole slew of new defense weapons attached to your belt or purse are needed that operate automatically to disable anyone who attacks a lawful abiding citizen walking on the sidewalk triggered by a remote button.

  • Terry

    Always travel in pairs. Keep your sidearm in hand inside a pocket or waist-belt bag or purse. Fire through your clothing or bag and hit your target. Call 911 once the perps are incapacitated or have run off.

  • ali3nation

    Commenter 55: I am sure everyone in that area would love to take your advice but NYC is a really bad place to get caught with a firearm. Even if you don’t fire it you face very stiff penalties, if you shoot or kill someone, you may save your own life but it will be made miserable by the ridiculous gun laws there. I guess you live here in FL or TX where that is good advice. None the less I, personally would rather fire my six than be carried off by six.

  • MiKe

    All of the Leftist Jews need to think about this when they go down to vote in a couple of days.

  • Enlightened

    The masses should realize that gubmint gives you nothing but a false sense of security and that only YOU are responsible for your own well being and personal protection. Stop relying on incompetent government to come and save your helpless butt. Thank god for the second amendment and pray that the fool on the other end of your barrel doesn’t experience your wrath. You better wake up and REMEMBER the reasons our forefathers devised the invaluable constitution in the first place. Fools.

  • Share the Wealth

    This is sharing the wealth. He had an iPhone; even I don’t have a smart phone. Thank Obama for setting the way. Four More Years !!!

  • Let-s all take greedy #61-s stuff

    Since he obviously wants to share his wealth. Or maybe he thinks it should only be shared when it belongs to someone else. Typical greed of a typical lowlife.

  • Nazi Hunter

    It’s time for vigilantes to stake out hotspots and even bait these criminals into similar gang assaults. Once the perps are apprehended, they can be given luxury accommodations in the basement of a Poconos hunting cabin. And this is where their re-education shall begin. Since they are animals they will require a period of six months of beatings and assaults to cleanse them of their sins.After that, another year of verbal command training in which good behavior is rewarded by a rubber ball and bad behavior is rewarded with white phosphorous, water-boarding, electroshock mind therapy and usage as mules carrying heavy loads over long distances. The criminal will be cured after 5 years of such training.

  • pinchas

    Whose bright idea was it to give these people freedom. A VOTE for Obama is a vote for black racist fascists.

  • Conservative & Armed

    This is why I carry. These worthless degenerate predators would have met their end that night. Well maybe not, as I would NEVER put myself in an environment like NYC where predator scum can attack people without fear of armed resistance.

  • cmag1971

    I find it fascinating that some are outraged by others and the race comments. The reality is, had this been whites beating on someone it would have been all over every news station in the country. NBC might even do another hatchet job like they did on the Trevor Martin tragedy. But this is business as usual and the media ignores it. Maybe ignoring it is the real rascist position: ignorning it is kind of like permitting it, and permitting it is condoning it.

  • Kahana Chai

    This type of stuff has got to end. If the police wont do anything than it is up to Yidden to protect themselves. Fear is the only motivator for Shvartses. They need to be sent a clear messsage that we don’t play around and if stuff like this happens we will fight back.

  • Kahane was not a racist

    On the one hand, it doesn’t look “nice” to be a racist. If you want to pick on the “shvartsas” for the crimes they commit, then, in all fairness, same for whiteys who commit such crimes in other communities (look what’s going on in Europe). However, how can you help not being a racist when African communities, in America, tend to have the highest crime rate?
    Nevertheless, Rabbi Meir Kahane, HY“D, said about the segregation laws – he referred to it as ”the IMMORAL law.”

  • Adam

    Im sure if it were 4-5 white guys beating up a black guy it would be all over the news . right Trevon