COL.org.il has obtained about 5 minutes of video footage from lasts nights Farbrengen, for all those of you that weren’t able to be there, and those of you who are just curious what went on.
Today [Monday] at around 4:15pm there was an accident right in front of the police station, though not as serious as the one you read about yesterday on this site, there were still injuries.
Apparently one car coming up New York Ave. collided with another car that was headed down Empire Blvd. we don’t know who ran the red. A passerby that had witnessed the accident didn’t hesitate when he saw what happened and immediately called Hatzalah which responded instantly and treated 3 patients, all of which weren’t Jewish.
None of the vehicles were owned or operated by Yidden.
More pictures in the Extended Article!
After the closing of the Banquet in the Hilton, Shluchim, Anash and Bochurim gathered in 770 for the traditional Farbrengen in 770, which R. Berel Lazar described as “The real Kinnus”. The Farbrengen started at around 1am and lasted to the Rebbes Minyan at 10am.
More Pictures in the Extended Article.
A police officer shot overnight while investigating a stolen vehicle has died after being rushed to surgery this morning.A police officer shot overnight while investigating a stolen vehicle has died after being rushed to surgery this morning.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the 35-year-old officer died at Kings County Hospital. The officer was identified as Dillon Stewart, a five-year veteran of the NYPD, who lived in Elmont, Long Island.
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The shooting happened at the corner of East 21st Street and Courtelyou Road in East Flatbush around 3:00 a.m. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says officer Stewart and a partner saw a car go through a red light and they gave chase. They were able to pull alongside the suspect’s car, and five shots were fired into the police cruiser. The commissioner says one bullet went into the officers left side, between to protective panels of his bullet proof vest. Commissioner Kelly says Officer Stewart, who was driving, was able to continue chasing the suspect’s car.
In what began as a domestic disturbance call, quickly escalated when the family turned their wrath on the responding officers, and allegedly assaulted them and injuring one of the officers.
Neighbors living on the Empire Blvd. and Troy Ave. intersection were treated to a show of force displayed the NYPD that befitted a full blow riot [without the riot gear].
The call came across at around 1:30pm where the police officer was heard yelling into the radio for back up and for the Emergency Services Unit, within minutes there were about 25 Squad cars, 2 ambulances, 2 ESU trucks and even a helicopter. Everyone in that family was arrested and the injured police officer was taken to KCH.
After this call the police spread out across Crown Heights and was pulling over motorist up and down the Avenue blocks, in what may be a continuing show of force due to the events of earlier that day.
More pictures in the Extended Article.
