A March Against Hate Crimes in Crown Heights

Leaders from the Jewish and black communities in Crown Heights marched with city officials and NYPD hate crimes officers last night to condemn hate crime.

REPORTER: The move comes after a Hasidic man was allegedly attacked on Monday by three black men in Crown Heights who used anti-semitic slurs. The Crown Heights Jewsih Council’s Chanina Sperlin says the reaction to this attack is much different than in 1991, when rioting broke out.

Sperlin views Monday’s attack as an isolated incident:

SPERLIN: The march was unity. The African-American, the Carribean-American community stood with the Jewish community and said we’re not going to tolerate this from anybody of any community that you do this against.

REPORTER: Since 2000, hate crimes have dropped by 44 percent, mirroring the drop in overall crime.