Jewish Patrol Still Sparks Controversy in CH
by Alex Alper – The Brooklyn Ink
Gadi Hershkop, a shomrim member, patrolled the streets of the 71st Precinct in Crown Heights on Tuesday night. (Photo: Alex Alper)
Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked on the door of a nearby Jewish home at midnight. The residents called Shomrim, a group of orthodox Jewish men who patrol the neighborhood. The Shomrim arrived at the scene and called police, who are investigating it as a possible hate crime. All four assailants were black.
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