Posted on 12/10/2013 1:05:45 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the alleged beating of a 22-year-old fashion student at the hands of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish mob. Taj Patterson, 22, was walking home from a party through the predominantly ultra-Orthodox section of South Williamsburg when he says a group of at least twenty Jewish men attacked him. Patterson says that during the beating, the men yelled anti-gay slurs, including, "Stay down, f----t!”
"I’m walking down some block by myself and then the next thing I know, I’m surrounded by a group of Hasidic Jewish men and they’re attacking me,” Patterson tells the Daily News. “I was alone. I was an easy target. I’m black. I’m gay, a whole slew of reasons." The assault occurred in the wake of a number of seemingly unprovoked assaults on Jews in Brooklyn. In November, hate crime charges were filed against a suspect who allegedly attacked a Jewish man in Borough Park without provocation.
In an interview with NBC New York, Patterson said his assailants "came up behind me, they grabbed me, they punched me in the face, kicked me down, knocked me out." The assault, which occurred on Flushing Avenue near Spencer Street, was stopped by an MTA bus driver who pulled over and intervened. "I get out of the bus and all these men were standing up straight around him,” bus driver Evelyn Keys tells the News. "Taj is laying down on his back. I went up to him and he was in so much pain. He says, ‘I can’t see . . . I can’t breathe."
Patterson, a student at the New York City College of Technology, was taken to Woodhull Hospital, where he was treated for a broken eye socket, a torn retina, bruises and blood clotting. No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing. (According to the police report, Patterson was highly intoxicated, and the Post reports that he couldn't make a coherent statement that morning.)
Assemblymen Dov Hikind, who has repeatedly condemned the so-called "knockout game" attacks on his Jewish constituents, concedes that "something obviously happened" to Patterson, but tells NBC New York the assault "sounds so out of character" for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
Don’t know but Hasidic Jewish men are hardly known for their violent tendencies.
They are singing Rev Al and Jesse’s song.
Are they there yet?
I don’t believe this for a second.
Bogus. Guaranteed. Look for the crowdfunding plea for “healthcare costs,” followed by the mea culpa within the next four to five days.
I'm taking the story with a major grain of salt. He says they were calling him gay slurs but couldn't explain how they would have known he was gay.
“...Patterson was highly intoxicated...”
I suspect this may be the key element.
Or if he is actually homosexual?
Hasidic Jews did this?! What next? The Quakers?
I find this story difficult to believe.
He’s gay. Good possibility that the assault was by other blacks, the hasidics showed up after the beatdown and were trying to figure out what to do when the bus driver showed up.
They are not.
Any video of this from locals? Any idea if this is another Tawana Brawley? Or he was drunk and just fell down?
I bet he’s all about suing somebody. Wonder when Dear Leader will comment on this?
A good story, but simply not true. Wait...watch.
Finally....now the MSM can start calling it a “hate crime”. </sarc>
To add, note that he was drunk, and admits that the assault started when he was knocked out from behind.
What are the chances he actually saw his attackers? As opposed to coming to surrounded by a group of Hasidics that showed up at the scene after tge fact and simply presuming they were the ones that attacked him.
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