'I'll bash your Jewish f**king head in': Moment Brooklyn man threatens passing man amid rise in anti-Semitic violence
- The NYPD released video of a suspect confronting a passing stranger on a street in Brooklyn's East Flatbush neighborhood street on Thursday
- The man is heard shouting: 'I'll bash your Jewish f**king head in' as he gestures to the victim off-camera
- Police asked for the public's help in identifying the suspect
- The incident is being investigated as an anti-Semitic hate crime - one of many reported in New York City in recent months
Sickening video captured the moment a man confronted a stranger and yelled: 'I'll bash your Jewish f**king head in' on a street in Brooklyn - extending a string of anti-Semitic attacks in New York City.
The NYPD released the video on Friday and asked for the public's help in identifying the harasser.
The 30-year-old victim, who has not been named, was walking down Rutland Road near Brooklyn Ave in East Flatbush around 10.15am Thursday when the man he didn't know began shouting at him, according to the NYPD.
The suspect was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and a backpack on his chest, making hand gestures to the victim off camera in the video clip of the exchange.
A Brooklyn bigot threatened to 'bash' a man's 'Jewish f-----g head in' in what police describe as yet another anti-Semitic hate crime in the city on Thursday
The incident is just one of many anti-Jewish attacks and harassment that have occurred citywide in recent months, with Brooklyn being the epicenter
The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating Thursday's anti-Semitic incident, one of many the department has taken on in recent months.
Just last month, the Task Force investigated two possibly connected anti-Jewish incidents that happened in Brooklyn.
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The first incident took place in front of a synagogue in Borough Park, where three unidentified males inside a blue Toyota Camry parked outside while yelling anti-Semitic statements, according to ABC7 NY.
Police added they specifically yelled 'Free Palestine! Kill all Jews!' at four male victims standing outside the synagogue, who entered the Jewish house of worship and locked the door.
Two of the suspects then exited the Camry and began to bang on the front door of the synagogue when they couldn't get inside, the news outlet reported in May.
Authorities say they kicked and destroyed a car's side window that had been parked near the synagogue.
In another Brooklyn anti-Semitic attack, two teen boys were beaten, choked and chased with bats by assailants after refusing to their demands to make anti-Jewish remarks back in May
Later on that same day, a second anti-Semitic incident happened on Ocean Parkway in the nearby neighborhood of Kensington.
Police say that a pair of 17-year-old and 18-year-old men were confronted by two unidentified males that demanded the victims make anti-Jewish statements, according to ABC 7.
The suspects proceeded to physically assault the two teens by punching them on the head before placing them in a chokehold.
The victims were eventually able to safely flee the assault while their attackers attempted to chase them with baseball bats, with a blue Camry being seen leaving the scene, according to police.
The Times of Israel report that the city has experienced a string of such assaults connected to the fighting in Gaza.
Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli protesters clashed at recent demonstrations in Midtown, where 26 people were arrested according to the NYPD.
Thursday's victim was walking down Rutland Road near Brooklyn Ave. in East Flatbush around 10.15am Thursday morning when the suspect yelled out, according to the NYPD
Joseph Borgen, a 29-year-old Jewish man, was beaten by a group of people in the middle of the street who yelled out anti-Semitic statements as he lay bloody on the ground during the Midtown protests last month.
'These are obviously Jews being blamed for what’s going on in the Middle East. That’s antisemitism at its core,' said Scott Richman, the ADL’s New York-New Jersey regional director, regarding the city's recent string of anti-Semitic incidents. 'These are people who were visibly Jewish and they were attacked, and they were attacked only because of who they are.'
A 17-year-old Jewish teen was hospitalized with a concussion after a group grabbed an Israeli flag he was holding and ran away with it, according to The Times of Israel.
The teen tripped while chasing after them and was then surrounded by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who cornered him before punching him in the head and arm.
'I’ll be looking over my shoulder when I’m walking in the street a bit more often,' he said.
