Mob of Orthodox Jewish men chases woman after protest at Brooklyn synagogue

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Source: The Guardian

A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israel’s far-right security minister.

The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded on Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighborhood’s large Orthodox Jewish community.

The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told the Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment. She walked over to investigate around 10.30pm but by then the protest had mostly dispersed. Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.

“As soon as I pulled up my scarf, a group of 100 men came over immediately and encircled me,” said the woman, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/mob-orthodox-jewish-men-chases-woman

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1. Why aren't these "men " being arrested?

Several faces are showing clear as day

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3. The police are investigating, which is more than I expected...

As a woman, that footage fills me with disgust and rage. Like you said, the thugs who assaulted her didn't even hide their faces, they were so confident their behaviour would be accepted.

And according to the NYT, this isn't the only attack on a woman by a pro-Israel mob:

Flyers for the protest cited two other assaults that organizers said had happened at the Crown Heights protest. The police on Monday could not confirm the other incidents had occurred, but Mayor Eric Adams in a statement on Sunday night said that a second woman was separated from other pro-Palestinian protesters, harassed by counterprotesters and suffered injuries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/nyregion/protests-israel-woman-attacked-brooklyn.html

[Irish_Dem]

2. 100 men chasing one unarmed woman.

Shame on them.

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4. If Trump sees that footage, he'll track them down and give them a medal..

I only did half a snicker as I typed that, as things are so screwed up things in the US right now that anything's possible. And seeing replies to a Twitter link to the footage in GD where there were attempts to justify the woman being attacked just confirms my feeling that things are so fucked up...

[Irish_Dem]

5. Men who do this to a woman would be perfect Trump crime syndicate mobsters.

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6. those cowards need to be arrested

fucking disgusting and criminal behavior

[TygrBright]

7. Shalom, Chaverim! (sarcasm) n/t

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8. Why the Fuck are defending Israel's far-right security minister, anyway?

ARREST THOSE FUCKERS!

[Martin68]

9. Hysteria is ugly, no matter who is involved.

[maxsolomon]

10. "Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf."

glad this "life-long New Yorker" wasn't seriously hurt.

[electric_blue68]

11. Disgusting, dangerous. Big, "brave" men. Thank goodness the cop got her out....

of there.
Arrests should be made.