Source: New York Post
Police are searching for several men accused of threatening and harassing two women in separate incidents during a protest outside a prominent synagogue in Brooklyn last week, after a sickening video of a group chasing after one of the victims circulated online. One female protester was injured and another woman was subjected to “vile” threats as she was followed by a crowd of counter-protesters – with the stomach-turning encounter caught on tape – near the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters Thursday night, Mayor Eric Adams said in a statement Sunday, announcing the NYPD probe. The heated clash between anti-Israel protesters and a group of Hasidic Jewish men in Crown Heights took place during an appearance by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir at the synagogue — with Adams calling the chaos “despicable.