By Carol Tannenhauser
Police have released surveillance photographs of the individual who allegedly assaulted a 63-year-old man in Central Park on December 14, at 7:37 p.m., knocking him to the ground from behind, while yelling anti-Semitic remarks. The victim suffered a broken hand and chipped tooth, and was taken by private means to a local hospital in stable condition.
“’F— You Jew!’ the man screamed along with “Kanye 2024!” referencing rapper Kanye West’s recent antisemitic statements,” the Daily News reported. The Washington Post noted that “Antisemitic attacks have spiked in New York, with an increase of 125 percent last month compared with November 2021, according to data released by the NYPD.”
This recent incident occurred near the intersection of Terrace Drive and East Drive. The perpetrator fled westbound on 72nd Street, on a bicycle with a bicycle trailer carrying “various miscellaneous items, including a sign that says “Hungry Disabled,” police said.
The individual is described as” a male with a light complexion, medium build, in his 40’s, last seen wearing a brown jacket, beige pants, white sneakers, a multi-colored hat, holding a bicycle.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ All calls are strictly confidential.
Mental health issues here.
Were the SS all mentally ill? It’s called Hate. Stop excusing hate.
Likely, but at some point it’s more than that. Deep-seated hatred isn’t necessarily a disability. It might just be someone with hatred in their bones.
Hatred issue here.
I want to meet this guy so very much. Please, spirits above, guide me to this garbage.
Does it get any more distinctive than this guy? If we can’t find him in a week…buggy and sign included… not sure we can find anyone.
West 72nd St doesn’t end in neverland – unless he jumped in the river (one can hope!), he turned north or south on other big avenues continuously covered by multiple cameras, etc. etc.
Should not be too difficult to find this guy…….
I’ve seen this guy by the Fairway. He’s a mentally ill homeless person.
He is also apparently abusive and violent. Mental illness is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. The rest of us have to be protected from this man and others like him who spread hatred and become violent in other ways. But nobody will do anything.
I know that 99% of the people on WSR know better, but for the rest of America that says that Kanye’s hate speech is harmless, they need to explain this.
I hope that when caught, he is fully prosecuted. I don’t care that he is homeless. I don’t care that he is clearly crazy. Do the crime, do the time. He is not entitled to walk the streets. I don’t feel bad for him. I feel bad for the victim.
Yes, we need more social services. But there are a lot of people who should not be out there while they are dealing with their demons. Again, I would rather err on the side of protecting the civil rights of the common citizen than of those who are a potential threat to the common citizen.
Bigotry comes from both sides of the sanity tracks. Get him off the street and then figure out how they keep us safe from him.
Agree totally.
and if he is arrested. what will Bragg do?
Bragg will let him go back on the street.
Unless Adam comes and says he’s mental & needs to be locked up.
Ain’t gonna happen.
Out – again.