Cops probing threats, harassment against 2 women during protest outside NYC synagogue after vile video circulates online
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.”“New York City will always be a place where people can peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence, trespassing, menacing, or threatening,” he said in a statement.Adams said initial reports indicate the female protester was “harassed by counter-protesters, and suffered injuries” after she was separated from her group.A photo captured by The Post shows blood across a keffiyeh-wearing protester’s face during Thursday’s demonstration.It was not immediately clear if Adams was referring to that same demonstrator.The second woman, who was not a part of the protest, “was surrounded and subjected to vile threatening by counter-protesters,” Adams said.Footage of the scary situation posted on social media shows the woman, with a scarf wrapped around much of her face, walking with a cop by her side as a mob of men and teenage boys followed closely behind — with some even putting their hands on her and others getting in her face.One counter-protester pushed a garbage container over in her direction at one point and a traffic cone was also tossed at the woman’s head, according to the video.
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