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>>> IN BROOKLYN, HATE CRIME DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING INTO TWO
SUSPECTED ANTISEMITIC INCIDENTS.
ONE, A FIRE. THE OTHER, A BRUTAL ATTACK.
SOMEONE TORCHED THE OUTSIDE AREA
OF A RESTAURANT CALLED SHALOM
JAPAN IN WILLIAMSBURG LAST
MONTH.
JUST LAST NIGHT ON THE FIRST NIGHT OF HANNUKKAH, A MAN
WEARING A YARMULKE WAS VICIOUSLY
BEATEN BY A MAN IN CROWN
HEIGHTS.
HE SAID THAT MAN CALLED HIM
ANTISEMITIC SLURS. THAT VICTIM IS TALKING TO NEWS4
ABOUT THE ATTACK AND MARC SANTIA
IS LIVE THERE. COPS ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE
SUSPECTS IN BOTH CASES, TOO.
>> Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
THIS IS THE RESTAURANT WHERE
POLICE SAY A MAN DELIBERATELY
TORCHED A STAR OF DAVID.
POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS
A HATE CRIME.
MEANWHILE, ACROSS BROOKLYN,
ABOUT 30 MINUTES FROM NOW, ANOTHER HATE CRIME.
A MAN BEATEN UP AND ROBBED.
POLICE SAY THESE WERE
INTENTIONAL ACTS FUELED BY HATE.
>> IT’S A LITTLE BLURRY.
>> Reporter: CUTS AND BLOOD
COVER JOSHUA’S FACE.
>> I GOT HIT.
I THINK HE WAS HITTING ME WITH
SOMETHING. AT A CERTAIN POINT MY FACE
OPENED UP.
THIS IS WHERE I FELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHERE I
FELL RIGHT THERE.
>> Reporter: BOOT PRINTS COVER
HIS JACKET.
JOSHUA WAS REPEATEDLY STOMPED.
>> HE WAS WEARING BOOTS OR
SOMETHING.
I GOT KICKED A BUNCH.
>> Reporter: THE BEATING WAS ONE
THING.
>> IT DEFINITELY DOESN’T FEEL
GOOD TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN IN YOUR
OWN FRONT YARD. >> Reporter: IT IS WHAT THE GUY
SAID THAT JOSHUA SAYS CUT HIM THE DEEPEST.
>> HE USED A BUNCH OF
ANTISEMITIC TERMINOLOGY.
I NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE. >> Reporter: WITH ANN SEMITIC
ATTACKS ON THE RISE, MAYOR ADAMS
STOOD IN SOLIDARITY.
>> IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN
EVER THAT WE STAND TOGETHER AS
ONE UNITED AGAINST A RISING TIDE OF HATRED AND RELIGIOUS
INTOLERANCE.
>> Reporter: POLICE ARE LOOKING
FOR THE MAN WHO BEAT JOSHUA.
>> I DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE WHAT
WAS GOING ON UNTIL THE SECOND OR
THIRD PUNCH AND THEN I PUT IT TOGETHER.
>> Reporter: JOSHUA SAID HE MADE
A CONSCIOUS DECISION TO SPEAK
OUT FOR ONE REASON.
>> I THINK THIS PERSON NEEDS TO
BE CAUGHT AND PUT IN JAIL.
I WANT AS MUCH ATTENTION ON THIS
AS POSSIBLE SO NOBODY ELSE GETS HURT.
I ALREADY GOT HURT.
IT WON’T DO ANYTHING FOR ME.
>> Reporter: CITY HALL IS
INCREASING SECURITY AT HOISTS OF
WORSHIP AND AT PUBLIC MENORAH DISPLAYS.