Man charged with hate crime after assault near Crown Heights Jewish Center
A man has been charged with a hate crime after a frightening assault near a Jewish Center in Brooklyn.
Police said 23-year-old Armani Charles was charged with attempted assault, aggravated harassment and menacing as a hate crime after an attack on a man in Crown Heights last week.
Police said Charles made antisemitic remarks and then unleashed a wave of blows with a sharp object, stabbing the victim in the chest.
Officials said Charles walked away from an argument with the victim before he turned around and stabbed him.
Rosner was captured on camera following the suspect before and after the incident.
Rosner was treated and released from the hospital.
The attack happened just blocks from Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters on the third night of Hanukkah.
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