NEW YORK (AP) — Yitzhak Shuchat, a white member of a civilian patrol group, and Andrew Charles, the black son of a police officer, came face to face in 2008 in a neighborhood with a history of racial strife — that much is certain. Shuchat's supporters in the neighborhood's Orthodox Jewish community have reacted with dismay over what they call a hate crime investigation gone awry. In other hate crime cases, there are typically racial slurs or other clear evidence of bias. The case resurrected old wounds in Crown Heights, where violence exploded in 1991 after a black child, Gavin Cato, was accidentally hit and killed by a car in a Jewish motorcade. According to police, Charles was walking with a black friend when they they were confronted by a white man who pepper-sprayed Charles. Authorities concluded Shuchat and the other man were volunteers with the civilian patrol, Shmira, and convened a grand jury to look into the matter — a move criticized by the Jewish community but welcomed by black leaders.
Hate Crime Case Resurrects Racial Wounds In Nyc
By TOM HAYS, Associated Press, San Francisco Chronicle
Fri, 08/01/2014 - 10:25pm
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