Hate crime charges filed in Manhattan synagogue attack
NEW YORK (AP) — Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan's Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night. "As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue property, and then spit at and head-butted a member of the security team," a statement from Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. A police sergeant working as a paid security detail at the synagogue immediately took the man into custody and no one was seriously injured, Tisch ...
