A story first broken by CrownHeights.info has gained Internationale attention.
On Shmini Atzeres, Monday evening, October 8, 2012, police were called about a man who was sleeping in the lounge of the Aliya Institute in Brooklyn. The caller may have mistakenly believed that the homeless man, Ehud H. Halevi, was loitering on the center’s property without permission.
Aliya (Alternative Learning Institute for Young Adults) is a Shul and outreach center for troubled youth in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Two officers from the 71st precinct, one male and one female, arrived and woke the man. Confused as to why he was being accosted by police, the man refused the officers’ attempts to escort him outside, insisting that he had permission to be there and asking that they allow him to prove it.
His pleas fell on deaf ears, and they proceeded to place him under arrest. When he resisted arrest, the male officer flew into a rage and began to beat the defenseless man. As can be seen in the video below, the officer assumed a boxing stance and then lurched towards his victim, pummeling him from all sides.
Over the next couple of minutes the man is also pepper-sprayed and beaten with a truncheon by the female officer, all while posing no threat to the officers’ well-being whatsoever.
Local FOX 5 channel in another report plays down the case.
WABC 7 News report
The full original footage of the incident.
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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