Whitey Ford
05-25-2021, 02:50 AM
Brooklyn Man Facing Hate Crime Charges After Allegedly Destroying Church’s Crucifix, Setting Fire To Yeshiva, Synagogue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z97CkzqdHCc&t=2s
A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly destroyed a crucifix and burned an American flag at church and later set fire to a yeshiva and synagogue.
Ali Alaheri, 29, was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.
Police said Alaheri knocked down and destroyed a large crucifix statue outside St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst.
(Credit: St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church)
Alaheri is also accused of burning an American flag outside the rectory.
A pastor discovered the damage on May 14.
“It was a terrible morning. It was probably the saddest day in my life, to see this desecration of a cross of Jesus and the desecration of the flag,” Monsignor David Cassato told CBS2 the day it happened.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/brooklyn-church-vandalism-suspect-arrested-hate-crime-charge/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z97CkzqdHCc&t=2s
A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly destroyed a crucifix and burned an American flag at church and later set fire to a yeshiva and synagogue.
Ali Alaheri, 29, was charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime.
Police said Alaheri knocked down and destroyed a large crucifix statue outside St. Athanasius Church in Bensonhurst.
(Credit: St. Athanasius Roman Catholic Church)
Alaheri is also accused of burning an American flag outside the rectory.
A pastor discovered the damage on May 14.
“It was a terrible morning. It was probably the saddest day in my life, to see this desecration of a cross of Jesus and the desecration of the flag,” Monsignor David Cassato told CBS2 the day it happened.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/05/24/brooklyn-church-vandalism-suspect-arrested-hate-crime-charge/