Scuffle breaks out after cops arrest Hasidic man
During a Torah procession on Sunday, a face-off between the Borough Park Orthodox Jewish community and the NYPD began after police arrested a Hasidic man for blocking the path of a police car.
Chaos ensued as police attempted to handcuff Joel Herskovitz, whom authorities said was purposefully blocking a police car that was attempting to disperse the crowd. People had come out to celebrate a Torah being given to a nearby synagogue, according to the New York Post.
As Herskovitz resisted the handcuffs, the crowd took up a chant of “Nazis! Nazis!” directed at the police officers. A scuffle ensued, after which one lieutenant ended up in the hospital, reported the Post.