| | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which [[Newsmax]]'s Logan Ratick Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in thst beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.'' | | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which [[Newsmax]]'s Logan Ratick Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in thst beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.'' |