The Shmira Public Safety organization shared an online video depicting a driver yelling an antisemitic threat, accelerating his car towards a Jewish man and driving up on the sidewalk in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Police arrested Muhammad Hashim, 31, the man allegedly behind the wheel who said “I’m gonna kill you f***** Jews,” on Oct. 12 at 12:20 a.m.
On Yom Kippur night, Muhammad Qasim, 31, allegedly attempted a ramming attack in Borough Park, shouting anti-Jewish slurs and targeting a pedestrian with his vehicle. Thanks to the swift action of #BoroPark #Shmira Members, he was tracked and arrested by the NYPD.
— Shmira Public Safety (@Shmira) October 14, 2024
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Hashim had returned to the scene of the crime shortly after the incident, prompting Shmira patrol units to follow him, photograph the car and call the New York City Police Department.
The Jewish safety group says Hashim attempted to hit the 43-year-old Jewish man. According to police, the charges do not reflect that claim.
Prosecutors charged Hashim with reckless endangerment as a hate crime; second-degree reckless endangerment; aggravated harassment based on religion or race; and criminal possession of a weapon with an additional count of false personation added later.
