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Man charged in Brooklyn with assaulting Jew in local ‘Knockout Game’

 

Amrit Marajh, not charged with a hate crime, was released on just $750 bail.

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A man accused of participating in the “Knockout Game” was charged with assaulting an Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn.

NYPD police vans in New York City’s Times Square.

NYPD police vans in New York City’s Times Square. – Photo: AP

Amrit Marajh of Brooklyn was arraigned on Saturday and released on $750 bail. He is charged with misdemeanor assault and harassment. He was not charged with a hate crime, according to the New York Times.

The attack reportedly occurred early Friday morning, when the 24-year-old Orthodox man says he was boxed in by a group of men and punched out by one of them. Continue Reading »