This "knockout" game in which teens sucker punch strangers on the street has apparently been growing in popularity over the last year, as you can see in one our posts about it where three teens allegedly killed a homeless man whilst playing the game. But it's unclear whether the game specifically targets Jewish people.
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said the attacks aren't about stealing anything, they're just anti-Semitic. Rabbi Yaacov Behrman agrees: "And they're playing a game: 'knockout.' 'Knock out the Jew,' maybe. And they're going around the neighborhood punching Jews."
Multiple attacks on Jews in Brooklyn have led police to investigate whether they are part of an ongoing series of hate crimes or whether they're just random attacks by teens playing "knockout." Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told reporters yesterday that there have been at least seven attacks on Jews in Crown Heights recently, including two misdemeanor assaults.
The most recent attack occurred around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday evening on Kingston Avenue near Crown Street. A 19-year-old Jewish man was crossing the street when he was punched in the face by a man in a group of about 10 black males, all in their late teens and early 20s. "He was actually holding an expensive camera. And they punched him and nothing was stolen," Rabbi Behrman told CBS. You can see video of that assault above, courtesy of Crown Heights.info. The punch can be seen in the video at the :13, :41 and :48 second marks.
Source: rt.com
