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Crash for Acceptance at Chabad HQ | New York City News
A New Jersey man sentenced to six months in prison for crashing his car into Brooklyn’s Chabad Lubavitch headquarters five times was driven by deep psychological pain—not hate. Prosecutors pushed for a harsher sentence amid rising anti-Jewish hate crimes in NYC, but the judge sided with the defense, citing mental health struggles, PTSD, and depression as key factors. The lawyer called the crash an “irrational cry for help” as the man sought belonging through Judaism. The judge ordered $20,000 restitution and called the case a “sad tale,” acknowledging the man’s fractured mental state over…
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