New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says the assault of Orthodox journalist Jacob Kornbluh by a crowd in Borough Park was “disgusting” and vows that police will have a more organized response if further unrest breaks out tonight.
Kornbluh, a reporter for Jewish Insider, was assaulted by a mob of protesters yesterday night during the second straight night of protests that turned violent in Borough Park, a heavily Orthodox Brooklyn neighborhood. The protests oppose restrictions that have been imposed because Borough Park is experiencing a spike in coronavirus cases.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio wears a mask while honoring healthcare workers at Brooklyn’s Kings County Hospital Center at a ceremony during the coronavirus pandemic, April 24, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
“I saw the video of the attack on Jacob Kornbluh, it’s absolutely unacceptable,” de Blasio says at a press conference. “Disgusting, really. I mean, here’s a journalist who really cares about doing the work of informing people what’s going on and here’s a mob of people attacking him. It’s just unacceptable. There need to be consequences for that.”
De Blasio says he was unsatisfied with the police response. “There is something here that needs to be fixed right away. It will be fixed today and made public. Violence is unacceptable regardless of who commits it.”
— JTA
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