BY BEN BRACHFELD
Police on Jan. 21 arrested
a Brooklyn woman accused
of committing hate crimes
against three Jewish children,
with police accusing the
suspect of telling the young
trio that “Hitler should have
killed you all” before spitting
on an eight-year-old.
Christina Darling, 21, is
charged with aggravated harassment
and menacing, both
as hate crimes, and three
counts of “acting in a manner
injurious to a child” for the
Jan. 14 incident on Avenue P
near Coleman Street in Marine
Park, adjacent to an Orthodox
synagogue.
Darling had been identifi
ed as the likely culprit for
several days in local Facebook
groups, and even by
commenters on the NYPD’s
post seeking information as
early as Tuesday.
Video of the incident
showed a woman in an orange
sweatshirt, identifi ed as Darling,
approaching three Jewish
children at the corner and
accosting them. She can then
be seen spitting on an eightyear
old boy before fl eeing.
Cops say that when Darling
accosted the youths, she
said to them “Hitler should
have killed you all. I’ll kill
you and know where you
live.”
Darling is a student at St.
Francis College, reportedly
majoring in education, English,
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and psychology with
hopes of being a guidance
counselor, according to a petition
on change.org calling
for her expulsion. The petition
has been signed by over
3,000 people, a massive number
for the Catholic college on
Remsen Street in Brooklyn
Heights, which has only 2,735
enrolled students according
to the National Center for Education
Statistics.
“As a local Jewish resident,
I am absolutely outraged
that this unprovoked
incident took place in our
community,” said the person
who started the petition,
identifi ed only as G M. “She is
not only an imminent danger
to the Jewish community, but
all minorities in New York
City.”
The college said Friday
that it is investigating the incident
and considering “the
appropriate actions aligned
with our internal processes
and procedures.”
“For our community, this
behavior, as witnessed, is beyond
inappropriate and we
stand with all of you as we
denounce this horrifying act
of racism, bigotry, and harassment
against the Jewish
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people,” said college administrators,
including President
Miguel Martinez-Saenz, in a
letter to students.
The city has seen a large
number of hate crimes in
recent years, particularly
against Jews and Asians. The
NYPD recorded 198 incidents
of antisemitic hate crimes in
2021, the most of any type of
bias and up 63 percent from
2020, according to its Hate
Crimes Dashboard.
“Hate has no place in New
York City, and it is particularly
appalling to me that this
hateful and deplorable attack
occurred with the 46th
Council District, one of the
most diverse districts in the
city,” said Mercedes Narcisse,
the area’s new City
Councilmember, in a statement.
“I am pleased that the
perpetrator of this crime
has been apprehended and I
hope her arrest serves as a
clear message that all forms
of bigotry, hate crimes and
bias-related incidents will
not be tolerated.”
Cops bust Brooklyn woman
who told Jewish kids ‘Hitler
should have killed you all’
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