New
York – A Jewish customer in Dunkin’ Donuts was threatened and told to take
off his yarmulke in what police are investigating as a hate crime, according to
the NYPD.
The
20-year-old Yeshiva University student was inside the shop at 398 Audubon Ave.
at 2:40 p.m. Monday when a man told him his “religion was a lie,”
police said.
The
suspect then told the student to “take that thing off your head,” referring to
the victim’s yarmulke, before saying, “let’s go outside, I’ll beat the shit
out of you,” police said.
Police
did not say if the student said anything to the suspect. the victim managed to
get a photo of the man and his car’s license plate.
