Day 148

August 19, 1991

May 26th, 2012



On that day, a Hasidic man drove through this intersection as the traffic signal was changing (it's unclear whether it was yellow or red), struck another vehicle, and veered onto the sidewalk in front of those apartment buildings, hitting and killing a 7-year-old black boy. The accident brought simmering racial tensions to a head and set off three days of anti-Semitic violence now known as the Crown Heights riots.


2 Comments

  1. Brad in Australia says:

    A tragic death. Equally tragic and totally unnecessary was the death of Yankel Rosenbaum, an Australian jew, innocently caught up in the Crown Heights Riots. We are all in this world together people. Violence has no place, tolerance is the key.

  2. Gigi says:

    Too bad about the riots, but August 19 is one of the days in the calendar that is dear to me. I’d rather remember it for lots of good memories rather than dwell on something negative.

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