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Hasidic Jewish Children Reportedly Kicked Out of Park Amid Massive NYC Protests, Riots During Pandemic

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By Tré Goins-Phillips
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June 9, 2020

While droves of protesters continue to march through the streets of New York City — and around the world — businesses remain shuttered, churches closed, and Hasidic Jewish children apparently banned from playing in a neighborhood park.

The incident unfolded Monday afternoon, when New York Police Department officers booted a bunch of kids and their parents from a park in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn.

.@NYCMayor @BilldeBlasio still sending Jewish mothers and kids out of parks. This is after participating in massive protests without a facial mask. pic.twitter.com/HtLTrHowPF

— Ami Magazine (@Ami_Magazine) June 9, 2020

But the rules don’t apply to everyone.

Last week, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D), the same politician who targeted and reprimanded Jewish people for holding a funeral amid the coronavirus lockdowns, participated in a Black Lives Matter protest that drew tens of thousands of people to the city’s streets.

De Blasio was not wearing a mask, nor did he reprimand the countless Black Lives Matter demonstrators packed in like sardines following the death of George Floyd, a black man killed by former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, a white man.

VIDEO. @NYCMayor was jeered and heckled as he and his wife Chirlane McCray spoke at the George Floyd memorial in Brooklyn. Attendees chanted “Black Lives Matter” as they spoke. @wcbs880 pic.twitter.com/IwHizEWlWG

— Peter Haskell (@peterhaskell880) June 4, 2020

As for the violence, the NYC mayor acted as if the rioting was a natural disaster — a hurricane or tropical storm New Yorkers just had to hunker down to get through. “We’re going to have a tough few days,” he said. “We’re going to beat it back.”

Some estimates are predicting the property damage in New York City will cost tens of millions of dollars to repair.

Not that long ago, de Blasio scolded Jewish people for gathering peacefully, calling the mourners coming together “absolutely unacceptable.”

Once again, this has been NYC for a week and a half:

Crowd at the protest in New York City:

“Do not! Interact! With! The police!”

“If you see! A person! In the crowd! Inciting violence! Call them out! Call them out!”pic.twitter.com/DiL2bGTUX3

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) May 31, 2020

Firefighters respond to NYPD van ablaze in New York as protests roil the city. At least 70 arrests have been made in New York tonight. https://t.co/ahHKWbg3V4 pic.twitter.com/plQhgD7Ggv

— ABC News (@ABC) May 31, 2020

The 11th day of protests in New York City set off in several locations with sunny skies and 2 significant accomplishments already won: Mayor Bill de Blasio lifted the citywide curfew and he pledged for the first time to cut the city’s police funding. https://t.co/TQGbRE9fFC pic.twitter.com/ytvZ9JtSbg

— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 8, 2020

Alas, de Blasio has made it very clear he has no issue ignoring the social distancing rules for one group while using the guidelines to restrict the freedoms of others.

“When you see a nation, an entire nation, simultaneously grappling with an extraordinary crisis seeded in 400 years of American racism,” he said last week, “I’m sorry, that is not the same question as the understandably aggrieved store owner or the devout religious person who wants to go back to services.”

So the protests and riots aren’t “absolutely unacceptable,” according to de Blasio. But grieving the loss of a loved one, opening up your business, attending a church service, or even playing in a neighborhood park is.

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