Friend -
On October 8, 21-year-old Ehud Halevi was
sleeping in a youth center run by the New York synagogue where he's a member.
Ehud is homeless, so his Rabbi -- who runs programs for at-risk youth like Ehud
-- had told him back in September he could sleep there.
In a video
that's now gone viral on the internet, two New York police officers are shown
waking Ehud in the early morning. Even though Ehud explains to them that he has
permission to sleep at the center, they try to arrest him. Then, the
officers beat Ehud for almost 5 minutes straight -- even after Ehud can
be seen lying down.
And despite the
NYPD's beating, it's Ehud who's being charged with
assault, and he faces 5 years in prison.
Rabbi Moishe Feiglin feels terrible. This
happened at his synagogue’s center and to one of his congregants -- and he just
wants Ehud's nightmare to end. Rabbi Feiglin started a petition on Change.org calling for the Brooklyn District Attorney to drop all charges against Ehud.
So far, the
NYPD officer who was most involved in Ehud's beating has only been minimally
disciplined -- his gun has been taken away and he's been placed on desk duty --
but the other officer hasn't been disciplined at all. Rabbi Feiglin says this is
unacceptable. Ehud was eventually arrested and charged with trespassing
and assaulting an officer, even though the video shows he didn't fight
back.
In the past
several months, several tapes of NYPD officers engaged in disproportional and
violent exchanges have drawn heat to the department. With pressure
rising, Rabbi Feiglin thinks that the support of thousands of people behind Ehud
now can get the charges against him dropped.
Thanks for
being a change-maker,
- Emilia and
the Change.org team
Against Terrorism:
A joint SecureAmericaNow.org - A RightChange.com
Production. America was attacked on September 11th, 2012 by Al Qaeda at our
consulate in Libya. Our consulate was burned and four Americans including our
ambassador were murdered. President Obama and his administration denied it was a
terrorist attack for weeks. Since then, Americans have learned that Obama and
his administration knew it was an act of terror all along and chose to tell the
public it was because of a Youtube video protest. It's time for Obama to tell
the truth on Libya. We can't afford more apologies, excuses, and
weakness.
Sign this petition against the terrorism in Libya: http://aclj.org/war-on-terror/terrorists-murdered-four-americans-demand-truth
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God blesses Israel and Shalom!
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