"The 13-year-old victim went home and told his mother after he was spit on near Eastern Parkway and Albany Ave. in Crown Heights about 5:50 p.m. Wednesday. His mother called her mother, Devorah Halberstam, who was thrust into a life of activism after her son was shot to death while riding in a van full of fellow yeshiva students three decades ago."
"Clad in a rainbow-colored jacket, he sped by on his bike and didn't say a word as he spit at the teen, police and Halberstam said. The suspect never slowed down as he whizzed past. The spit landed on the victim's black hat, part of his traditional Hasidic garb."
"He's a smart kid, Halberstam told the Daily News. He knew. The kids all around here all know. They're aware of the world we're living in today. It's a shock when it happens to you - but not a shock in the context of what is happening around us."
A 13-year-old Hasidic boy was spat on near Eastern Parkway and Albany Avenue in Crown Heights at about 5:50 p.m. The bicyclist sped by wearing a rainbow-colored jacket and did not speak as the spit struck the boy's black hat, part of his traditional Hasidic garb. The boy returned home and family alerted Devorah Halberstam, whose son Ari was killed in a 1994 anti-Semitic shooting. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is investigating and seeking a light-skinned Black man in his 30s as the suspect. Halberstam said the victim suspected he was targeted.
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