Youth charged with hate crime for assault on rabbi in San Diego
A fourteen-year-old in San Diego, California, has been charged with a hate crime after allegedly punching a rabbi in the face and knocking him to the ground.
The teenager, who cannot be named because of his age, allegedly assaulted Rabbi Yonatan Halevy, 31, while the rabbi was walking with his father on Shabbat two weeks ago.
Rabbi Halevy told police that the teenager hit him so hard that he was knocked to the ground.
The teenager has been charged with hate-crime and battery.
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