AUDIO: ’20 Jewish Men and 1 Black Kid,’ 911 Caller Says of Shomrim Attack

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By Gwynne Hogan | September 7, 2016

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Two drivers passing by a gang assault linked to Williamsburg’s Shomrim Safety Patrol dialed 911 and described the hectic scene as it unfurled, recordings released in court Tuesday revealed.

“There’s like a bunch of Jewish guys beating up a black kid,” one 911 caller told an emergency dispatcher the night of Dec. 1, when Taj Patterson was beaten to a pulp in an attack that left him blind in one eye.

“There was like 20 Jewish men and one black kid,” the caller says. “He was begging for a ride.”

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