The mayor of Lakewood, NJ, said two Orthodox Jewish men are pressing charges after they claim they were intentionally hit with snow and ice from a passing road plow. The incident appeared to be captured on video.
Coles confirmed to NBC New York that the incident, which was captured on video from a cellphone inside the truck, occurred during Saturday's snowstorm along County Line Road, near the border with Jackson Township. The video appears to show a truck driver purposely dropping his plow to spray snow and ice onto the Jewish men, as they were walking to or from religious services. The video then ends with a callous laugh.
While police and prosecutors consider whether hate crime charges are called for, they have not yet said whether the person who initially posted the video online was the man behind the wheel of the plow. The video made the rounds on social media, leaving those in town disgusted. "I think it's very disgusting ... besides the fact that they're targeting Jews, it could've actually hurt somebody very badly and God forbid, killed them," said neighbor Harvey Rosenthal.Waste Management, which provides private trash and plow services, issued a statement Monday saying that they are"aware of an incident that was posted by an off-duty Waste Management employee to his personal social media account.
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