In New York City’s Brooklyn, nine men were taken in by authorities when they moved to obstruct their shoring up of an illegal tunnel under a distinguished synagogue. The tunnel’s conception has remained undisclosed up to this day. In a report by The New York Times, it was expressed as to how the tunnel was constructed and what its original intent was.
Even the spokesperson for the detainees talked more about the men who got detained not being charged for the tunnel’s construction, saying instead that they were “influenced by activism” to stop officials from ruining the mystery tunnel.
“Students can get a little excited every once in a while,” the lawyer explained. “We can see that happening on college campuses all across the country.”
The Australian distributed a video of the tunnel in a post to X.
As stated by the report of The Times, the tunnel had an 8-feet diameter and measured 60 feet in length but had no reinforcements that could protect the two buildings above it, as mentioned by officials from the city.
The owners of the synagogue, which was one of the main headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitcher Hasidic movement, obtained two citations for violating terms of a permit and are currently investigating into the complex of interlinked structures that consist of the 770 prayer facility. The academy has been under scrutiny throughout the week after a group of students attempted to keep the tunnel intact by opposing a cement truck, which was on its way with materials to fortify the structure.
In the report, it was stated, “Some students utilized crowbars to try breaking down a wall that led to the prayer facility, others sat on the accessible wall to obstruct it from being repaired while a few others got into a skirmish with police officers who were contacted by local authorities. Meanwhile, the students fled,” as announced by legal confirmation and recordings from the event.
Subsequently, five of the students who were arrested were released by law officials, being charged in a notarized report, where two were caught for tampering criminal damage and obstructive government administration while another three were arrested for intentionally disrupting police activities. The remaining four detainees were not arraigned until now.
Young Hasidic men clashed with the police over the secret tunnel in a historic synagogue that houses the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitcher movement in Brooklyn: https://t.co/WOs0l2zXaq pic.twitter.com/turH8NFORN
— The Australian (@australian) January 11, 2024
Rabbi Motti Seligson spoke out in a statement issued Thursday morning, announcing, “Concrete had to be used to sustain the damaged walls of the concerned areas in coordination with public examiners.” In a dialogue with The Times, the spokesperson disclosed, “This was an extremely agonizing incident for the residents and the entire Jewish community.”
Investigators presumed that the origin of the tunnel might be by radical followers of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who they believe is the saviour. Nevertheless, this group of hackers built one in outright belligerency to the preferred Lubavitcher movement.
Too bad they are Mathematically ignorant of Physics and have no idea about Engineering.
Bad Optics:
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Antisematiisim on rise
Tunnel FUELS MORE ANTI JEW HATE ALONE
Bad scene
What kind of reaction would the Jewish Community, New Yorkers, and American have had if this entire Jewish complex collapsed into the gaping hole the tunnel would have made. No doubt it would have have had to be blamed of terrorism. One has wonder who was even behind this and what their motives were.