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Anti-abuse activist Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg asked the judge, Justice Joseph Gubbay (who called the attack “very disturbing” in one brief nod to Rosenberg’s suffering), to sentence Schnitzler to some jail time or, at the very least, to speak out against the very lenient plea deal. Gubbay did neither. Instead, he reportedly tried to get Rosenberg – who still suffers pain and discomfort every day from Schnitzler’s attack, which took place 18 months ago – to accept an “apology” from Schnitzler Gubbay asked Schnitzler to make. And when Rosenberg refused, Gubay lectured Rosenberg on the Jewish concept of forgivness.
A Day Of Shame In Brooklyn
Shmarya Rosenberg • FailedMessiah.com
Satmar hasid Meilech Schnitzler ran across a busy street and threw a cup of bleach in the face of Rabbi Nuchem Rosenberg. Rosenberg is a well-known anti-child-sex-abuse activist. Schnitzler damaged Rosenberg’s face and eye and almost blinded him.
Nevertheless, the attack – carried out 18 months ago because of Rosenberg’s activism and the Satmar hasidic movements’ vehement objection to it – took place in Brooklyn, a place where corruption and obstruction of justice is the norm.
And therefore Schnitzler, who was sentenced today after pleading guilty to “intent to cause physical injury with a weapon” – a Class D Felony – will serve no prison time for almost blinding Rosenberg, whose sight was saved by a non-Jewish store owner who witnessed the attack and ran to the stricken rabbi with clean water to help Rosenberg flush out his eyes.
Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson defended this awful plea deal by claiming Rosenberg wasn’t really hurt and had no permanent damage. And this, Thompson pointed out, was Schnitzler’s first arrest.
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