A girl was not too long ago arrested in New York Metropolis and charged with a hate crime after telling youngsters exterior a synagogue that "Hitler ought to have killed" them, in accordance with police.

The New York Police Division (NYPD) Hate Crimes division introduced on Twitter that a lady, recognized as 21-year-old Christina Darling, was arrested on Friday and charged with hate crime-menacing, aggravated harassment, and performing in a fashion injurious to a toddler.

The incident was first reported by the NYPD earlier this week after they posted a surveillance video on Twitter asking the general public's assist in figuring out the lady. Within the video, Darling could be seen strolling down a avenue within the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in the direction of a gaggle of youngsters, who're blurred out.

A spokesperson for the NYPD advised Newsweek that the incident occurred final Friday, January 14 at round 12:35 p.m. native time. Whereas strolling previous the Kehal Tiferes Avrohom Ziditshov Orthodox synagogue, positioned at 4017 Avenue P, Darling approached an 8-year-old boy and his two youthful siblings.

Along with making the anti-Jewish statements to the youngsters, the lady additionally "spat on the kid," police advised Newsweek.

Darling fled the scene on foot, heading towards Kimball Avenue, however was ultimately arrested every week later. "There have been no accidents reported because of this incident," the NYPD spokesperson mentioned.

The youngsters's father, Aryah Fried, advised CBS 2 New York: "I might hope that she understands the severity of what she did...To do it to anyone is clearly problematic, however for an grownup to do it to a toddler is simply past loopy."

Shortly after the incident was first reported, New York Consultant Lee Zeldin responded on Twitter, saying, "Antisemitism in & round NYC continues to succeed in new lows. The victims right here have been little children."

"There are additionally MANY electeds [sic] in Albany & NYC who must step up huge time & begin defending harmless NYer," Zeldin added.

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A girl was not too long ago arrested by the NYPD after making anti-Jewish statements in the direction of a number of youngsters. Above, New York Metropolis Police Division precinct is seen in Occasions Sq. on December 15, 2021.Yuki Iwamura/Getty

In 2021, New York Metropolis noticed an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes from the earlier 12 months. In line with information from the NYPD Hate Crimes Dashboard, all through 2021 there have been 197 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents reported, leading to 58 arrests. Compared, all through 2020, there have been 120 anti-Jewish hate crime incidents and 24 arrests.

General, the info, which solely lists incidents as much as December 29, 2021, exhibits that all through 2021, there have been 522 confirmed hate crime incidents in New York Metropolis and 206 arrests.