Man punches person at ‘Pride’ event in New York
After a viral video surfaced showing a man punching a woman on the sidelines of a ‘Pride’ event in Brooklyn, a source says there’s more to the story than the 10 clip shows seconds. (Credit: @hellosami/X)
Brooklyn cell phone video appears to show a man punching a woman in the face on a sidewalk outside a “Pride” event, knocking her to the sidewalk before cutting onto a side street, exchanging bad words with onlookers — but there’s more to the story than a 10-second viral clip of the chaos shows, according to a source.
Graphic video, posted on by user @hellosami, shows a man in light-colored sportswear punching another person in the face, causing them to fall to the sidewalk. But the video does not include anything leading up to the attack and raises questions about what happened and why.
It happened during an anti-Israel march in Park Slope around 11:30 p.m. Saturday, according to a source with knowledge of the situation.
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A 10-second viral video showing a physical altercation in Brooklyn Saturday night shows only a snippet of what happened at a Park Slope Pride parade, according to a source with knowledge of the incident. (@hellofriend/X)
It shows a man, identified as an investment banker named Jonathan Kaye, carrying a plastic bag in one hand and punching a person so hard that they fall to the sidewalk with the other. The swing caused gasps of shock from spectators.
However, the source told Fox News Digital, it was the group of protesters who initiated the physical altercation after Kaye, who is Jewish, said they were “on the wrong side.”
Four people from a group described by the source as “Queers for Palestine” or “Trans for Palestine” reportedly surrounded Kaye after he spoke.
The activists allegedly began throwing an unidentified red liquid, possibly a sports drink, at Kaye during the incident. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
They began throwing “red liquid” at him as he tried to get away from them, according to the source. Photos of his clothes show stains and a bloody wound on his leg.
Kaye ended up on the ground, bleeding from his leg, according to the source. We don’t really know if he was pushed or if he tripped.
“Here’s a guy with a prestigious job, no history of violence, no criminal history in his life,” the source said. “In his mind, he was doing what his body told him was necessary to get through it.”
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The source said Kaye suffered a leg injury when he fell, resulting in a long, bloody scratch. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
He stood up and shoved one of the activists, who appears on the ground to the right of the video, which begins a second before punching a second activist and leaving the scene.
The video shows Kaye wearing a beige jacket over a white collared shirt, with a large wet spot on his back.
Passers-by curse him.
“She threw crap at me everywhere,” he told them.
Then he turns and leaves.
New York police said they were aware The incident but that no one had presented themselves as victims.
Kaye’s shirt and jacket were both stained by the unidentified liquid. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
“We encourage any victim to file a complaint a police report“, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “There are currently no reports of complaints on file.”
A caption in the viral video claims that the person who fell to the ground had a broken nose and the other person was left with a “broken” arm.
“This guy punched me in the face today, broke my nose and broke my friend’s arm,” the video’s caption reads. “Can anyone find it?”
The video racked up nearly 13 million views as of Monday.
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One X user quickly identified Kaye as a managing director at investment bank Moelis & Co., but others wondered why the video was so short and asked what led to the incident.
“We are aware that one of our employees was involved in a serious incident in Brooklyn on June 8,” a Moelis spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “We take this matter very seriously and this employee is on leave while we continue our investigation.”
The company later announced that the employee had been placed on leave, according to Reuters.
Kaye “felt strongly” that he needed to exercise his right to free speech and tell protesters they were on the wrong side, according to the source.
“He did not provoke a physical altercation, but he was the one who had the first exchange of words,” the source said. “From there, it was almost like they jumped at the chance to engage with a Jewish person and take out their frustrations or their aggression.”
Municipal police revealed last week that the increase in hate crimes in the Big Apple were fueled by an increase in anti-Semitic attacks.
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There were 276 hate crime complaints in the city as of May 31, the most recent data available. This is an increase from 210 recorded in 2023. Almost all of the increase is due to anti-Jewish incidents, which increased from 97 to 164 during the same period.
The rise in anti-Semitic incidents has coincided with anti-Israel protests on the city’s major college campuses, including Columbia and New York universities.
