NYPD probing Crown Heights hit-and-run as possible hate crime
NEW YORK -- A frightening hit-and-run in Brooklyn is now being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Police hope the graphic video of the incident will help track down the driver.
Police say a 55-year-old man was hit by someone driving a Mercedes Benz on Friday afternoon at Union Street and Albany Avenue in Crown Heights.
The victim is in stable condition and is expected to be okay.
CBS2 spoke to the victim's friend, a local rabbi who believes the incident was intentional.
"This was a vicious assault, a horrific attack on a father, a grandfather, a prominent New Yorker," said Rabbi Yaacov Behrman of the Jewish Future Alliance.
He went on to say that even though the victim is stable, he has a long recovery ahead of him.
