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Tensions flare in Crown Heights as extremist group targets ‘zionist white supremacists’ over 1991 incident

JL;DR SUMMARY Tensions in Crown Heights have resurfaced as an extremist group called Crown Heights Bites Back targeted the Chabad Lubavitch movement with accusations stemming from the 1991 riots, specifically around the death of Gavin Cato. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismNew York CityActivismCrown HeightsChabad LubavitchRacial Tensions1991 RiotsGavin CatoAntisemitic RallyCrown Heights Bites Back

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Crown Heights, New York, United States
"Around 20 masked activists stood on a street corner Tuesday night in Crown Heights, distributing fliers accusing zionist white supremacists of murdering a child whose accidental death sparked antisemitic violence in the neighborhood in 1991."
Brooklyn, New York, United States
"A flier distributed by Crown Heights Bites Back accusing zionist white supremacists from chabad-lubavitch of killing Gavin Cato, in Brooklyn, Aug. 19, 2025. (Grace Gilson)"
New Jersey, United States
"The vigil ended at around 8:30 p.m., with a group of counter-protesters walking behind the group telling them to leave with your fake Black Panther movement and to go back to New Jersey."

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