Brooklyn man arrested for burning an Israeli flag, police say

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A Brooklyn man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly setting an Israeli flag on fire, among other charges, near Columbia University.

Law enforcement officials said that on Saturday, April 20, at approximately 9:55 p.m. a 22-year-old man was walking in the vicinity of Amsterdam Avenue and West 116th Street in Morningside Heights, displaying an Israeli flag. An unknown male individual then aggressively approached the victim, snatched the flag from him and then ran into a crowd of people, police said.

One of the perpetrators involved in the hate crime, 40-year-old James Carlson of 14th Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn, was arrested Wednesday at the scene of the crime near Columbia University, police said, and is being charged with arson, criminal mischief and criminal possession of stolen property.

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