Man punches someone at New York Pride event
After a video showing a man punching a woman on the sidelines of a Brooklyn Pride event went viral, sources said there was more going on than was shown in the 10-second video. (Credit: @hellosami/X)
Cellphone video from Brooklyn appears to show a man punching a woman in the face on a sidewalk outside the Pride event, sending her tumbling to the sidewalk before running off to a sidewalk and exchanging verbal abuse with bystanders, but sources say there’s much more to the story than just the 10-second video of the mayhem.
Graphic video, Post to X A video posted by user @hellosami shows a man in a light-colored sport coat punching another person in the face, sending the person tumbling to the sidewalk, but the video doesn’t include any of the events leading up to the punch, raising questions about what happened and why.
A source with knowledge of the situation said the incident happened around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday during an anti-Israel demonstration in Park Slope.
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A 10-second video that has gone viral showing a physical confrontation in Brooklyn on Saturday night shows just a small part of what happened at the Pride Parade in Park Slope, according to a source familiar with the incident. (@hellosami/X)
The video shows a man, identified as an investment banker named Jonathan Kaye, holding a plastic bag in one hand and punching someone with the other with enough force to knock them down, eliciting gasps from bystanders.
But sources told Fox News Digital that protesters became violent after Kaye, who is Jewish, said they were “on the wrong side.”
Four people from a group that sources called “Queer for Palestine” or “Transgender for Palestine” reportedly surrounded Kaye after he spoke.
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During the incident, activists allegedly began pouring an unidentified red liquid, believed to be a sports drink, on Mr Kaye. (Source: Fox News Digital)
The source said officers began pouring “red liquid” over the officer as he tried to back away, and photos of the officer’s uniform showed stains and a bloody wound on his leg.
Officials said Kay was on the ground and bleeding from her leg, but it was unclear whether she had been pushed or tripped.
“He’s a man who works an honorable job and has no violent or criminal history in his life,” the source said. “In his mind, he was doing what his body was telling him to do to get out of there.”
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Officials said Kay injured her leg in the fall and suffered a long, bloody abrasion. (Source: Fox News Digital)
He stands up and shoves one of the activists, who can be seen on the right side of the video falling to the ground. The video starts a second before he punches the other activist and walks away.
The video shows Kaye wearing a brown jacket over a white collared shirt with a large wet stain on his back.
Passersby yelled at him.
“She gave me the shit,” he tells them.
Then he turns and walks away.
The NYPD said it was aware of the incident but that no one had come forward as a victim.
Both Kay’s shirt and jacket were stained with an unidentified liquid. (Source: Fox News Digital)
“We encourage anyone who has been a victim to file a police report,” the spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “Currently, no reports have been filed.”
The caption for the video says one person who fell to the ground suffered a broken nose and another “broken” his arm.
“This guy punched me in the face today, broke my nose and broke my friend’s arm,” the video’s caption read. “Can anyone find him?”
The video had received nearly 13 million views as of Monday.
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X users were quick to identify Mr Kaye as a managing director at investment bank Moelis & Co, while others questioned why the video was so short and what led to the incident.
“We are aware that one of our employees was involved in a serious incident that occurred in Brooklyn on June 8,” a Morris spokesperson told Fox News Digital. “We are taking this matter very seriously and the employee has been placed on administrative leave as the investigation continues.”
The company later announced that it had placed the employee on administrative leave, according to Reuters.
The source said Mr Kaye “felt strongly” he needed to exercise his right to free speech and tell the protesters they were on the wrong side.
“He didn’t provoke a physical fight, but he did have an initial verbal exchange,” the source said. “From that point on, it seemed as though he jumped at the chance to engage with Jews and vent his frustrations and aggression.”
The rise in hate crimes in New York City is being fueled by a spike in anti-Semitic attacks, city police said last week.
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According to the most recent data available, there were 276 hate crime complaints in the city through May 31, up from 210 in 2023. Nearly all of the increase was anti-Semitic incidents, which rose from 97 to 164 in the same period.
The rise in anti-Semitic incidents coincided with anti-Israel protests on the campuses of the city’s major universities, including Columbia University and New York University.
