https://nypost.com/2024/07/13/us-ne...h-hate-crime-after-decapitating-jesus-statue/
A NYC taxi driver was hit with a hate crime for allegedly beheading a statue depicting a young Jesus outside a Queens Catholic church, prosecutors said.
Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of Hollis, was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for allegedly decapitating the statue outside of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows on June 30.
The twisted, caught-on-camera tantrum began casually.
A photo of a headless Jesus statue 4
The taxi driver swatted the heads of Mary and Joseph with his shoe, then turned his attention to Jesus and hacked at its head until it went spinning to the ground, caught-on-camera footage shows. ABC7
A photo of the Jesus, Mary and Joseph statue outside Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Queens. 4
The statue stood outside Holy Family Roman Catholic in Queens
for 42 years, according to the Diocese of Brooklyn. Diocese of Brooklyn
A NYC taxi driver was hit with a hate crime for allegedly beheading a statue depicting a young Jesus outside a Queens Catholic church, prosecutors said.
Jamshaid Choudhry, 44, of Hollis, was arrested Thursday night and charged with criminal mischief as a hate crime and other related crimes for allegedly decapitating the statue outside of the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Fresh Meadows on June 30.
The twisted, caught-on-camera tantrum began casually.
A photo of a headless Jesus statue 4
The taxi driver swatted the heads of Mary and Joseph with his shoe, then turned his attention to Jesus and hacked at its head until it went spinning to the ground, caught-on-camera footage shows. ABC7
A photo of the Jesus, Mary and Joseph statue outside Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in Queens. 4
The statue stood outside Holy Family Roman Catholic in Queens
for 42 years, according to the Diocese of Brooklyn. Diocese of Brooklyn
