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"I'm thinking maybe let them come get me," he said. He said he would be pleading not guilty because "I did not commit this crime of violence, nobody was arrested that night." "I'll be taken in Monday morning, I'll be going into prison."
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Tischler tweeted a video last week that he would be "arrested Monday" or will be turning himself in for inciting a riot. Tischler is a candidate for New York City Council, a supporter of President Trump, and an outspoken critic of social distancing restrictions, according to posts on his Facebook and Instagram accounts. He will be charged with inciting to riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with an assault of a journalist that took place on Octoin Brooklyn," the department said on Twitter.ĬNN has made multiple attempts to reach Tischler, but has not received a response. "The New York City Police Department Warrant Squad has taken Harold 'Heshy' Tischler into custody. Jewish Insider reporter Jacob Kornbluh claimed on a verified Twitter account that during protests Wednesday night he was brutally assaulted after Tischler "recognized me and ordered the crowd to chase me down the street."Ĭonfirming Tischler's detention Sunday, a New York City Police Department spokesman said that charges of inciting a riot and unlawful imprisonment in connection with the incident surrounding Kornbluh are pending. Some members of the Orthodox Jewish community protested in the Borough Park neighborhood for multiple nights last week in response to the measures, which limit gatherings in houses of worship in areas identified as Covid-19 clusters. (CNN) Outspoken protester Harold "Heshy" Tischler was taken into custody Sunday evening in connection with an alleged assault during protests against new anti-coronavirus restrictions in an Orthodox Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York police say.