Heshy Tischler, activist in Orthodox Jewish Borough Park, charged with incitement to riot and unlawful imprisonment

A leader of protests against new coronavirus restrictions in Brooklyn has been arrested on charges of incitement to riot and unlawful imprisonment of a journalist who was chased and trapped by a crowd, police said.

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