Along a freight train line that winds through Brooklyn and Queens, desolate areas are used as gathering spots or refuges for minor outlaws: graffiti artists, drug users and those who camp out with little more than a piece of cardboard, a blanket and a bottle of vodka to keep them company.
In one spot, beneath an overpass on Ocean Avenue in Brooklyn, graffiti tags and writings cover the concrete walls, the illustrations rendered in so many layers and forms that they are difficult to discern. Among them, in bright red paint, is the name “Max,” which the police said was a tag used by Maksim Gelman, the 23-year-old man accused of killing four people during a 28-hour rampage this weekend. One of the victims was Yelena Bulchenko, an acquaintance of Mr. Gelman’s who was said to have rebuffed his obsessive advances.
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People are saying he’s Jewish now, they have to blame it on Jews!
He definitely has a Jewish last name and looks; not sure if his mom is Jewish though. Even if he is really Jewish, he is a product of a secular American culture – goyim should blame it on themselves only. As far as frum Jews are concerned: we should be investing all our energy into yeshiva-educating Jewish children of all types, not driving away anyone not fitting the mold.
far east news sources are saying he’s a ukrainian immigrant and he claimed it was triggered by a “set up” as they were walking him to court.