New Jersey police investigate after 2 Orthodox Jewish men blasted with snow: Video

OCEAN COUNTY, New Jersey (WPVI) -- Authorities in New Jersey are investigating whether a weekend incident was a hate crime after a video posted on social media showed two people getting blasted with snow by a plow during the storm.

The video was recorded by someone inside the truck with a plow on the front as two men walked along County Line Road near the Lakewood/Jackson border.

Then, the plow is lowered and the two people are blasted with snow and ice.

In the video, you can hear laughing from inside the cab after it happens.:rofl

The victims appear to be wearing Orthodox dress, and the community has a large Orthodox Jewish population.

The video was posted on social media and was later taken down, but enough people saw it, including local authorities.

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The New York and New Jersey division of the Anti Defamation League tweeted, "We are absolutely disgusted by this video footage which appears to show a snow plow operator intentionally and callously targeting two Orthodox Jewish men. This conduct is as dangerous as it is disturbing and we urge the victims to file a report with the @Lakewood_PD."

Lakewood Shomrim, a volunteer-based safety patrol that covers Lakewood Township, said "The incident in question was extremely troubling, reckless and dangerous. As Mayor Ray Coles noted, it could easily have ended up creating a deadly situation," in a statement released Tuesday afternoon.

https://6abc.com/orthodox-jewish-men-snow-plow-incident-nj-blasted-with-ice/11530096/