“The Jewish community needs real protection, not hollow statements,” warns Rabbi Zamir Isayev.
"One of them pulled the flag over my head so I couldn't see what was happening. I kept shouting for help, but no one intervened."
The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, was checking his phone for emails, heard someone running up behind him, and felt a hard blow along the side of his face, knocking him to the ground.
“The defendant is charged with threatening flight crew members and passengers while traveling to Newark,” Acting United States Attorney Vikas Khanna said.
Investigators claim that the assailant would stare down his opponents in the courtroom in a "case unlike any other."
Garland reportedly arrived at the Gordon Jewish Community Center wearing an obviously apparent fake beard, fake peyot sidelocks, black clothing and a hat.
The officers were also accused of attempting to destroy evidence of the incident from their GoPro cameras and cell phones.
Roy Gross, 28, has undergone surgery to treat the wounds he sustained during the attack and is expected to need further surgeries.
One victim was struck in the face and body and the other victim was pushed to the ground. Both students declined medical attention.
"Despicable hatred runs rampant on Pitt's campus," Pitt's Chabad rabbi wrote on Instagram after the attack.