The Outcast

November 8, 2014 7:55 AM

The medical volunteer (who, like many people I interviewed, requested anonymity, because he didn’t want to be ostracized by his community) met with Litwin (the senior detective). “I tried to explain to him that there is no way he’s going to get the type of coöperation he wants,” he said. “Unless you really understand how this community works—what tactics are used to intimidate these victims, to prevent them from coming forward, to manipulate them into feeding the authorities wrong information—you will never deliver.”

The Shame of Borough Park -- After a Hasidic man exposed child abuse in his tight-knit Brooklyn community, he found himself the target of a criminal investigation.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates (2 comments total)

Double.
posted by murphy slaw at 7:59 AM on November 8, 2014

Wowza, not sure how I missed that. Thanks.
posted by (Arsenio) Hall and (Warren) Oates at 8:00 AM on November 8, 2014