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This 8 page paper looks at the conflicts that ensued in Brooklyn New York, inclusive of the murder of Yankel Rosenbaum. How the conflict started, and how it could have been resolved in this community that was torn apart, is evaluated. Rothman's methods of conflict resolution are discussed. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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with (Becker & Shenitz, 1991). It happened in a community that was divided by both race and religion. In fact, there had been resentments between the groups that lived
there which included the Orthodox Lubavitcher Hasidic sect of Jews and the black majority (1991). Of course, while the neighborhood was troubled, it was not really all that tense,
at least not as some authors make it out to be. Crown Heights was never totally characterized by a black-Jewish rift and Gavin Cato--the boy who was killed in that
unfortunate accident-- had himself played with Jewish children who lived on his block (Rieder, 1991). One has to wonder why one accident set off a riot. What happened exactly
on that fateful night? The problem began on August 19, 1991 when the police escorted an 89-year-old Lubavitcher Grand Rebbe to his wifes grave, something that actually occurred on a
weekly basis (Becker & Shenitz, 1991). What happened that night was that the last car in the small motorcade the escorted the rabbi had allegedly run a red light (1991).
It swerved onto the curb, and killed a little black boy named Gavin Cato (1991). He was just seven years old (1991). Not only was Cato killed, but the accident
also hurt and actually critically injured his seven year old cousin Angela (1991). It was certainly a tragedy. Two small children were devastated, and one would die, when a
driver made a slight mistake. Yet, in most circumstances--even when the driver is drunk or the driver is wrong--such accidents do not set off riots. But that was not the
end of it. It was not just the accident that incited the crowd. A rumor began to spread that suggested the ambulance squad--which was incidentally run by the Hassidic community--
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