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Why Is the Trump-Loving Provocateur in Brooklyn COVID-19 Protests Walking Free?

‘ACTIVE INVESTIGATION’

Harold “Heshy” Tischler, who goaded on ultra-Orthodox violent protests, said he was being allowed to turn himself in to police on Monday. Police say they are still investigating.

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The inflammatory social media personality who allegedly incited the assault of a Jewish journalist in Brooklyn during Wednesday night demonstrations against new pandemic-related restrictions says he will be allowed to turn himself in to police on unspecified charges after this weekend.

Harold “Heshy” Tischler—caught on video swaggering through crowds of irate...

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