NEW YORK — A Brooklyn couple claims a Hasidic safety patrol attacked them and falsely accused them of making antisemitic remarks when they challenged them for not wearing masks at the height of the pandemic. Paulo and Clelia Pinho say in a lawsuit that on May 10, 2020, members of the Williamsburg Safety Patrol, a group of Hasidic civilians also known as Shomrim, converged on them, beat them up, broke Clelia’s arm, and then lied to police by claiming the couple blamed Jews for the spread of COVID-19, according to a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court. At the time, members of the Hasidic com…
