Rioting behind the barricades of 770

Reported by 'anonymous' on VOS IZ NEIAS:

here is what happened: After kinus many shluchim went to the main shul of Lubavitch and had a farbreingen - chassidic gathering. Some 25 Israeli students from tsfas felt that the shluchim have no right to be in the shul. So they tried shutting the lights and singing their theme song. This of course did not stop the gathering which had in attendance more than 2000 people. Finally these students decided to copy what their arab brothers do in israel and decided to throw benches chairs siddurim and the like at the gathering. Once they were being attacked many bochrim started fighting back and the 'outdated signs' were taken down from the wall. The Israeli students decided to launch a rocket at them so they launched a 500lb bench at some shluchim breaking ones leg. At that point the chabad central org. stepped in and called in for help from the shomrim and NYPD, after some time they managed to clear the entire building and control was handed to the central org.

TA: Note the absolute silence on this major event. If in fact Krinsky will now take control of 770, this is huge, and all the Chabad web rags are silent. Will no go far with the censorship like that, commies...

UPDATE:
Chabad.Info: The Remains of the Pogrom.
shturem.net: Shemtov interview.
A GONZO STATE OF MIND: Last Night's Horror.

Der Yid comments: Until 4am the farbi was standard, a few eggs and the lights going off, merely the usual stuff. But after Avromel Shemtov arrived things went haywire. Tomato juice, stink bombs herring, Chumashim, salt, glass bottles, benches and bodies were flying all over the room. It looked like a bar fight from an old western. The new Shliach to Vietnam was hospitalized with a broken leg and rib. The infamous flag wavers Taler and Kaplun were arrested. In view of the fact that Judge Harkevi (the judge presiding over the 770 case) promised six months in the slammer for violence. Merkos plans are to bring the charges directly to him.

Zuravitzer comments: Here is another piece of information: As the events were unfolding in 770 downstairs, there was a chassidishe vareme farbrengen taking place upstairs in the real 770, where Rabbi Shmuel Lew and other eltere shluchim were talking from the heart, while hundreds of eidele bochurim and younger shluchim where respectfully listening, singing and participating. I wasn't planning on going to 770 last night, because I was anticipating the pogrom. I ended up going there around 12:30 I first walked in downstairs, and as soon as I saw that there was a Color War going on, I turn around. Then I went upstairs and spent the next 2 hours enjoying the unbelievable atmosphere. I fail to comprehend why anyone would prefer a good fight to a genuine chassidishe gathering. And I fail to understand why all the sensational journalist and photographers that crowd the chabad Tabloids-on-line missed the opportunity to report the upstairs peaceful farbrengen. Maybe my expectations are too high.

Yechi sign is being removed in 770.

Just a Guy comments: Lubavitcher Chasidim, We need to wake up and remove this impurity and wickedness from our midst. These thugs who viciously attacked Chasidim and Shluchim at random had every intention of doing their dreadful work.

Stink bombs, fire extinguishers, eggs and tomatoes were prepared earlier in the evening to be launched at those that were to come to 770 after the banquet. HUNDREDS of Chumashim, Siddurim and other holy sefarim were stacked up and then used as weapons to be thrown. This was no flare up. These animals knew way in advance that this is what they wanted to carry out and they would do their mission at any cost. And now a young Shliach has both his legs broken.

Rabbosi, I was there. I saw the murderous fury in their eyes even before the Farbrengen started. If we have any care or sensitivity to what is right and just we must seriously come together to remove these beasts from our midst.

To the esteemed members of Anash of Crown Heights: Stop your stupidity! We know your dislike and distrust for Rabbis Krinsky and Shemtov and you may or may not be right on that issue. But you are allowing a growing tumor to eat away at the very being of our Rebbe's community! When you go against something on their agenda they will pounce on you just as wrathfully. Remember what the Gemara tells us: "Hamisrachem al Haachzor basof yachzor al hamisrachem" which means One who has mercy on a cruel person will end up being cruel to one that needs mercy.