A dispute has broken out in New York between an Orthodox Jewish security force and a man arrested for hitting a rabbi.
Dwight Chaparro was charged with felony assault after battering the 57-year-old Rabbi Mordechai Stern over the head with a wooden shelf. The attack was said to be because of a parking space.
But according to the New York Daily News Mr Chaparro's mother has now criticised members of the Shomrim, a private security organisation, over how they responded to the situation.
She accused them of leaving her son "black and blue" after the incident.
