The Jewish Defense Group patrolled the New York borough of Queens without city permission. Twenty-five members of the group patrolled the Kew Gardens and Forest Hills sections of Queens on July 4 with handguns, unloaded shotguns and baseball bats, saying they were out on the streets to protect the heavily Jewish communities from possible terror attacks.
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