Manhattan DA Declines to Prosecute Anti-Semitic Attack As Hate Crime (Democrat Groups Attacks Jews)

The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 1-2-2019 | Adam Kredo

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The Manhattan district attorney's office has declined to prosecute a recent anti-Semitic attack on a Jewish subway passenger as a hate crime, according to lawyers representing the victim.

Lihi Aharon, an Israeli student riding the New York City subway in December, was attacked by another passenger who cursed at her and yelled "Allahu akbar!" While the attack on Aharon seemed to be motivated by anti-Semitic animus, the Manhattan DA informed lawyers representing Aharon on Thursday that it would not prosecute the case as a hate crime.

The incident is one of several recent anti-Semitic attacks around New York City that have sparked a nationwide conversation about the resurgence of anti-Semitism in America.

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"The DA's refusal to prosecute this targeted attack as a hate crime is an egregious miscarriage of justice," Brooke Goldstein, executive director of the Lawfare Project, which is representing Aharon, said in a statement provided to the Washington Free Beacon.

"The Jewish community is under siege and the DA's office won't even attempt to defend us," Goldstein said. "Allowing acts of hate and violence like what happened to Lihi to go unanswered seeds the ground for more horrible tragedies like we saw in Jersey City and Monsey. We must send a message that religious bigotry and violence targeted against any minority community is not acceptable."

Aharon and a Jewish man she was riding with were attacked after another passenger heard them conversing in Hebrew and saw the man was wearing a yarmulke, according to the victim.

"As soon as I sat, that woman started cursing and yelling at him about him being a Jew and ‘Allahu akbar' .

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[Jewbacca]

“At this point, it’s pretty clear to anyone that real purpose of hate crime laws is to give prosecutors wide latitude to do whatever they like as per their political leanings.”

Correct.

I don’t like “hate crime” laws, largely because assault is assault and murder is murder, regardless of motive.

But it’s clear who it is OK to hate.

I’ve been noticing increasing cracks in the Jewish community regarding Democrats. The progress is too slow, largely because most American Jewish people haven’t a clue what is going on due to their choice of media. This story won’t be covered by the NYT; ergo, it didn’t happen in their world.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Who is the DA? Name and shame the coward.

[princeofdarkness]

That would be Cyrus Vance Jr. son of former SOS Cyrus Vance who served under Jimmy Carter. It figures.

[SJackson]

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[MrBambaLaMamba]

There is no such thing as a hate crime.

Jury nullification is one solution.

[rmlew]

Democrat attacking Democrat.

DEmocrats attacking Republican-leaning voters. Orthodox and Ultra-Orthodox Jews tend to vote Republican in federal elections.

Why do the Jews tolerate it?
Because there is no "the Jews." There are many groups of Jews. Most Jews in America have little to nothing to do with Judaism. They dob't belong to even a liberal congregation, or go a half-dozen times a year. They look at Ultra-Orthodox Jews as another religion, or worse, one that would control them