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  • Autistic Palestinian’s killing draws Floyd parallel, outcry [barf alert]

    06/04/2020 10:28:25 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 3 replies
    Dissociated Press ^ | June 4, 2020 | Josef Federman
    Eyad Hallaq liked to watch cartoons. He loved dressing up and wearing cologne. He even dreamed of getting married. But his favorite activity was walking to school, where he volunteered in the kitchen, preparing meals for his fellow special-needs students. Early on Saturday, the 32-year-old Palestinian with severe autism was chased by Israeli border police forces into a nook in Jerusalem’s Old City and fatally shot as he cowered next to a garbage bin after apparently being mistaken for an attacker. He was just a few meters (yards) from his beloved Elwyn El Quds school. The shooting has drawn comparisons...