Tag: hate crime

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will direct the state’s Hate Crimes Task Force to help investigate the incident.

District Attorney Eric Gonzalez named the defendants: Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst; Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood; and Ashan Azad 19, also of Midwood

Noting that the NYPD had just graduated 486 new police academy cadets on Friday, the commissioner said, “We have those young officers eager, ready to hit the streets."

“Change the no-bail laws or New York may become the next Paris!"

State Assemblymember Jeffrey Dinowitz said the NYPD recommended that Jewish institutions make sure to remove loose bricks from the area around their buildings.

Surveillance footage shows a suspect drawing a swastika on a “private property” sign at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, N.Y.

"We are a diverse inclusive community. An incident like this is not us. We will heal together and eliminate hate."

Osman Butt, 25, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking windows of the Shore Parkway Jewish Center.

According to the NYPD, “two men punched the victim in the head” after yelling anti-Semitic slurs at him on a Saturday.

Of course, it was the Mayor who led the anti-Semitic charge back on April 29, when he attacked Williamsburg Jews who participated in a Police-approved funeral.

The attack came on May 8, the 75th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany to Allied forces in Europe.

Swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti were spray-painted on two synagogues in Huntsville, Ala., over the initial days of the Passover holiday. Police have released surveillance footage of a suspect.

“If a skinhead shoplifts a beer, it’s not a hate crime,” said U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Elan Carr. “Why would you let that kid go?”

"The harassment, verbal abuse and belittling of Jews has become normal in some European societies today — that is a deeply worrying trend."

One thing: when Arabs commit hate crimes their knives don't slash tires.

US Attorney Nicholas Trutanich said the government is determined to stop hate crimes "before mass violence can occur.”

Thomas could be charged with murder, which is punishable by death under US law.

Of the reported 81 total hate crimes that targeted religious groups in 2019, 69 of them were anti-Jewish, compared to 43 of the 52 total hate crimes in that category the previous year as anti-Semitic.

Officers said he used orange paint to draw a swastika on the front steps of the temple and “F U Black Shirt” on the doors of the synagogue.

The paper advises that “an armed guard or armed congregant is not a security strategy or plan on its own. Armed security can be part of a plan, but it is only that—a component. A true security plan includes many other layers and components … .”

One of Grafton's victims, Josef Neumann, 70, has not regained consciousness after suffering a skull fracture in the attack. He remains in dire condition.

The question on everyone’s mind is: What can be done? What can we or anyone do about deranged individuals from all walks of life who are out there, with hate directing their next move? What should we expect from our politicians?

"An increase in swastikas, an increase in hate speech, escalation into shoving, some assaults and a 21% increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City.”

Grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofits at risk of terrorist attacks can go towards improving building security by acquiring and installing items ranging from fences, lighting and video surveillance to metal detectors and blast-resistant doors, locks and windows.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, Police in Highland Park in Middlesex County, New Jersey, investigated graffiti found outside the Ahavas Achim synagogue.

Patrolling in Brooklyn, just like in the old days....

The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.

On Friday, Mayor de Blasio tweeted: "Hate doesn’t have a home in our city."

“We can’t even get through the eight days of Chanukah without a hate crime here in New York City.”

"This is a horrible tragedy but even in so much darkness had police not trapped them in the store this could have been much worse."