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There are many who are blasting the Brooklyn DA for extraditing the Shemira member. I don’t see what the big deal is. If you do the crime, you do the time. Why should we get away with violence any more than gentiles?
Tell us more.
I guess I dunno nothing about the case, and maybe he is justified in running away.
But it sure doesn’t help our cause to have our political leaders telling New York State not to enforce its laws.
Dont really get the whole story, However I see that it does not pay to get in trouble. So i will way stay out of it..
This is a clear chillul Hashem. Dina demalchusa dina. We’re still in galus.
His father is a cop. It’s pretty obvious that this was spun. In many of these trials you have to prove your innocence, much like in the old days in the old countries, knows as Der Heim.
We have to abide by the laws of the land. The goyim think that we can get away with anything because we can run off to Israel and be protected there.
This is a very very slippery slope. If you look at prominent cases of the day, Rubashkin and Pollard, they too committed a crime according to the laws of the land. However the kehilla is up in arms because we believe that they are getting too harsh penalties because they are Jewish. We cannot stand pat, or we will surely be reliving history. But at the same time to try to act as if we are above the law only brings more (if there were such a thing, perhaps more open) antisemitism upon us. Hashem Yishmor
Hi Jothar.
I dont know about this situation or trust any one source in the media, and I know there is always more to the picture than anyone will ever know, but in regards to your general questions, Jews are certainly not above the law.
Still, I am not the one who is going to cheer on law enforcement (except for what happened in Bklyn this past summer) when they are in pursuit of a Jew. There are enough of the other people to do that.
I think that fighting the extradition is indeed not such a good idea. That does give the idea that we are fighting the law inforcement. However, working within the system should not be a problem. Raising money for legal means of fighting for a just cause, should have nothing to do with being above the law.
In this case, I really don’t believe it was a hate crime. I don’t think anyone here believes that. We can focus on fighting his case in America, in court.
Just a side point: I don’t like the way some people cast aside honest people as guilty. Does a very biased jury and judge make your decisions? You are talking about someone who borrowed more than the law would allow. That’s all. He is charged with one complaint, which were turned into 89 counts. He didn’t rob, he didn’t cheat — not fellow man, not the government and not the bank.
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