Authorities are investigating whether an attack on diners that occurred outside a Beverly Grove restaurant late Tuesday night was a Jewish hate crime.
The brawl occurred a little before 10 p.m. outside Sushi Fumi in the 300 block of North La Cienega Boulevard.
Witnesses said a mob of pro-Palestinians attacked a group of Jewish men who were dining at the restaurant. Cell phone video showed a group of men get out of the car and start to attack them while yelling racial slurs.
One of the diners, who is not Jewish, told CBSLA a caravan waving pro-Palestinian flags approached and then began throwing bottles at him and the group he was dining with. The man said he is a photographer and the group was meeting at the restaurant to plan a wedding.
The man said he was physically attacked when he tried to defend the group. He said the men used anti-Jewish profanity. He said he was pepper sprayed during the attack and had to go to the hospital.
VIDEO BELOW IS JEWISH MAN FIGHTING BACK – VIDEO OF ATTACK CAN NOT BE PUBLISHED DUE TO EXTREME LANGUAGE
Los Angeles police told CBSLA that there were no major injuries reported, and there were no immediate arrests.
The suspects were only described as white men wearing all black, as was seen in the video. They fled south on La Cienega Boulevard in a vehicle described as possibly a black Jeep, police said. The restaurant did not sustain any damage. Officers responded and took a report.
Meanwhile, police are also investigating a security video recorded Monday night which appears to show an Orthodox Jewish man being chased by a caravan of people waving Palestinian flags near Rosewood and La Brea avenues. The man escaped and was not hurt.
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I am in LA there were other instances of Muslim attacking Yidden over Yom Tov.
These are Democrats. They are a threat to Jews.
This is happening right here in the “United States Of America”
This is scary.
Lakewhut, your comment is ridiculous and I hope it’s a joke. Not every conflict can be reduced to Democrats Vs. Republicans and not every evil person is a democrat. In fact, I think this incident is more serious than routine politics. These are Jews being attcked with no fear in public by very evil people.This is reminiscent of so many incidents in the history of our Golus. Until now we were relatively safe here. But these kind of attacks are happening more often in various cities across the USA and the world. That is very scary and in a different league from Dems vs. Republicans.
Jews choose to live in a near-totalitarian governed city, denied the means to protect themselves, and this is the result. Consider moving to America.
they are investigating it to see if it is a hate crime????how dumb can they be?-i will be eating at restaurants on the west coast next week, and i will have self defense with me–i will strike first if i feel i am in danger.
Lakewood bubby
When was the last time you heard this happen in a republican controlled state
Nuff said
To Lakewoodbubby: Your comment that lakewhut’s comment is ridiculous is correct, and I am sure she is not joking.
Lakewoodbubby clearly you aren’t up to date in the state of politics. Stay in your shtetl before commenting.
Do you seriously think this couldn’t just as easily happen in Florida?! What would prevent it?