A Chicago police officer who pleaded guilty to vandalizing an elderly Jewish man’s vehicle has faced no disciplinary action, sparking outrage from the victim’s family and raising serious concerns about anti-Jewish bias in law enforcement.

Officer Mohammed Khan, 35, was caught on surveillance footage smashing the side mirrors off the car of 77-year-old Rabbi Avraham Wineberg, who was visiting his granddaughter’s family in Chicago’s heavily Jewish West Rogers Park neighborhood. His family believes his car was targeted because it belonged to a Jew.

The incident unfolded on March 3, 2024, when Rabbi Wineberg accidentally parked in a private handicapped spot issued to accommodate Khan’s relative. Surveillance footage shows Khan, who was off duty at the time, issuing a parking ticket before peering through the car’s rear window—where he would have clearly seen a sefer.

Then, in an apparent act of premeditated vandalism, Khan returned on foot and violently kicked off one of the vehicle’s mirrors, leaving it dangling. A few minutes later, he came back again, this time with a tool, and completely removed the second mirror.

Adding insult to injury, the damaged vehicle was later towed—an unusual action for an illegally parked car. The next morning, Khan was captured on video orchestrating a second parking ticket with another officer. When confronted by Rabbi Wineberg’s grandson-in-law, Yisroel Wolf, Khan denied any knowledge of the vandalism, despite being caught on tape.

“When we confronted him the next day, he tried to use his status as a police officer to get out of the crime, telling me, ‘I’m a police officer, I would never do such a thing, I don’t know what you’re talking about,’” Wolf recalled.

Further raising suspicions, the parking ticket issued by Khan had an illegible signature and no badge number.

“He knew he was doing something wrong. That’s why he didn’t legibly sign his name or include his badge number,” Wolf said.

Despite pleading guilty to the crime and receiving 40 hours of community service, 10 hours of anger management, and $800 in damages, Khan remains an active-duty officer with no disciplinary action taken against him.

The Chicago Police Department’s Bureau of Internal Affairs continues to claim that the case is ‘under investigation’, sending Wolf periodic emails stating that no action has been taken—even though Khan has already admitted guilt.

Khan has been a full-time, active Chicago police officer since 2017, according to public records. Yet despite being caught red-handed, pleading guilty, and serving his sentence, his own department refuses to hold him accountable.

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