A joyful graduation ceremony at PS 682 in Gravesend, Brooklyn, turned into a violent and traumatic experience for a Jewish family when they were attacked by an Arabic-speaking family, who taunted them with anti-Semitic slurs and death threats.
The incident occurred just after the fifth-grade graduation, which ironically had a theme of “All you need is love.” The Jewish mother, Lana, and her husband Johan, were assaulted by members of the other family, who targeted them because of their Jewish faith.
The attackers shouted “Free Palestine!”, “Gaza is Ours!”, and “Death to Israel!” as they punched, kicked, and choked Johan, leaving him with scrapes, bruises, and swelling on his head, face, and body. Lana was also assaulted, suffering a gash on her leg, while their 16-year-old son was punched in the face.
The NYPD initially failed to classify the incident as a hate crime, but after the couple urged them to reconsider, the Hate Crimes Task Force is now investigating.
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They should be arrested and jailed for a long time and than send back to Jordan
When will there be a League for the Defense of Jews?
You better hope fat Alvin doesn’t get his hands near this case or it’ll be dismissed faster than you can say, racist slob
“The attackers shouted “Free Palestine!”, “Gaza is Ours!”, and “Death to Israel!” as they punched, kicked, and choked Johan, leaving him with scrapes, bruises, and swelling on his head, face, and body.” – and the police did not initially classify this as a hate crime?!
What WOULD constitute a hate crime in their books? Nothing short of murder?
The Jewish mother says that the police said, “Either we arrest everybody or nobody.” When she retorted that she has video footage of the incident, the NYPD doubled down. This should be a huge story and the NYCDOE, formerly the Board of Ed, should be sued along with the NYPD.