Two anti-Israel demonstrators arrested on July 4 on charges of malicious harassment against a Jewish man wearing a kippah at a restaurant in downtown Boise received differing results during their preliminary hearing.
Hannah Tucker, 28, and Crystal Grosenbach, 38, faced Judge David Manweiler on Aug. 2, who would determine if prosecutors had met adequate probable cause requirements.
Manweiler dismissed the charges against Grosenbach while allowing the prosecution to move forward against Tucker. Both were reportedly wearing keffiyehs and chanting slogans including “Free, free Palestine,” “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” “You’re killing babies, are you OK with killing babies?” and “America will fall, Israel will fall.”
Tucker’s case will continue because she is alleged to have hit the unnamed Jewish man in his nose with her cell phone, while Grosenbach was accused of verbal harassment and not physical contact, the requirement for a malicious harassment charge.
Defense attorneys for Tucker claim that the phone contact, which the victim reported resulted in “a knot” on his face with mild swelling, was accidental.
