Hate Crimes
“He threw me down, punched and kicked me in the face, then left and said, ‘That’s what you get for being a terrorist,’ ” said Matt Greenman of Westchester County in New York, who was already on crutches.
The rise in incidents of Jew-hatred comes amid an overall increase in crime across the five boroughs.
A grand jury in Louisville indicted 21-year-old Quintez Brown, who will be arraigned on April 4.
“This collaborative effort will send a signal to communities that their safety and well-being are a public priority,” said Mohammed Hashim of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation and a task force co-chair.
Community Security Trust is asking witnesses and victims to report the crimes to the police.
Three Class 4 felony charges were filed against the 16-year-old boy: disorderly conduct involving a threat to a school, criminal defacement of school property and a hate crime.
“That is something that nobody has talked about or tracked before—that media could actually make a difference in making the world a safer place,” said Daniel Pomerantz, CEO of HonestReporting.
Among incidents were assaults on visibly identifiable Jews walking in heavily Jewish neighborhoods on Friday nights in Brooklyn, N.Y.
Several principals have said they are beefing up educational programs on the Holocaust and anti-Semitism. And while that’s a good first step, some feel more needs to be done.
Latrell Williams was detained by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on two charges of battery with a deadly weapon for his alleged involvement in gun violence after a basketball game.
The Baker administration also released its 2020 Massachusetts Hate Crimes Report, compiled from data submitted by law-enforcement agencies across the state.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper met with federal law-enforcement officials to suggest coordinating an office to analyze anti-Semitism and train federal agents to understand the nature of the threat.
