Hate Crimes
Clift Seferlis, who also faces a $5.65 million fine, made “numerous threats” against Jewish institutions, per the Justice Department.
Samuel Benson Cooney, 34, is said to have signed a receipt with a swastika and directed a slur at a woman he thought was Jewish.
“Antisemitic threats and all threats made against the federally protected freedoms of our citizens will not be tolerated,” stated William Keyes, a U.S. attorney.
“New Yorkers will not tolerate hate-based violence,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
“Just because it’s ‘quiet’ out there, that doesn’t mean we’re actually safe,” the rabbi of a Conservative congregation in the city told JNS.
The probation and time served “does not reflect the gravity of this hate-fueled crime,” the Anti-Defamation League told JNS.
Anthony Lambinus, who is in his upper 30s, is also accused of calling the septuagenarian a “Zionist pig.”
The “figures released just show what every British Jew already knows—antisemitic hate crimes in the U.K. remain at a historic high,” said the vice president of the Board of Deputies.
“Hate crimes, and the accompanying prejudice that fuels the type of despicable actions alleged in this case, have no place in civilized society,” the DuPage County state’s attorney said.
Blake Richard Hoover, 31, faces a mandatory minimum of five years in prison if convicted on all counts.
A school official said the incident “is abhorrent.” The local district attorney said it’s “not a foolish college prank and will not be treated as such.”
Gezim Topalli, 31, was arrested in his Halifax home on Tuesday.
