The Lawfare Project issues the following statement after the arrest of one of the suspects in the violent, antisemitic physical assault against DePaul University students Max Long and Michael Kaminsky by the Chicago Police Department:
“After more than five long months of constantly looking over their shoulders in fear for their safety while their attackers remained at large, Max and Michael are thankful that one of the assailants has finally been apprehended, and they look forward to seeing justice be served. We expect that the Chicago Police Department will apprehend the second suspect shortly, and that both assailants will be charged, very appropriately, with hate-crime offenses by the state’s attorney, who will prosecute them to the full extent of the law.
“Max, a freshman at DePaul who is an Israel Defense Forces reservist and the founder of nonprofit Growing Wings, Inc., and Michael, a junior at DePaul and a founding member of DePaul’s chapter of Students Supporting Israel, were violently attacked by masked assailants in November on DePaul’s campus.
“This arrest comes just weeks after the Lawfare Project and its co-counsel, Grant & Eisenhofer, P.A., filed a lawsuit on behalf of Max and Michael to hold DePaul University accountable for its failure to protect its Jewish students, and only days after the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce announced that it will be calling the president of DePaul to testify regarding the school’s abysmal failure to address antisemitism on its campus.
“It’s refreshing to finally see those who participate in and enable attacks on the Jewish community be held responsible for their actions. The Lawfare Project will continue to fight to uphold the civil rights of Jewish students and work to hold accountable those who violate them.”
Media contact James Lambert, vice president at Rubenstein Public Relations, jlambert@rubensteinpr.com, or at 212-805-3024.
