Muslim teens accosted and attacked a Rabbi on the subway in NYC, one of the most liberal cities in America. Surely there’s no connection. Surely NYC isn’t the type of place where hate crimes, particularly religiously based crimes committed by radicalized Muslims, are becoming commonplace.
From WCBS:
BROOKLYN (CBS) ― A Brooklyn rabbi is speaking out after a scary encounter with a man accused of snatching his yarmulke off his head.
Rabbi Uria Ohana’s crash course on street justice — and the justice — system continues.
“I got a call from the district attorney,” Ohana said. “I’m going to testify in front of the grand jury.”
The case is against 18-year old Ali Hussein, accused of snatching Ohana’s yarmulke last week inside a Park Slope subway station. It was an offense Ohana says he couldn’t let pass.
“I decided to chase him to get my yarmulke back,” Ohana said.
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Rabbi Ohana says as he ran back down the station’s stairs two of Hussein’s friends got up from this bench and chased him out of the station.
“They were screaming ‘Allah Akhbar (God is great) and punching my face,” Ohana said.
Ali Hussein then got himself run over, a fact which seems to make reporter Jay Dow think the Rabbi is going overboard by pressing charges. Dow’s annoyance at the lack of sympathy for this poor oppressed soul clearly distracted him and his editor, explaining the piss poor writing.
Dow on the charges being brought against Hussein:
At the subway station, CBS 2 HD found little sympathy for Hussein.
“So you’re trying to say the guy who grabbed it got hit by a car? That’s justice, isn’t it?” Brooklyn resident Kevin Ryan said.
Not for Rabbi Ohana, who says despite the fact Hussein was injured, he still wants him prosecuted to fullest extent of the law.
I’ll translate from Dowese to English:
Look upon the perfidious Jew whose greed drives him to heap punishment on this poor, honorable Muslim.
Kidding aside, Dow’s tone implies that the Rabbi is doing something wrong by prosecuting the ring leader or a group of Muslims who insulted, humiliated and physically attacked a man just because he was Jewish.
With a city full of people just like Dow, is it any wonder hate crimes happen?