Colin Flaherty (Author of Don't Make the Black Kids Angy) Commentary News video "Driver Caught On Video Trying To Run Down Pedestrians Outside Synagogue Faces Hate Crime Charges" "Orthodox Jewish boy attacked on Brooklyn street"
https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2018/11/26/driver-accused-trying-run-down-pedestrians-hancock-park-synagogue-could-face-hate-crime/
November 26, 2018 at 10:30 pm
HANCOCK PARK (CBSLA) – A driver is charged with a hate crime after he allegedly tried to run down two people outside a synagogue in Hancock Park Friday night before being involved in a violent wreck.
Thirty-two-year-old Mohamed Abdi Mohamed of Seattle was arrested on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. The case has been classified as a hate crime, Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Horace Frank said at a news conference at LAPD headquarters. On Tuesday, the L.A. County district attorney’s office charged Abdi with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon, a vehicle, as well as a hate crime allegation. He was expected to be arraigned Tuesday afternoon.
Security footage provided to CBS2 showed the car in question making a hard U-turn and driving at the men.
“He’s yelling out hateful remarks regarding Jewish heritage and regarding these people of faith,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore said Monday. “They watch him as he then turns his vehicle directly at them.”
Cameras then caught the car reversing course and trying to strike the men again.
The intersection where the alleged attack took place has two synagogues. It also happened on the Sabbath, where many Jewish people are walking in traditional attire.
“Why he chose us?” the victim asked. “Probably because of the yarmulkes on our heads.”
Moments later, home surveillance video captured footage of the same car running a stop sign and careening into another oncoming car.
Mohamed was arrested at the scene. A knife was found in his vehicle, but there was no indication the suspect was driving under the influence, Frank said. A photo snapped by a bystander showed a Koran on the dashboard of his car.
https://nypost.com/2018/11/29/orthodox-jewish-boy-attacked-on-brooklyn-street/
By Tina Moore, Stephanie Pagones and Lorena Mongelli November 29, 2018 | 11:22am
A 9-year-old Orthodox Jewish boy was randomly attacked by a stranger in Brooklyn in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime — the first of two similar incidents that occurred within an hour of each other, authorities said Thursday.
Without saying a word, the passerby approached and punched him repeatedly in the face before rushing off, police said
