The only surprising part of the story is that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is even prosecuting anyone aside from mass murderers and people who are accused of racism out of context viral videos.
You may remember this story from last year.
A Jewish man was attacked Thursday in the Diamond District, as pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters clashed in Times Square.
The clash was strictly one-sided.
Police said a group of five to six men attacked the 29-year-old victim around 6:30 p.m. on Broadway near West 49th Street.
“My whole face… felt like it was on fire for hours,” Joseph Borgen said.
“They were macing me for like a minute straight,” he said. “Kicked me, punched me, beat me with crutches, hit me with flags.”
He says he’s bruised all over and has a concussion.
The attack was condemned by public officials. One of the arrested thugs made no secret of his guilt.
The Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man in a hate attack in Midtown proclaimed from his jail cell that he would “do it again,” prosecutors said on Saturday.
“If I could do it again, I would do it again,” he told one of his jailers, according to a prosecutor at Awawdeh’s Saturday arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court. “I have no problem doing it again.”
Awawdeh, who has at least one open case in Brooklyn for allegedly speeding and running a red light in March, was charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, menacing, aggravated harassment as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.
The Midtown attack was a hate crime, the Manhattan assistant district attorney told Paek, adding Awawdeh called Borgen a “dirty Jew” and said, “F–k Israel, Hamas is going to kill all of you.”
Looks like he’ll get the chance.
Raina Raskin at the New York Sun reports that, “The Manhattan district attorney’s office is taking heat for offering a plea deal for an alleged assailant in a brutal 2021 beating of a Jewish man. The office confirmed to the Sun that it has offered a plea deal to Waseem Awawdeh that would land him in jail for just six months for his alleged role in the assault of Joseph Borgen. The deal would give Mr. Awawdeh a six-month prison stay in exchange for a guilty plea on charges of second-degree attempted assault with hate motives.”
This is a videotaped assault in which the defendant bragged that he would do it again. Why is there even a plea deal? Is Bragg’s office worried that they’re going to get a conviction under these circumstances?
Except that plea deals and diversions are being handed out like candy in typical fashion by pro-crime prosecutors.
Mr. Awawdeh is being charged with second-degree attempted assault as a hate crime. The deal could reduce his punishment for the crime from a potential of seven years in prison to six months in jail, with five years of parole.
“This Office does not tolerate antisemitic attacks and will continue prosecuting hate crimes vigorously, using every tool at our disposal to address hate,” a representative of the district attorney’s office said, noting that prosecutors from the DA’s hate crimes unit offered the “appropriate” plea deal “based on the facts, available evidence and varying levels of culpability.”
Seems very “vigorous” to me.
But intersectionality states that Awawdeh is a victim and Joseph Borgen is the oppressor. Isn’t that the whole premise of Islamic terrorism?
If Awawdeh gets a slap on the wrist, whom will he attack next?
The terrorists at the terror org CAIR are high-fiving.
It’s in the terror guide, the koran, that was shat into the arabian sands by the pedophile pig-faced dog the muslims call “the perfect man” mohammed.
Notice that having hate motives doesn’t make it a hate crime. Just had lots of hateful motives and did a crime, very different than from when it’s someone the left wants to protect.
The other way around and Kamala Harris and that Jan 6 traitors that went to CNN would do a crying tour around America and scream “we are all goat-rapist Hamas guy”.
Since this is New York, the scenario isn’t likely, but maybe next time he tries to attack someone with a concealed carry permit.
Yeah, well, as you say, this is New York. It’s well-neigh impossible even to own a firearm, in spite of a couple of high-profile Supreme Court judgements made specifically to, well, disarm the State of New York in its ongoing crusade to disarm lawful citizens.
Vigilante justice is the correct answer. When the government justice system fails.
A renewed Jewish Defense League is the answer, but where is a fiery, charismatic leader of the quality of the late lamented Rabbi MK Meir Kahane to be found today?
““This Office does not tolerate antisemitic attacks….” Except, apparently, it does.
When you punish violent criminals with liberal ideas like counseling and new age psyco babble nonsense your going to get more crime
You can whinge and cry as much as you like but this is how our system works. The has a shit ton of weapons laws and varying enhancements to allow the DA to threaten really long prison sentences. This forces the suspect to cop a deal The charges he plead guilty to were probably the only ones the DA could have got a conviction for in the first place.
This is why the confession rate is so absurdly high in the US.
You’re also ignoring this occurred after a pro-Palestinian and pro-IDF protestors clashed over an IDF attack on Gaza. Twenty-nine people had been arrested at the protest. These attacks occur after or a short distance away from such protests. Still a crime.
“Still a crime.”
How nice of you to concede that a racist mob attack on an unarmed man was ‘technically’ still a crime.
LOL! Greenfield you are so basic. You’re too scared to actually engage with what I wrote so you zero in on one point and run away. You would have had an absolute hissy fit if I hadn’t mentioned it was a crime (although that is obvious).
I used to think the FPM bloggers were smarter than the fools and tools they were manipulating. You have provided the latest proof that was just wishful thinking on my part. Get back to me when you can actually engage.
Is that why murderers go free the next day, asshole? You do know your elected Dirtbagocrat officials let felons go free without bail, right? Dickbag.
Hey, weren’t you the guy who threatened to send me obscene pictures to prove on straight you are? Yeah, it’s you I never forget a thumb.
Anyway, I didn’t vote for Hochul and never will. She’s totally beholden to the utterly corrupt, downstate party apparatus. You have no idea what I’m talking about of course. It’s not the first time you’ve been confused. For example you have swallowed the nonsense surrounding bail reform like the chump you are.
Ok. So if I don’t respond in the manner you ‘think’ I should, I’ll just be considered “confused”, not know what I’m talking about or “afraid to engage”. Incredibly, you are right about everything and I’m honored to make your erudite acquaintance! Thanks
That was directed at Greenfield. Now maybe “Ron” is a smurf account used by Greenfield. Which means Greenfield can’t keep even something that simple straight.
Confession? He loudly bragged about doing it and bragged that he would do it again. When someone commits their crimes on video, there is no reasonable doubt. And thanks for admitting that dem DAs don’t prosecute the gun laws they have, yet want more. You’re such an idiot, Dan, lol, thanks for proving it again.
Back when criminals were punished not given Meditation sections or when to counseling
Terrible writing aside 6 months in lockup (probably Rikers Island) isn’t some kind of vacation.
Arm yourselves.
Not in NYC you aren’t.
So nobody’s illegally armed in NYC?
You want to go to jail baby boy? No? Then don’t push it on others. Lots of internet tough guys nowhere near NY keep telling us what to do but have no interest in actually helping.
Given New York State’s utter disregard for the Supreme Court judgements aimed at its unconstitutional firearms laws, these folks in New York can arm themselves only in their faith. While I believe that G0d is a Man of War, I think He expects us to do more than pray and hope for the best. Maybe a massive protest on the part of constitutionally but “illegally” armed New Yorkers will put an end to the madness, but an awful lot of decent people will fill New York’s jails. Hard to say what is the best thing to do, other than to have our young lions learn unarmed or legally-armed combat techniques and start using them, inserting themselves wherever there is even one vulnerable Jew on the street or in the subway and protecting him/her/them.
Avoid big Democrat ruled cities.