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New Yorkers Demand Investigation of Basketball Game Hate Crime

By Caleb Maupin | Press TV | October 22, 2014

In New York City, the police are currently investigating hate crimes which occurred when the Israeli basketball team played in the city. At an arena where the team played, a Muslim woman was assaulted for wearing hijab and says she wants justice.

Outside of Brooklyn Borough Hall in New York City, friends and supporters of Nerden Mohsen Kiswani gathered to speak out about the recent incident, and say they want justice for what they call a “cowardly hate crime” perpetrated against her at Barclays Center earlier this month.

383147_Nerdeen-Mohsen-KiswaniKiswani was attacked by a group of Israeli men as she watched the basketball game. She was targeted because she was wearing hijab. After she was attacked, the police seemed under-interested, and let her attackers escape. Amin Hussein, a Palestinian-American lawyer, said that the atmosphere inside of Barclays Center, with Jewish fans gathering to support the Israeli team, was very frightening.

Kiswani’s attorney, Lamis Deek, pointed out that the ring-leader of the group that assaulted her was Leonard Petlakh, a well known Zionist activist and college professor. At the press conference, it was pointed out that after the incident Leonard Petlakh claimed Palestine protesters had assaulted him, and his allegations were widely circulated in the press. However, the New York City Hate Crimes Task Force determined after investigation that no hate crimes against Petlakh had taken place.

October 22, 2014 - Posted by | Ethnic Cleansing, Racism, Zionism, Islamophobia, Zionism | ,

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  1. Reblogged this on OK, Fine. and commented:
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    reasonablyliberal's avatar Comment by reasonablyliberal1 | October 22, 2014 | Reply

  2. A college professor, he knows better and should be fired and not be hired by a college or teaching post. How can we have teacher that act like this.

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    richard123456columbia's avatar Comment by richard123456columbia | October 22, 2014 | Reply


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