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Hate Crime: Hebrew Speakers Assaulted
Topic Started: Oct 27 2013, 11:55 AM (205 Views)
Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/27/hate-crime-hebrew-speakers_n_4168019.html

Police incident report: http://www.cityofmadison.com/police/newsroom/incidentreports/incident.cfm?id=14874

from the police incident report
 
A Janesville man was arrested for two counts of battery, with a hate crime enhancer, after punching two men on N. Henry St. early this morning. The victims were speaking Hebrew when the suspect passed them on the street. He swore at the men and demanded they speak English. This led to a confrontation where the victims were both struck in the face. One fell to the ground. The other had an eye that was nearly swollen shut. The suspect denied delivering blows, but did acknowledge telling the men to speak English. However, he thought they were talking in Spanish. An independent witness said the suspect did attack the two Hebrew speaking men.

:doh:
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Riley
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Spanish and Hebrew sound nothing alike. What a redneck.
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Piano*Dad
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And this happened in Madison, Wisconsin, a big college town. There are people speaking all sorts of "strange" languages in that town.
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jon-nyc
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Wow.
In my defense, I was left unsupervised.
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schindler
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Riley
Oct 28 2013, 06:54 AM
What a redneck.
That's actually pretty insulting to rednecks. . .
We're all mad here!
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AlbertaCrude
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Piano*Dad
Oct 28 2013, 07:09 AM
And this happened in Madison, Wisconsin, a big college town. There are people speaking all sorts of "strange" languages in that town.
I never thought of Polish as a "strange" language, in fact I always thought it to be the official language of Milwaukee.
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bachophile
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while in other news, a group of jews was attacked in sydneys bondi beach...

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/131028/australia-anti-semitic-attack-bondi-beach

my guess is the group was speaking real english. the ozzies thought it was hebrew.
Edited by bachophile, Oct 28 2013, 08:28 PM.
"I don't know much about classical music. For years I thought the Goldberg Variations were something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg did on their wedding night." Woody Allen
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brenda
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..............
Holy cow. Yes, shock and outrage.
“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
~A.A. Milne
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