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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, he’s got murder + hate crime, so he will be locked up for a very long time. [/quote]

Is this being investigated as a hate crime? I haven't heard any evidence pointing that way, and without evidence we can't really make that assumption. I follow the Jewish press very closely and have not seen any mention of this murder in terms of hate crime.[/quote]

Victim was visibly Jewish, hate crimes against Jews are up 60%. Jewish press is absolutely referring to this as a hate crime. They haven’t located him yet, but it would be surprising to me that it would not be at least charged as a hate crime. [/quote]

Thanks, I'm the PP you're responding to. I am very aware of the rise in violent crime against visibly Jewish people, especially in public spaces in NYC. Against the background of our own Treyon White's conspiracy theorizing (among others, but he's a sitting councilmember!) and a general sense that demonizing Jews is fine because it is "punching up" (surprise ahistorical twist!) the possibility of an antisemitic murder is deeply worrying.

I'm just saying we can't make that assumption without evidence, because when it does happen for real we need the wider community to take it very, very seriously. I really haven't seen any articles in the Jewish press indulging in that speculation beyond mentioning that he was visibly Jewish, because they know how important it is that we are sure before we sound that alarm.[/quote]

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