A Staten Island man who attacked a Jewish man in Brooklyn late final month for sporting an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt was arrested Tuesday and is anticipated to make his first courtroom look.
Suleiman Othman, 27, is charged with assault as a hate crime and aggravated assault, police stated.
Blake Zavadsky and a pal, Ilan Kaganovich, each 21, had been ready for a Foot Locker to open on the morning of December 26 once they had been approached by two males, in line with reviews.
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The boys allegedly hurled antisemitic insults at them and one in all them reportedly took challenge with Zavadsky’s sweatshirt, which bore the insignia of the Israel Defense Forces, a supply informed Unique News.
Zavadsky informed The New York Post that he was attacked after refusing to take off the sweatshirt.
The assault ignited a wave of help for Zavadsky, together with from Republican Metropolis Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, who helped manage a rally towards antisemitism earlier this month.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul referred to as the assault "abhorrent" and "unacceptable" and stated that antisemitism and "all hate has no home in New York."
Dov Hikind, a former New York State Assemblyman and founding father of People Towards Antisemitism, informed Unique News he plans to seem at Othman’s courtroom listening to.
"Our justice system these days is more interested in … the criminal than the victim. The victim doesn’t even count that much," Hikind stated, noting that situations of anti-Semitic assaults in New York Metropolis and elsewhere are at all-time highs. "If this guy just walks … what kind of message does that send?"
Suleiman couldn't be reached for remark. It was not instantly clear if had retained a lawyer who may communicate on his behalf.
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