Posted on 01/27/2017 10:26:46 AM PST by Timpanagos1
A Massachusetts man was charged with hate crimes after he threatened an airline worker at Kennedy International Airport who was wearing a head scarf, kicked her and told her “Trump is here now” and “he will get rid of all of you,” officials said on Thursday.
The man, Robin A. Rhodes, 57, of Worcester, Mass., arrived from Aruba on Wednesday night and was awaiting a connecting flight to Massachusetts when he approached the worker, Rabeeya Khan, in the Delta Air Lines Sky Club lounge at Terminal 2 between 7:10 p.m. and 9:45 p.m., the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown, said in a statement on Thursday. Ms. Khan wore a head scarf known as a hijab.
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From Massachusetts?
In no time at all they label it as a “hate crime.”
Must to this to keep the animals in the zoo happy.
Had a few cocktails on the flight, did we?
“From Massachusetts?”
I’m surprised he was sober enough to talk.
If I was on the jury... HUNG!
Fake News.
NYT? Probably just another fake story. Most of these anti-Muslim hate crime reports have turned out to be fabricated from whole cloth. I’ll wait on the video.
I wonder how much the NYTimes paid him for this escapade.
“He was charged with assault, unlawful imprisonment, menacing and harassment as hate crimes, and related charges. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison.”
What a bunch of crap. These overcharging leftard DAs have to be drained from the swamp.
But I couldn't care less what his reasoning was...all I care is that he didn't have sufficient cause to inflict harm.
So,I'd vote not guilty on any charge that features words like "hate"..."race"..."religion"...or "gender".
A two and a half hour window? She doesn’t know when she was kicked?
That’s especially suspect. I would have expected her to call airport police, who would have noted the time.
Here’s Robin Rhodes twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/King_of_Cryo/with_replies?lang=en
Lots of Pro-Marijuana stuff - no Trump tweets or re-tweets.
Last retweet was a link to counterjihad.com
He ‘follows’ Trump - Obama - Hillary among the 38 people he follows...he also follows Howard Stern and Taylor Swift...
After all the fake Muslim hate-crime stories lately, I’m suspicious of this one. Like others here, I’ll wait on video or reliable eye-witnesses.
Interesting.One can,IMO,assume that just about every square inch of JFK is covered by a security camera so it's reasonable to expect to see a video of the incident.Also,on the two or three occasions I've flown into/out of JFK it was a very,very busy and crowded place.So one could expect eyewitnesses.
Also,having worked in a big city ER one could also expect her to seek medical attention...if for no other reason than to document the injuries.
Is this another phony complaint? Assuming that the guy has no money will she be suing her employer for having failed to keep her safe?
“Is this Muslim that completely unaware of the clock on the wall?”
They have to always know the time because they have to pray at specific times of the day, so yeah, sounds like she is lying to me.
“Assuming there’s convincing evidence that the kick actually happened the first question is...was it justified.Wearing a burka or being moslem isn’t sufficient reason to inflict physical harm.”
“”It is alleged that when Ms. Khan asked Rhodes what she did to him, he stated, “You did nothing but I am going to kick your [expletive deleted] ass.””
The defendant gave his reasoning.
In no time at all they label it as a “hate crime.”
Then... “authorities are still searching for a motive in the case”...
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