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Posted on 11/26/2018 8:32:18 PM PST by TigerClaws
Original title: Man Faces Hate Crime Charge After Yelling Out Slurs, Trying to Hit Congregants With Car Outside Hancock Park Synagogue: LAPD
A man is facing a hate crime charge after allegedly yelling out anti-Semitic slurs and trying to hit Jewish congregants with his vehicle outside a Hancock Park synagogue over the weekend, Los Angeles Police Department officials announced Monday. Mohamed Mohamed Abdi is seen in a booking photo released Nov. 26, 2018, by Los Angeles police.
Mohamed Mohamed Abdi is seen in a booking photo released Nov. 26, 2018, by Los Angeles police.
The incident occurred about 9 p.m. Nov. 23 after an event at Congregation Bais Yehuda, 360 N. La Brea Ave.
Two men, 37 and 57, were walking toward Oakwood Avenue when the saw a man in a vehicle yell out expletives "referencing their Jewish heritage," LAPD Deputy Chief Horace Frank said Monday. The men saw the driver, identified as Mohamed Mohamed Abdi, run a red light, make a U-Turn and accelerate toward them. The men hid behind a traffic light pole and an electric box to avoid getting hit, Frank said.
Abdi allegedly tried to hit the men again before attempting to drive away, but he crashed into another vehicle in the area. No one was injured during the incident, police said.
At some point, the men alerted authorities, who responded to the scene and arrested Abdi. Police found a knife in Abdi's vehicle, Chief Michel Moore said.
Abdi, 32, was booked on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and faces a special enhancement of a hate crime, officials said.
Abdi is a U.S. citizen from Somalia, but had only been in the Los Angeles area for only a few days, Moore said. He lived in the Seattle area for several years, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Frank told the newspaper that Abdi renter a car and drove south last week, but his reasons for doing so were unclear. Frank noted that the nature of the attack echoes recent terror incidents using rented vehicles, which was "very concerning." Congregation Bais Yehuda is shown in a Street View image from Google Maps.
Congregation Bais Yehuda is shown in a Street View image from Google Maps.
The chief added that while there is no evidence that Abdi was working on a larger attack, the LAPD and FBI are looking into his background, recent travel and social media history.
"Hate in America is on the rise," Moore said. "That has to change." He said that part of that change includes making sure that victims of hate crimes speak up and report any hate speech or actions.
Last year, there were 223 reported hate crimes in the city of Los Angeles, compared to 231 reported so far this year, Frank said.
Young Israel of Hancock Park's security coordinator, Matthew Kest, told the Times that someone shouted, “The Jews won’t be around for long,” at a congregant who was biking to the synagogue earlier this month.
On Nov. 7, LAPD arrested a man accused of accosting at least three Orthodox Jewish women and pulling off their wigs in Valley Glen.
The recent rash of local anti-Semitic incidents follow a mass shooting that left 11 dead inside a Pittsburgh synagogue in late October.
"This type of hate and violence will not stand," L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz said about the Nov. 23 incident that occurred in his district. "My colleagues and I will do everything in our power to make sure that our communities are protected and secure. We will continue to fight anti-Semitism and bigotry, and we will continue to shine light on the darkness of hate." Related stories
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I’m sure he’s one of those right-wing Christian bigots.
Aloha Snackbar
Of course..and when Jihadists come here and commit hate crimes against Jews, minimal coverage
>>”This type of hate and violence will not stand,” L.A. City Councilman Paul Koretz said about the Nov. 23 incident that occurred in his district. “My colleagues and I will do everything in our power to make sure that our communities are protected and secure. We will continue to fight anti-Semitism and bigotry, and we will continue to shine light on the darkness of hate.” Related stories
Really, what is councilman Paul Koretz doing to confront radical Islam in America?
Hate is a Motive, not a Crime.
Hate Crime is just Thought Crime by another name.
Mohamed Mohamed Abdi is seen in a booking photo released Nov. 26, 2018, by Los Angeles police... Abdi is a U.S. citizen from Somalia, but had only been in the Los Angeles area for only a few days... He lived in the Seattle area for several years, the Los Angeles Times reported... The chief added that while there is no evidence that Abdi was working on a larger attack, the LAPD and FBI are looking into his background, recent travel and social media history. "Hate in America is on the rise," [Chief Michel] Moore said. "That has to change."
Yes -- Antifa, thugs recruited by Soros from south of the border, Partians Media Shills, Demwit politicians...
Just wondering... If he yelled out loud “I LOVE YOU PEOPLE!” and then tried to run them down would it be called a “Hate” crime or just a crime.
Can ANYONE please tell me any possible advantage or valuable addition Somalis are to the United States? So far, they suck up welfare, murder people living here, go off to join jihadis in the Middle East, and now try to murder American Jews. Why do we allow Somalis into this country? And why do we allow them to continue living here? I understand the average Somali IQ is 68.
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In clinical psychiatry this kind of motive qualifies as a manifestation of the inferiority complex.
No doubt it will be classified as “right wing” violence.
Frank noted that the nature of the attack echoes recent terror incidents using rented vehicles, which was “very concerning.”
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Ah, for the ‘good old days’ when potential crooks needing a ‘ride’ would just steal one, do the job, and ditch the car.
Now ‘we’ are concerned when someone rents a vehicle, leaves their ID etc and are easily traced if EVERYBODY is doing their job.
Starting with DMV etc etc etc
Then again, in their own mind they probably figure they will get more for stealing a car than they would for whatever crime they have in mind.
>>Can ANYONE please tell me any possible advantage or valuable addition Somalis are to the United States?
The majority (75%) of all muslims in America are first generation immigrants or the children of first generation immigrants.
we are being colonized “for our own good”
Looks like he is pleased with himself:
This is the kind of Satanic filth that our government has imported or let into our country. Either they’re repatriated promptly or else USA will go down the Muslim terrorism drain like UK France and Germany
Mohamed Mohamed Abdi, damn far right-wing Trump supporter. /sarcasm
“Mohamed Mohamed Abdi”
When one Mohamed isn’t enough, your parents just might be whirling devishes.
And yet we’re being exhorted to turn in our guns and to trust government agents to protect us.
In a pig’s eye!
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