Most religious Jews are open about their Jewishness faith and wear religious garb in devotion to it. Are Catholics who wear a cross said to be "openly Christian" just because they wore a religious symbol unique to them?
I reject the notion of replacing one's expression of faith as being "Jewishness" or "Christianness" or "Musllimness" or whatever. The police officer and/or the writer of the article were being lazy in their description of the individual. Devotion to a creed or faith is just that; both of them could just as easily said the man was "openly devout" instead of calling him "openly Jewish."
"Openly Jewish" implies that it is something best kept in private.
-PJ
I just stated facts, as the article presented it. I was not giving my position or expressing my agreement.
The only I can say is that, using an Arabic parable, you sometimes can only close the tent door until the sandstorm passes. Afterwords, you can go after the protestors in your leisure.