{"id":527115,"date":"2021-05-19T19:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=527115"},"modified":"2021-05-19T19:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T23:51:02","slug":"lapd-investigating-attack-on-jewish-men-as-possible-hate-crime-by-pro-palestinian-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lapd-investigating-attack-on-jewish-men-as-possible-hate-crime-by-pro-palestinian-group\/","title":{"rendered":"LAPD Investigating Attack On Jewish Men As Possible Hate Crime By Pro-Palestinian Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flapd-investigating-attack-on-jewish-men-as-possible-hate-crime-by-pro-palestinian-group%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=527115&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Flag-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether an attack on a group of Jewish men dining in the Beverly Grove neighborhood late Tuesday night was a possible hate crime committed by a pro-Palestinian group.<\/p>\n<p>Cell phone footage posted on social media reportedly showed a confrontation that occurred shortly before 10 p.m. outside Sushi Fumi on the 300 block of North La Cienega Boulevard.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses told L.A.\u2019s CBS News affiliate that a caravan waving pro-Palestinian flags approached the restaurant, then a mob of men dressed in black physically attacked the group of Jewish diners sitting outside while yelling anti-Semitic slurs. One man, who the outlet emphasized is not Jewish, said he was pepper-sprayed after defending the group and went to a hospital for care. Another unnamed eyewitness said about thirty men exited the vehicles \u201cand started running toward the tables and asking indiscriminately, \u2018Who\u2019s Jewish?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo guys said they were, and they proceeded to beat them up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eve_Barlow\/status\/1394899275578974213\">said<\/a> another unknown person from the scene. \u201cThey are apparently going around the city and asking who\u2019s Jewish and beating them up.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.820788530466\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Reportedly the drivers were yelling &#8220;F**k the Jews.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>You can see the pro-Palestinian group attacking two people on the sidewalk In this video, and one of them fights back. <\/p>\n<p>A victim is hospitalized.<\/p>\n<p>2\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YulLrKHq9b\">pic.twitter.com\/YulLrKHq9b<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sia Kordestani \ud83e\udd81 (@SiaKordestani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SiaKordestani\/status\/1394908930875170822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Law enforcement said five people had been punched, kicked, or injured by broken glass, but no one was seriously injured. The restaurant was not damaged. The ordeal lasted about 15 minutes, witnesses said. Authorities are looking for at least three suspects who fled in a vehicle described as possibly a black Jeep.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" readability=\"4.1518987341772\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">TW violence <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rdiCKwZZLR\">pic.twitter.com\/rdiCKwZZLR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eve Barlow (@Eve_Barlow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eve_Barlow\/status\/1394899872952713218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Another incident involving a caravan was reportedly caught on video the night before in the same vicinity of the city.<\/p>\n<p>According to CBSLA, \u201cPolice are also investigating a security video recorded Monday night which appears to show an Orthodox Jewish man being chased by a caravan of people waving Palestinian flags near Rosewood and La Brea avenues,\u201d about two miles east of Tuesday night\u2019s attack. The man was not hurt and escaped.<\/p>\n<p>L.A. Councilman Paul Koretz, a Democrat whose district includes both areas, described the incidents as \u201canti-Semitic hate crimes that are unconscionable.\u201d Koretz\u2019s father escaped Nazi Germany in late 1939.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese violent acts will not go unchecked,\u201d Koretz said in a statement provided to The Daily Wire. \u201cWe will do everything necessary to bring these criminals to justice and to restore order on our City streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Koretz, who is Jewish, said he visited the sushi restaurant late Tuesday night after being briefed by LAPD, and committed \u201cto deploy more resources to the region and bring justice for the victims who were brutally beaten.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will never allow for anyone to strike fear into our hearts because we are Jews,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe are not going to allow the violence in the Middle East to spill out onto the streets of Los Angeles. Everyone is entitled to express their opinion but never through violence. Pro-Palestinian protestors cannot be allowed to viciously assault random people on the street because they happen to look or be Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The L.A. Daily News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2021\/05\/19\/pro-palestinian-groups-attack-on-jewish-men-at-la-restaurant-is-a-possible-hate-crime-police-say\/\">reported<\/a> that \u201ca large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators\u201d had gathered at the Israeli consulate in West L.A. earlier in the day on Tuesday at a rally organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement. According to the outlet, \u201cthousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators\u201d also rallied in Westwood last weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating whether an attack on a group of Jewish men dining in the Beverly Grove neighborhood late Tuesday night was a possible hate crime &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312423,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Flag-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"LAPD Investigating Attack On Jewish Men As Possible Hate Crime By Pro-Palestinian Group","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-527115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Flag-1.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"LAPD Investigating Attack On Jewish Men As Possible Hate Crime By Pro-Palestinian Group","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}