"Hate Crime, Terrorism Charges Filed in Chicago Shooting of Jewish Man Walking to Synagogue"

ABC 7 Chicago (Digital Team and Maher Kawash) reports:

Sidi Mohammed Abdullahi, 22, already faces 14 felony counts, including attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, and attempted murder of a police officer, after allegedly shooting a Jewish man walking to synagogue Saturday morning. The victim was wearing a kippah, a traditional Jewish head covering also known as a yarmulke.

Police said Abdullahi shot him without saying a word. Roughly 30 minutes later, the incident escalated when Abdullahi reportedly opened fire on five first responders. Police fired back, shooting him multiple times….

"We will never do things just based on belief. We need proof," [CPD Supt. Larry Snelling] said. "Evidence from the offender's phone indicated he planned the shooting and specifically targeted people of Jewish faith."

Four days ago, NBC Chicago and other outlets reported (though third-hand) that,

According to the Jewish United Fund, police said during a meeting with the group Monday that Abdallahi shouted "Allahu Akbar" while firing at officers, leading some to believe the attack may have been motivated by hate.

By the way, I'm not a fan of hate-crime enhancements, though I agree with the Court that they are constitutional if they apply to crimes where the victim is selected based on race, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, and the like (see Wisconsin v. Mitchell (1993)). Certainly in a case such as this one, ordinary attempted first-degree murder charges would strike me as adequate to the job. Nonetheless, such enhancements have become quite standard; against that background, failing to charge anti-Semitic crimes as hate crimes would itself be discriminatory.

 

Comments

[Lennyk78]

Yawn. This guy wouldn't have been in the country if not for liberal Jews. You might see that as irony.

[Frank Drackman]

80 million Liberal Jews erected Parkinsonian Joe? The Terrorist came over the Mexico/California Border in 2023, was "Caught & Released", like the millions of others out there.

[JesusHadBlondeHairBlueEyes]

Frank,

Please answer these questions to the best of your knowledge:
1. Of the NGOs or other institutions aiding, enabling, or otherwise promoting the worldwide mass immigration from the 3rd world to Western Democracies, are Jews in their leadership over represented, under represented, or represented in proportion to the population?

2. What are these institutions' policy towards mass immigration into Isreal? In proportion to what they promote elsewhere, over promoting or under promoting?

[Ed Grinberg]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump_travel_ban
https://web.archive.org/web/20170309235512/https://www.hias.org/hias-challenges-legality-refugee-ban
This (the second item linked above) was the the craziest thing I ever saw -- a Jewish organization fighting to bring more Muslims into the U.S.

[Ed Grinberg]

“Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion. They hate everything about Israel and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed.” (Donald Trump)
I'd say: forget about "Israel will be destroyed." YOU YOURSELF will be destroyed.
(But I'm afraid some of these people are so far gone, even that consideration won't change how they vote. Nuts...)

[Life of Brian]

leading some to believe the attack may have been motivated by hate

Don’t hate me for pointing out the obvious, but most murders aren’t exactly motivated by love or even indifference. MTKEGA (Make the King’s English Great Again)….