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Not a fan of the presumption of innocence?
They had every right to fire the guy.
But have the police arrest him for felony harassment.
That just PC nonsense!!!!
§ 240.31 Aggravated harassment in the first degree.
A person is guilty of aggravated harassment in the first degree when
with intent to harass, annoy, threaten or alarm another person, because
of a belief or perception regarding such person's race, color, national
origin, ancestry, gender, religion, religious practice, age, disability
or sexual orientation, regardless of whether the belief or perception is
correct, he or she:
1. Damages premises primarily used for religious purposes, or acquired
pursuant to section six of the religious corporation law and maintained
for purposes of religious instruction, and the damage to the premises
exceeds fifty dollars; or
2. Commits the crime of aggravated harassment in the second degree in
the manner proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section
240.30 of this article and has been previously convicted of the crime of
aggravated harassment in the second degree for the commission of conduct
proscribed by the provisions of subdivision three of section 240.30 or
he has been previously convicted of the crime of aggravated harassment
in the first degree within the preceding ten years.
Aggravated harassment in the first degree is a class E felony.
pffft! You say that like it's some sort of record or something.
His parents aren't helping. They are ashamed and wanting to apologize for their son's hatred.
How do you get hatred out of this???
A person may be charged with felony harassment when he has previously been convicted for misdemeanor harassment.
Apparently, they are considering this a hate crime.
Playing arabic music is now Jew hating??Jew hating. Anti-semitism. You can't see it for obvious reasons.
Now I do not know how Jewish the wedding party was. If they were very conservative I do not think this is a prosecutor over charging. I wonder what the participants at the wedding felt at the time.
How do you get hatred out of this???
Actually, I am a fan of the presumption of innocence.
I'm challenging Sunni's presumption that it did not warrant a felony charge. Apparently, the DA thinks it was a malicious enough offense to warrant the accused getting slapped with a stronger charge than gross misdemeanor.
why else did the guy apologize by saying he was unaware it went over the PA system?
Quoting the parents. There isn't any way of knowing from any of the articles I've read if he did it purposely or not.How do you get hatred out of this???
What a waste of tax payers money and police resourcesDAs over charge all the time. Presumption of innocence is not in order here. The guy is guilty. He is presumed innocent fort the purposes of a trial or court hearing. Maliciousness has not been established as far as we know.
that is a subjective thing based on little evidence. but it was insensitive and it is a violation of the harassment because of religious views...why else did the guy apologize by saying he was unaware it went over the PA system?
Playing arabic music is now Jew hating??
That is soo silly!!!
Mainly because he was unaware that it went over the PA system
I read elsewhere the recording was on his cell phone.Well, the waiter just 'happened' to have a tape of Arabic chantings from a rally on him while he was working at the reception of Jewish people, and during his shift he just HAD to play it for his friend~it's all just a BIG misunderstanding................
