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Probably Not Wearing a MAGA Hat

Posted on | October 28, 2024 | 1 Comment

This has not yet been classified as a “hate crime” and I don’t expect CNN viewers will hear a word about it for some reason:

The gunman who allegedly shot an Orthodox Jewish man walking to synagogue Saturday morning in Chicago has been identified as 22-year-old Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi.
Abdallahi reportedly shot the 39-year-old victim at 9:25 a.m. in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood, before returning less than 30 minutes later and opening fire on police and paramedics. A neighbor’s security camera caught him screaming “Allahu Akbar” during the second shooting.
Police then returned fire and wounded Abdallahi, who was brought to a hospital.
In a video shared with The Daily Wire, police are seen shooting Abdallahi on a sidewalk. In another video, the neighbors’ reaction is documented as they discover the shooter injured outside their home.
Abdallahi was charged with 14 felony counts including 6 counts of attempted murder in the first degree, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and one count of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, according to a statement from the Chicago Police Department. His detention hearing will be on Tuesday.
Abdallahi was not charged with a hate crime, drawing criticism from neighbors and local leaders.
“Notably, and despite evidence that seems to suggest an antisemitic motive for the shooting, authorities did not file hate crime charges,” 50th Ward Alderman Debra Silverstein said in a statement. “I am very disappointed by this turn of events and strongly encourage the Cook County State’s Attorney Office to prosecute the offender to the full extent of the law.”
Silverstein added that she has spoken to police who “share our disgust at a Jewish man being the victim of violence over the Jewish holidays.”

According to New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz, the suspect “is an illegal immigrant from northwest Africa. He crossed our southern border a year and a half ago,” although I caution that no other source has confirmed that information. Someone else on Twitter, however, noticed that the suspect’s name is apparently a tribute to a former president of Mauritania, which is a country in northwest Africa, so that could tend to confirm Markowicz’s exclusive, at least in part. But whatever the case may be, it’s curious that CNN — which spent all day bleating about Trump’s alleged “Nazi” rally at Madison Square Garden, can’t be bothered to notice a Jew being targeted for deadly violence when (a) it happens in the Democrat stronghold of Chicago and (b) the suspect is yelling “Allahu Akbar.” The good news is that, so far as we know, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi never made any jokes about Puerto Rico.



 

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  1. The Media and their Fake Outrage Syndrone | If You are Left you ain't Right
    October 29th, 2024 @ 9:44 am

    […] If you listen to the mainstream media, which I do not suggest, you might believe that the Trump rally in Madison Square Garden was literally a gathering of thousands of Nazis. They have been carping about that rally for a while now trying to use that as PROOF that Trump, his followers, and maybe even his followers dogs are all crazed Facists. Odd it is that actual evil people who ARE evil, escape media coverage. The Other McCain has an example […]