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Report: Suspect in Anti-Semitic Terrorism May Be Linked to Earlier Attack

Posted on | December 29, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

The New York Post:

Authorities are investigating whether Grafton Thomas, the man charged in a machete attack on Hanukkah celebrants in Monsey, is tied to a recent stabbing near a village synagogue, a law-enforcement official told The Post on Sunday.
Details of the incident under investigation were unclear, but a 30-year man was beaten and repeatedly knifed while walking to the Mosdos Meharam Brisk Tashnad religious center in Monsey around 5:30 a.m. on Nov. 20, the Journal News reported at the time.
The victim, a father of four, was so badly brutalized that cops were initially told he’d apparently been hit by a car, officials said.
Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel told reporters that the man was “approached from behind by one or more individuals” and stabbed with an unidentified weapon that wasn’t immediately recovered.
The FBI joined that investigation and authorities were working to enhance low-quality surveillance video shot from afar, the Journal News reported earlier this month.

By the way, the targeting of this community in Rockland County was almost certainly not a coincidence. More than 30% of Rockland County’s population is Jewish, making it one of the largest Jewish communities in the United States. Grafton Thomas lived about 20 miles north of there, in Orange County, and obviously was aware of where these synagogues were located. People in Greenwood Lake, where Thomas grew up, said he was quiet and had played basketball as teenager. There are reports that Thomas played college football in 2005-2006, and that he later lived in Brooklyn before moving back home with his parents, but so far nothing to explain when or why he became a dangerous Jew-hater.

Meanwhile, on Twitter, liberals want to blame “right wing kooks.”

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Category: Crime, New York, Terrorism

Armed Christian Stops Church Attack

Posted on | December 29, 2019 | 1 Comment

Don’t mess with Texas:

Multiple people were reportedly shot at a church in Texas on Sunday and a reporter who claimed to have viewed video footage of the attack suggested that armed churchgoers stopped the attacker.
The attack happened in White Settlement, which is on the western edge of Fort Worth, Texas, at the West Freeway Church of Christ.
“MedStar spokeswoman Macara Trusty confirmed that one person died at the scene of the shooting, one person died en route to a hospital, and another person was transported to a hospital in critical condition,” The Dallas Morning News reported. “The shooter is believed to be one of those three people, said Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Mike Drivdahl.”
Bobby Ross Jr., Editor-in-Chief of The Christian Chronicle, tweeted out a link to a live stream video from the church that showed the shooting take place. The video has since been set to private on YouTube.
“It appears that a gunman shot two church members at back of auditorium with a footlong weapon, then a member shot the gunman with a pistol,” Ross wrote. “This is just based on me watching the video again. Screaming afterward in the church. So tragic. Two quick shots at back, then another shot. Then at least three members (I believe) with pistols [walking] toward where the gunman appeared to fall.”
CBS News Dallas reported that a witness confirmed to them that another church member shot the suspect.

We don’t know the attacker’s identity or motive yet, but thank God for the Texas law that allows people to keep their guns in church.



 

Category: Crime, Texas

‘Domestic Terrorism’: Anti-Jewish Attack Suspect Identified as Grafton Thomas

Posted on | December 29, 2019 | Comments Off on ‘Domestic Terrorism’: Anti-Jewish Attack Suspect Identified as Grafton Thomas

 

Few specifics on the attacker’s background are known yet:

The accused attacker of a group of Orthodox Jews during the Hannukah celebration in Rockland County is Grafton Thomas, 38, it was revealed in court.
Thomas, of Greenwood Lake, NY, was arrested in Harlem less than two hours after storming into the basement of a rabbi’s house in Monsey, a hamlet about 30 minutes north of the city, and stabbing five people.
CNN, which first named the suspect, reports that Thomas’s license plate was captured while coming over the George Washington Bridge in his Nissan Sentra around 11:45 p.m.
The accused attacker was taken up to Ramapo Police headquarters around 4 a.m.
He faces five counts of attempted murder and one count of burglary, according to Police Chief Brad Weidel.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo called the attack “act of domestic terrorism” Sunday morning and has vowed to make changes to state law to strengthen prosecution against such acts.

More news:

The suspect in a machete attack on Jewish worshipers celebrating Hanukkah was ordered held on $5 million bail, a local official said.
Grafton Thomas was arraigned on five counts of attempted murder in the Saturday night incident, Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht tweeted Sunday.
Thomas is due back in court on Jan. 3, Specht said.

We can expect more information on the suspect to develop.

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Category: Crime, New York, Terrorism

Report: Black Man With Machete Attacks Rabbi’s Home During Hanukkah Party

Posted on | December 29, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

The attack happened Saturday night in Monsey, N.Y., in the Rockland County suburbs, about 30 miles from New York City:

A frightening attack at a Hanukkah celebration in the home of a rabbi in a suburb north of New York City on Saturday night placed the entire New York region on edge and had public officials vowing to stop the violence.
The assault in Monsey, N.Y. — by a machete-wielding suspect who drove away but whom authorities believe was the man they apprehended later — continued a string of incidents in recent weeks that have included beatings of Jewish people on the streets of New York City and a massacre at a kosher grocery store in nearby Jersey City, N.J.
Five people were wounded at what public records say was the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, who leads a nearby synagogue. Soon after the attack, video posted on social media showed emergency responders frantically transporting victims on gurneys to waiting ambulances.
“I was praying for my life,” Aron Kohn, 65, who was inside the house at the time, told The New York Times. “He started attacking people right away as soon as he came in the door. We didn’t have time to react at all.”
Those wounded were taken to local hospitals for treatment, Ramapo police Chief Brad Weidel told The Associated Press. There was no immediate information on the severity of their injuries.

A suspect was reportedly arrested later in Harlem:

Shortly after the stabbings, authorities arrested a black male in a car with licenses plate that had been identified by witnesses at the scene.
“Our suspect is a tall, black male, about 6-foot-3 who was involved in this incident.” [Ramapo police chief Brad] Weidel confirmed that New York State police and NYPD intelligence are aiding in the investigation.

Just yesterday, leftists were freaking out because New York City’s mayor had announced police protection for the Jewish community there.

UPDATE: ‘Domestic Terrorism’: Anti-Jewish Attack Suspect Identified as Grafton Thomas



 

Category: Crime, New York, Terrorism

Blue-Check SJWs Freak Out After NY Mayor Announces Protection for Jews

Posted on | December 28, 2019 | 2 Comments

 

Finally, Bill de Blasio has done the right thing:

New York City is increasing its police presence in some Brooklyn neighborhoods with large Jewish populations after an uptick in possible anti-Semitic incidents, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday.
As many as 8 anti-Semitic incidents were being investigated.
“Since December 13 we’ve noticed eight hate crimes that are alarming to us. We are investigating them thoroughly with our hate crimes task force,” Chief of Detectives Rodney Harrison said. “We treat them very seriously and we make sure that our investigators do their best to do what we can to bring the individuals to justice.”
In the most recent incidents, a man wearing a hoodie apparently walked into Lubavitch World Headquarters on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights at 7 a.m. Friday and stated he was going to shoot up the place. The man then walked away, in the direction of the Utica Avenue subway station. . . .
Besides making officers more visible in Borough Park, Crown Heights and Williamsburg, police will boost visits to houses of worship and some other places, the mayor tweeted.
“Anti-Semitism is an attack on the values of our city – and we will confront it head-on,” he wrote.
Mayor de Blasio met with leadership at Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters on Friday afternoon.
“Anyone who commits a hate crime, we will find them and we will prosecute them – no exceptions,” de Blasio said after the meeting.
Anti-Semitic crimes have been on the increase since mid-December, officials said.

Remember the deadly Dec. 10 attack just across the river in Jersey City, which was connected to the Black Hebrew Israelites cult. This followed months of reports of anti-Semitic harassment in New York perpetrated by black teenagers. Because the suspects were “people of color” (POC), these hate crimes were an embarrassment to the Left, which wants to blame Trump for increasing anti-Semitism. This is why the national news media, which goes into 24/7 coverage mode over any “hate crime” that can be blamed on right-wingers, politely ignored the increasing reports of black hoodlums harassing Jews in New York City. The progressive SJW backlash against De Blasio’s announcement was predictable.

 

David Klion is worried that “tens of thousands of people” are going to suffer “real costs” as a result of an increased law-enforcement presence to prevent hate crimes in New York’s Jewish neighborhoods. Klion seems to imply that arresting perpetrators of hate crimes is a bad thing, if the perpetrators are “POC.” Who thinks this way? Commies, that’s who — no joke. Klion is news editor of Jewish Currents, which began in 1946 as a propaganda organ of the Communist Party USA. Oh, sure, they “officially” ended their Communist affiliation after Khrushchev admitted the brutal reality of Stalin’s dictatorship, but Jewish Currents has never abandoned its Marxist/anti-American worldview. This explains Klion’s implacable hatred of cops, even when the cops are protecting Jews!

 

NYPD are going to “terrorize Black and Brown people,” according to Sophie Ellman-Golan, who was deputy director of communications for the anti-Trump Women’s March (led by Jew-hater Linda Sarsour). Ellman-Golan describes herself as a “social justice activist with a background in racial and gender justice, queer liberation, and anti-police violence organizing.” Apparently “social justice” means hating cops and defending the perpetrators of anti-Semitic hate crimes.



 

Category: Crime, New York, Racism

Michael Moore Humbly Declares Himself the Only Good Kind of White Guy

Posted on | December 27, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

His ego is nearly as bloated as his belly:

Michael Moore declared that white people “are not good people” and that you should “be afraid” of them in an interview on “The Rolling Stone” podcast “Useful Idiot.” Moore warned people that if they see a group of 3 white men approaching them that they should cross the street because at least 2 of them voted for Trump.
“I refuse to participate in post-racial America,” Moore said. “I refuse to say because we elected Obama that suddenly that means everything is okay, white people have changed. White people have not changed.”
“Two-thirds of all white guys voted for Trump. That means anytime you see three white guys walking at you, down the street toward you, two of them voted for Trump. You need to move over to the other sidewalk because these are not good people that are walking toward you. You should be afraid of them,” Moore warned.
Moore joked that the “other guy” with the group of three whites are people “like him” that didn’t vote for Trump.
“We’re traitors to our race, that’s how they see us,” Moore said of pro-Trump white people.

Republican voters — all 62.9 million of us — are so dangerous you should cross the street to avoid us, but Michael Moore? Oh, he’s a saint!

Remember when Michael Moore’s ex-wife sued him claiming he swindled her out of millions of dollars? Yeah, he’s such a class act.



 

Category: Michael Moore

The 2019 Media Credibility Bonfire

Posted on | December 27, 2019 | 1 Comment

 

Erik Wemple of the Washington Post published a devastating timeline of Rachel Maddow’s embrace of the phony Steele dossier:

When small bits of news arose in favor of the dossier, the franchise MSNBC host pumped air into them. At least some of her many fans surely came away from her broadcasts thinking the dossier was a serious piece of investigative research, not the flimflam, quick-twitch game of telephone outlined in the Horowitz report. She seemed to be rooting for the document.
And when large bits of news arose against the dossier, Maddow found other topics more compelling.
She was there for the bunkings, absent for the debunkings — a pattern of misleading and dishonest asymmetry.

What Maddow never expected, of course, was that there would be a detailed official investigation of the Steele dossier’s role in manufacturing the “Russian collusion” hoax, and now that Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has done that investigation, Maddow’s dishonesty is fully exposed. She has nowhere to hide — her deceptions are a matter of record, preserved on video — so that even the Washington Post cannot pretend she still has any credibility. Ed Morrissey:

The timeline Wemple provides — surely more of a highlights list than a comprehensive log — is damning. Maddow went neck-deep into the Steele dossier pool, only to claim later she never got wet at all. She denied in an interview with Michael Isikoff that she wasn’t “making the case for the accuracy of the Steele dossier,” when in fact she’d been making that case literally since Day 1.

Professor William Jacobson remarks: “Alex Jones is deplatformed, while Maddow still remains atop the MSNBC heap. Some conspiracy fear-mongers are more equal than others.” So it seems.

UPDATE: The Washington Post article is behind a paywall, but here is an archived version, because f**k a paywall, am I right?



 

Category: MSNBC

New Year’s Resolution: Don’t Be Hitler

Posted on | December 26, 2019 | 2 Comments

Given the propensity of liberals to see Nazis and fascists everywhere, it’s easy to laugh at this paranoid tendency. On the other hand, there are actual Nazis, and they’re not funny at all. OK, maybe they’re a little funny because what could be more absurd than the Fourth Reich fantasies of a bunch of incel dimwits who think Jew-hating is cool?

As absurd as their beliefs are, however, these losers can actually be dangerous, as in the case of Jarrett William Smith. In September, Smith was arrested by the feds after an undercover FBI agent infiltrated an online chat of neo-Nazis and got Smith, a U.S. Army sergeant stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, to chat about his plans to assassinate Beto O’Rourke and bomb CNN’s Atlanta headquarters, among other things. The indictment of Smith also referenced “a communication describing a plan to attack a specific home” in Michigan, a message that “contained a threat to injure D.H. (whose identity is known to the Grand Jury) specifically by threatening to set fire to the home belonging to D.H.”

“D.H.” is Daniel Harper, a guy who does a podcast exposing white supremacists and who thus became a target of neo-Nazi wrath. But the scary thing is, the Nazis doxxed the wrong Daniel Harper:

Dawn Shea and her family moved to Dexter in mid-August seeking a friendly, safe neighborhood.
She joked that it’s a town more known for its cider mill and doughnuts than anything else.
Within a month, unexpected visitors pierced through the family’s sense of security. An FBI agent and police officer knocked on the front door of their new home.
Two months from the birth of their second child, Dawn and her husband Rich Shea learned from the officers that their home address was being shared on a white supremacist message board. . . .
Later, a letter addressed to Daniel Harper, the former homeowner, was delivered to the home. After forwarding it, the family learned from Harper and his wife Ingrid that the letter contained intimidating statements from “neo-nazis.”
The threats escalated on Wednesday, Dec. 11. The Sheas returned home from the hospital after their second child was born, only to find two figures dressed in black taking flash photos of their home, Dawn Shea said.
“At that point, we knew exactly who and what it was,” Dawn Shea said.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a white supremacist group posted “non-threatening photographs and statements” on their website to intimidate a podcaster named Daniel E. Harper.
Daniel E. Harper the podcaster has never lived at the same home where the Shea’s now reside, the sheriff’s office said. He is not related to the Daniel Harper who used to live there, police said.

Do you see what I mean? If you’re the “master race” intent on world domination, but you can’t even get the address of your enemies right, maybe you should reconsider your worldview. Just sayin’ . . .



 

Category: Terrorism
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