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TexasTowelie

(112,347 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 03:07 AM Nov 2019

Teen white supremacist allegedly coordinated defacing synagogues in Michigan, Racine

RACINE — An 18-year-old from New Jersey faces federal charges filed by the FBI for allegedly coordinating the defacement of two Jewish synagogues: one in Hancock, Michigan on Sept. 21 and the second being Racine’s Beth Israel Sinai Congregation on the night of Sept. 22.

Richard Tobin of Brooklawn, New Jersey, is accused of coordinating with at least two people from the “Great Lakes Cell” of an online-based white supremacist group. Tobin allegedly encouraged other members of his hate group to “tag the (expletive)” out of synagogues, according to a criminal complaint filed last week.

The complaint states that Tobin “and other known and unknown individuals did conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate minority citizens, including Jewish citizens, of the United States, to hold and use real and personal property in the same manner as that right is enjoyed by white citizens.”

Data released by the FBI last week shows that hate crimes in total were down in 2018 across the U.S., but actually saw a slight increase in Wisconsin, an increase attributed to a spike in north-central Wisconsin. There were 48 identified hate crimes in Wisconsin in 2017, and 52 in 2018, according to the FBI.

Read more: https://madison.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/teen-white-supremacist-allegedly-coordinated-defacing-synagogues-in-michigan-racine/article_61d6357d-4830-5a2d-8434-d8669338fdcd.html

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Teen white supremacist allegedly coordinated defacing synagogues in Michigan, Racine (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2019 OP
This is very concerning. Behind the Aegis Nov 2019 #1
You said some time ago that no one cares and I didn't want to believe that but you were right grossproffit Nov 2019 #2

Behind the Aegis

(53,973 posts)
1. This is very concerning.
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:28 AM
Nov 2019

However, until they succeed in a major attack, no one will care. Sure, there are a few Jews who are concerned...worried, but for the vast majority of others, they don't care; no dead bodies. Kristallnacht will have to happen here, or at least to a somewhat comparable level, before anti-Semitism is taken seriously and not used as a political prop by both sides.

grossproffit

(5,591 posts)
2. You said some time ago that no one cares and I didn't want to believe that but you were right
Wed Nov 20, 2019, 06:49 PM
Nov 2019

Jews are the only group that can be beaten on the streets, harassed as universities and barely anyone gives a toss. I know there are other non-Jews like myself that do care but we appear to be few and far between. This is a reality that I didn't want to believe. I'm sorry.

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