Bragg once again lets the bad guy off easy.
According to a report from The New York Post, New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has offered a suspect charged in the brutal anti-Semitic beating of a Jewish man in Midtown a plea deal to serve just 6 months.
Even though the suspect says “I would do it again.”
From The New York Post:
Waseem Awawdeh — who defiantly said “I would do it again” after his arrest in the cowardly assault on Joseph Borgen near a pro-Israel rally in May 2021 — has gotten a six-month plea deal offer from the controversial Big Apple prosecutor.
That would be a slap on the wrist compared to the up to 10 years he would face if convicted.
Awawdeh, 24, was part of a gang of brutes busted in the attack on Borgen, who was wearing a yarmulke as he walked to a pro-Israel rally in Midtown Manhattan.
Borgen, an Upper East Side accountant, said his attackers called him a “dirty Jew” and yelled “F–k Israel, Hamas is going to kill all of you” as they pummeled him at Broadway and West 49th Street on May 20, 2021.
A quote from David Schoen, who represented the victim:
“The deal offered to this man who was caught on video committing a brutal hate crime beating against another New Yorker just because he is Jewish and who then reportedly vowed that he would do it again, sends a chillingly dangerous message from the Manhattan DA, especially in this environment of rising violence against Jews.”
“And on this backdrop this DA Bragg makes a deal like I mentioned to a guy who has vowed to do it again. Really unbelievable.”
Antisemitic attacks increased 41% in 2022.
More over at The New York Post:
Manhattan DA offers sweetheart deal to suspect in brutal anti-Semitic attack https://t.co/kGNwHR0ylR pic.twitter.com/6E7I8dt79d
— New York Post (@nypost) January 12, 2023
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