CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: American, Israeli Flags Burned Outside the Israeli Consulate in New York, 1 Arrested, NYPD Hate Crime Task Force Searching for 2 Other Suspects
CHRISTIAN BREAKING NEWS: American, Israeli Flags Burned Outside the Israeli Consulate in New York, 1 Arrested, NYPD Hate Crime Task Force Searching for 2 Other Suspects
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On Wednesday, outside the Israeli Consulate in NYC, a mob burned both American and Israeli flags. This act shows that hatred towards Israel always accompanies anti-American sentiment. The NYPD has increased security efforts around the consulate to ensure the safety of our community. 🇮🇱🇺🇸
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is searching for 2 other suspects whom the deputy commissioner labeled ‘cowards’.
Police have arrested one individual and are looking for 2 more after anti-Israel protesters were spotted burning American and Israeli flags just outside the Israeli consulate in Manhattan this week.
The New York Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that Jahki Lodgson-McCray, 20, was arrested Wednesday and charged with reckless endangerment, menacing, disorderly conduct, and failure to use a sidewalk.
On Thursday, NYPD Deputy Commissioner of Operations Kaz Daughtry dubbed the suspects “cowards” and posted a surveillance photo of them on social media, saying their
“criminal behavior will never be tolerated in our great city. The NYPD will identify and apprehend all of them for their failed efforts to sow fear and discord in the place where mutual respect is the essence of who we are.”
The NYPD’s Hate Crime Task Force is investigating the incident.
According to the NYPD, the suspects burned the flags with a “unknown accelerant” while standing in a bike lane outside the consulate.
The flag burning comes at a time when tensions in the Jewish community are high due to ongoing pro-Palestinian/anti-Israel protests and acts of violence in New York and around the country over the Gaza war.
On Wednesday, outside the Israeli Consulate in NYC, a mob burned both American and Israeli flags. This act shows that hatred towards Israel always accompanies anti-American sentiment. The NYPD has increased security efforts around the consulate to ensure the safety of our… pic.twitter.com/Ffylh5cI5b
— Israel in New York (@IsraelinNewYork) June 13, 2024
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