Group of men in Chicago stop bus full of Jewish schoolboys, board and threaten them

[essentialsaltes]

A group of men boarded a school bus carrying Jewish grade-school children in West Rogers Park on Wednesday, yelled antisemitic slurs and gave the Hitler salute, according to officials with the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

<update: "Later in the day, the school released a statement refuting what the children had reported." with respect to the antisemitism [slurs].>

Chicago police would not confirm those details but did say a group stood in front of the bus in the 2800 block of Jerome Street, forcing it to stop, then entered and threatened to harm a 12-year-old boy.

Slovin noted that the incident “took place on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that destroyed almost all synagogues across Germany in 1938. Many members of the Jewish community have family who lived through those horrors.”

 

[Aldebaran]

Chicago, and yet the skin color of the perpetrators wasn't mentioned. Why didn't the journalist tell us what their skin color was?

Also, here's a more accurate story about the "incident".
Rabbi: Review of video shows no antisemitic slurs were yelled at bus carrying Jewish grade school children

"Nobody came onto the bus, there were no antisemitic slurs," said Rabbi Nosson Muller. "Nothing of the sort, we watched the video multiple times."

What did happen, Muller said, is that a man on the street in the 2800 block of Jerome Street became upset when some of the children on the bus began yelling at him Wednesday afternoon, "like kids do at the end of the day."

"So he stood in front of the bus and he asked the driver to open the door," Muller said. "The driver should not have opened the door, that’s for sure, but he didn’t even put one step into the bus. He just threw out some profanity.

"Nothing happened, just an upset individual," Muller added.

 

[Paulos23]

Chicago, and yet the skin color of the perpetrators wasn't mentioned. Why didn't the journalist tell us what their skin color was?

Why does that matter?

 

[Aldebaran]

Why does that matter?

It's always mentioned in alleged "hate crimes".

 

[Paulos23]

It's always mentioned in alleged "hate crimes".

Race is one aspect in hate crimes, religion is another. Since this was a bus full of children of the Jewish faith there is no reason to bring in race.

 

[DaisyDay]

You would think that the kids would have learned something from 2 Kings 2:23-25.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

There seems to be some conflicting accounts here...

Rabbi: Review of Video Shows No Antisemitic Slurs Were Yelled at Bus Carrying Jewish Children in West Rogers Park – NBC Chicago

Jewish human rights organization stands by statement that children on school bus were terrorized with antisemitic slurs

Some reports are saying it was four men jumping on and giving nazi salutes

An account from a Rabbi and a few detectives are saying that it was one guy, and a kid yelled something at him, and he tried to stop the bus, but never got on...just yelled some profanity.

Unless there were two separate incidents happening in West Rogers Park on the same day and these aren't even the same story? But if they are referencing the same story, the accounts are lightyears apart.

May have to wait a few days to get final clarification on this one.

This could be legit, or this could be a case of kids on a bus yelling things at people on the street -- (and then when things got "real") they concocted a story... a similar incident occurred 20 something years back when I was in Jr. high with a kid on our bus during a field trip.

 

[chilehed]

It's always mentioned in alleged "hate crimes".

There's such a thing as a "love crime"??

 

[rambot]

There's such a thing as a "love crime"??

I GUARANTEE that is an album title for someone.

 

[hislegacy]

From the link in the OP:

Slovin added that the Chicago Commission on Human Relations recently reported that hate crimes targeting Jews were up 75% in the city. “But for our community, it is not just statistics but the fear and anger such incidents generate.”

Slovin said she was grateful no one was physically hurt but said “the psychological fallout is, of course, of concern.”

Across Chicago, hate crimes are at an 11-year high, according to police data. So far in 2022, 25 of the 130 total reported hate crimes were against Jewish people, making anti-Semitic hate crimes second behind anti-Black hate crimes.
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There have been two mayors in the last eleven years - Rahm Emanuel and Lori Lightfoot. Both lifelong Democrats. Yet under their leadership hate crimes against blacks and Jews has risen to an all time high. There are mass shootings weekly and even Walmart has moved out of certain areas of the city because it is not under control.

Large Companies Are Leaving Chicago, And Some Are Citing Rising Crime as a Reason

In the last several months, three large companies have announced they are moving their headquarters out of the Chicago area -- and the latest one has cited growing crime in the city as one of the primary reasons for leaving.

Thursday, in a letter to employees, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin -- the richest man in Illinois -- announced that, after more than 30 years in Chicago, his investment firm Citadel would be relocating to Miami.

"Miami is a vibrant, growing metropolis that embodies the American Dream," the letter read.

The letter went on to say that while many employees have deep ties to Illinois, "many of our Chicago teams have asked to relocate to Miami, New York and our other offices around the world," the letter reads.
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[Ana the Ist]

A group of men boarded a school bus carrying Jewish grade-school children in West Rogers Park on Wednesday, yelled antisemitic slurs and gave the Hitler salute, according to officials with the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

<update: "Later in the day, the school released a statement refuting what the children had reported." with respect to the antisemitism.>

Chicago police would not confirm those details but did say a group stood in front of the bus in the 2800 block of Jerome Street, forcing it to stop, then entered and threatened to harm a 12-year-old boy.

Slovin noted that the incident “took place on the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi pogrom that destroyed almost all synagogues across Germany in 1938. Many members of the Jewish community have family who lived through those horrors.”

You think these were nazis?

In Chicago?

And....what exactly do you mean by there wasn't any antisemitism?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Race is one aspect in hate crimes, religion is another. Since this was a bus full of children of the Jewish faith there is no reason to bring in race.

Jewish people consider themselves a race.

You wouldn't happen to be Whoopi Goldberg in real life, would you?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Chicago, and yet the skin color of the perpetrators wasn't mentioned. Why didn't the journalist tell us what their skin color was?
.

I can only assume it's the same reason as always....perpetrator was black.

I'd normally be cautious about saying that...but it's been proven. Articles have been aggregated and analyzed for a study spanning a couple of years. Black perpetrators don't have race mentioned....or if it is, it's minimized towards the end of the article. White perpetrators have their race mentioned both early and frequently.

This wasn't Nazis.....this was Kanye, or possibly Kyrie....or Nick Cannon.

 

[PsaltiChrysostom]

May have to wait a few days to get final clarification on this one.

Waiting for clarification??? How unAmerican!!!

 

[DaisyDay]

You think these were nazis?

In Chicago?

And....what exactly do you mean by there wasn't any antisemitism?

Chicago is not far from Skokie.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Chicago is not far from Skokie.

And?

 

[DaisyDay]

And?

The surrounding area is not bereft of them.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-neo-nazis-tied-to-springfield-il-hate-crime/

 

[Ana the Ist]

The surrounding area is not bereft of them.

https://unicornriot.ninja/2022/patriot-front-neo-nazis-tied-to-springfield-il-hate-crime/

Bereft?

It's a lengthy article I'll admit....that largely paints this particular group as almost comically inept. They aren't even good at tagging.

And I can't recount the number of people mentioned exceeding....single digits.

A quick check on the sadly corrupted Southern Poverty Law Center's website....the biggest chapter of this group is in Texas....where they can muster maybe 30 people to a protest.

I'm not going to bother looking up the population of Illinois. Bereft isn't an accurate word here. You're not even talking about the same city. The white supremacists of Illinois are an extreme minority so small they could all be arrested in about an hour. This group is known mostly for tagging and flyer dropping....and they don't seem very good at it.

Perhaps it's time to consider the threat of white supremacy has been wildly exaggerated. I'm not trying to trivialise it....but just considering that as an explanation seems less likely than the one I half joked about.

The past ten years of racial strife the left has stoked for political gain imo has encouraged certain communities to express certain racist beliefs....because they're told they can't be racist. A free pass for bigotry. Black celebrities openly admit racist beliefs and don't seem to realize it. I saw footage of a black politician telling an undercover reporter about the importance of talking down to white constituents. I'm sure you heard the language of the Latinos in LA as they tried to racially gerrymander their districts. The left is now bereft with racists of every color and they pursue institutional racism in both policy and law.

Given that...what is the concern for 3 white racists who can't spray paint a website without a stencil or avoiding being caught?

As for the article, there's no evidence of nazis.....not even evidence of racism. It's a total non story. It's misinformation or disinformation....because you don't seem to be able to recognize propaganda.

 

[rjs330]

It's always mentioned in alleged "hate crimes".

Most likely it wasn't mentioned because he was not white. Had he been it would have been one of the first things mentioned.

It's been shown that articles are very lax at mentioning black perpetrators while prolific at mentioning white ones.

 

[Moral Orel]

There's such a thing as a "love crime"??

Stalking.