The incident is being investigated as a hate or bias-motivated crime.

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    1 year ago

    he also sprayed them with something which is much more illegal

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      1 year ago

      Very true. As a Jew, shouting “gas the Jews” at me would be highly offensive and would qualify as hate speech with an incitement to violence, but he might be able to get off on First Amendment grounds. But spraying a mystery substance on people while shouting this? Even if the mystery substance ends up being benign, that’s still assault.