Europe EditionDOJ charges man with hate crimes over Columbia protests
- Federal authorities have indicted 20-year-old New Yorker Tarek Bazrouk on three hate crime counts for assaults committed during separate protests in Manhattan concerning the Israel-Gaza conflict.
- The charges arose after Bazrouk attacked Jewish pro-Israel demonstrators at protests near the New York Stock Exchange, Columbia University, and Gramercy Park between April 2024 and January 2025.
- Bazrouk allegedly punched and kicked victims, stole an Israeli flag, hurled antisemitic slurs, identified himself as a 'Jew hater,' and showed support for Hamas in text messages and conduct.
- Authorities state each hate crime count carries up to 10 years in prison, and Bazrouk pleaded not guilty during a court hearing held on Wednesday, when the indictment was unsealed.
- The case represents the DOJ's inaugural federal hate crime prosecution stemming from the Columbia demonstrations and underscores a rise in violence in New York City connected to tensions over the Gaza conflict.
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Bazrouk was arrested after each incident, but he “allegedly remained undeterred and quickly returned to using violence to target Jews in New York City,” stated Jay Clayton, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. By JNS Tarek Bazrouk, 20, of New York City, was charged with three hate crimes for “repeated assaults” on Jews in the city in 2024 and 2025, per an indictment unsealed on Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern Di…
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