A Harvard visiting law professor from Brazil who told police he was shooting at rats when he fired a pellet gun near a synagogue on Yom Kippur has left the United States after his visa was revoked.
Walking around outside, in the US, at night, with something other people would easily think is a gun. At best, this guy lacks basic common sense.
ordered to pay restitution of $386.59 to a person whose car window he broke with a pellet
And reckless to boot.
the individual was unaware that he lived next to, and was shooting his BB gun next to, a synagogue
I call horseshit. We’ve got several Jewish community gathering places near us, and subtle they are not. You’d have to be completely ignorant of Judaism to not instantly recognize them for what they are. You can’t live next to one and not know it.
and his affinities, including family ties, to the Jewish community.
So, yeah, he knew. Not saying the guy was being antisemitic, but something sure isn’t adding up. At best he’s a fucking idiot.
I was with you until the not recognizing Jewish gathering places part. There’s like a Jewish Community Center kind of thing less than a mile to me that I probably passed tens of thousands of times in my life and I didn’t realize what it was until a week ago.
Walking around outside, in the US, at night, with something other people would easily think is a gun. At best, this guy lacks basic common sense.
And reckless to boot.
I call horseshit. We’ve got several Jewish community gathering places near us, and subtle they are not. You’d have to be completely ignorant of Judaism to not instantly recognize them for what they are. You can’t live next to one and not know it.
So, yeah, he knew. Not saying the guy was being antisemitic, but something sure isn’t adding up. At best he’s a fucking idiot.
I was with you until the not recognizing Jewish gathering places part. There’s like a Jewish Community Center kind of thing less than a mile to me that I probably passed tens of thousands of times in my life and I didn’t realize what it was until a week ago.