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| Jewish man attacked in Sacramento |
| 2002-04-12 |
Olsen, who was wearing a yarmulke, or skullcap, worn by Jewish men, said he stopped walking and asked the man what he wanted. "Do you support Israel?" Olsen quoted the man as asking. Olsen said he did. The man replied that he supported Palestine and pulled out an electric stun gun, Olsen said. The two men struggled over the weapon, which Olsen said he threw to the ground and broke with his foot. A second man joined the first in beating Olsen, yelling statements about innocent Palestinian children being killed. The confrontation was broken up by a resident. Olsen suffered bruises and a sprained elbow in the attack. The two men were described by Olsen and the intervening resident as being African American. Olsen said the man who first confronted him was wearing a red-checkered headdress similar to those worn by Palestinians. The resident said the headdress was more like a bandanna. We'll see if this spreads in the next few days. This time it was a glorified mugging... My guess -- and it's just a guess -- is that it won't. By and large, the unavoidable "muslim rage" seems fairly easy for the outraged to control when the local governments aren't implicitly or explicitly supportive of it. And my guess is that you're right. There are probably lots of mullahs in this country who'd like to get a little something going, but they know they don't have the power, and if they act prematurely they'll never get it. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |