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NYC councilwoman charged for toting gun at protest against pro-Palestinian rally

2023-11-04

Seems a sensible precaution to me.

[IsraelTimes] Inna Vernikov, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, was photographed at Brooklyn College rally last month with weapon, but her lawyer argues image could have been altered by AI.

A New York City politician was arraigned on a gun charge Thursday after prosecutors said she brought a pistol to a pro-Paleostinian demonstration.

City Council member Inna Vernikov, a Republican and vocal supporter of Israel, was seen in photos and videos with the butt of a gun jutting out from her waistband while she was counterprotesting at an October 13 pro-Paleostinian rally at Brooklyn College, according to prosecutors.

Student demonstrations both in support of Israel and in support of Paleostinians have roiled college campuses in New York and across the nation since the start of the Israel-Hamas
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war. The conflict is especially fraught at Brooklyn College, which has large numbers of both Paleostinian and Jewish students.

Vernikov, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, was charged in Brooklyn criminal court with one count of possessing a gun at a sensitive location.

Vernikov had a license to carry a concealed weapon, but under New York law, licensed gun owners may not bring weapons to certain sensitive locations, including protests and school grounds. Additionally, the state requires people licensed to carry handguns to keep them concealed.

Vernikov surrendered her gun after the arrest. Her next scheduled court date is January 24.

Her attorney, Arthur Aidala, said images appearing to show his client bringing a gun to the protest could have been altered.

"In today’s world of artificial intelligence, you can put anything on social media," Aidala said after the arraignment, news outlets reported. "Rules of evidence are, it’s a human being who has to make these descriptions, not based on what you see on a computer screen."

Aidala said prosecutors also must show that the gun police recovered from Vernikov’s home after they arrested her was operable.

"I’m assuming in January they’ll have a ballistics report telling us whether it’s worked and then they’ll have a witness who actually saw her with a gun," he said.

The News Agency that Dare Not be Named sent an email to Aidala asking him if he was denying that Vernikov was carrying a gun at the protest.

Posted by:trailing wife

#5 The gun had opportunity and motive yet still didnt kill. Obviously all guns are not evil.

Posted by: BrerRabbit 2023-11-04 14:59

#4 licensed gun owners may not bring weapons to certain sensitive locations, including protests and school grounds.

Where they might actually be needed

Posted by: Frank G 2023-11-04 08:52

#3 If I were a betting man, I'd put my money on multi-shooter assaults. Planes, trains, cruise ships, sporting events and the like. Beta testing in Europe most likely.

Posted by: Besoeker 2023-11-04 07:49

#2 Only one?

Posted by: Skidmark 2023-11-04 07:44

#1 By now I am surprised some random shooting hasn't already occurred at protests somewhere in the USA.

Posted by: Elmaper McGurque1612 2023-11-04 07:16

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