The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the states biggest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, gotten in touch with Monday for federal hate crime charges following the arrest of a suspect who supposedly opened fire on a lorry in Miami Beach after he supposedly saw what he believed were 2 Palestinians.Mordechai Brafman, 27, was charged with 2 counts of attempted murder after reportedly making a U-turn to drop in front of their car and shooting 17 times, unprovoked, striking both victims.
Police state that while he was in custody, Brafman said that he saw 2 Palestinians and shot and eliminated both.
One of the victims was shot in the shoulder, while the others arm was grazed by a bullet.We urge state and federal law enforcement authorities to bring hate criminal offense charges in this case based on the supposed criminals statements to authorities that supposedly suggest an anti-Palestinian motive.
It is the supposed shooters apparently bias-motivated actions, not the real ethnic background of the victims, that must be the identifying factor for charges in this disturbing case.He included that earlier this month, CAIR-FL required thecensure of Palm Bay City Councilman Chandler Langevin for his inflammatory and xenophobic anti-Muslim remarks, in which he claimed that Muslims do not come from the United States.Last year,CAIR-FL required the Florida legislature to censure state Rep.
Randy Fineafter he posted an anti-Muslim tweet commemorating the murder of Turkish-American human rights activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and appeared to require more killing.Ruiz noted that from January to June 2024, CAIR recorded 4,951 incoming bias grievances across the country, a 69 percent increase over the exact same duration in 2023.
In 2015, CAIRs national workplace launched its 2024 civil rights report, which exposed the greatest variety of complaints it has actually ever gotten in its 30-year history.
Titled Fatal: The Resurgence of Anti-Muslim Hate, the report documented 8,061 grievances.
Almost half of all complaints gotten in 2023 were reported in the last three months of the year.