Fucking excellent.
Ex-Obama adviser charged with hate crime over food cart rant
Former US diplomat Stuart Seldowitz has been arrested and is facing multiple charges after a video of him harassing a halal cart vendor in New York went viral.
The NYPD has charged Seldowitz with second-degree aggravated harassment, hate crime/stalking, stalking to cause fear, and stalking at place of employment, Documented reported. In the video, Seldowitz, who previously served as deputy director of the US Department of State’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs, is seen telling a man selling food: “If we killed 4,000 Palestinian kids, it wasn’t enough.”
- Al Jazeera
That was before they knew someone was filming it I assume.
They wouldn’t have done jack shit if the vendor filed a complaint without the video. And even then, it would be a low priority unless it went viral like this story has. Nothing lights a fire under a PD’s ass like a social media frenzy.