Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) responded immediately to a threat today against Aron Wieder. Wieder, the only Hasidic member of the Rockland County NY Legislature, received, via email, a doctored photo of himself being beheaded by an ISIS terrorist.
“We don’t know who did this but we’re going to find out,” said Hikind, who immediately phoned Wieder upon hearing the news. “The Jewish community worldwide is celebrating the miracle of Chanukah and some sick individual chose this time to send this message to Wieder and our community. We’re taking the message seriously and I am calling on both local and Federal authorities to do the same—to investigate thoroughly as well as provide security for Aron Wieder and his family. The people responsible for this must be arrested and dealt with.”
(YWN Desk – NYC)
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5 Responses
Oy Vay. Rabboisei we must daven. They are all over!
what a sick mind.
fbi must investigate this matter.
This is cruel!
Who ever did this is one major sicko.
But at least Hikind has something to keep him busy for a while.
Disgusting, but I wonder whether this type of implied visual threat would be treated as a legitimate exercise of first amendment rights based on some recent court decisions. There was a court case a few years ago with a picture of the president in a target bulls eye and there were no charges brought for that reason.