(Jewish Group) A Baltimore professor was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack and then German police

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A Baltimore professor was the victim of an anti-Semitic attack and then German police punched him


In Germany, there have been few weeks this year in which anti-Semitic incidents did not make headlines.

The most recent attack, however, is raising uncomfortable questions not only about anti-Semitic sentiments but also about the response of authorities. On Wednesday, an Israeli university professor working in Baltimore was first attacked by a 20-year-old — and then beaten up by police officers who apparently assumed the 50-year-old professor was the attacker.

Authorities have since apologized for what they say was “an awful and regrettable mistake” on their side and an “abhorrent” crime by the 20-year-old.

The unnamed professor had traveled to Bonn — West Germany's former capital city — to hold a guest lecture. The 50-year-old, wearing a Jewish kippah, was then attacked by a German with Palestinian origins, who shouted: “No Jew in Germany,” both in English and in German, according to a police statement.

The professor was hit several times, with the attacker punching his shoulder and kippah, before a witness alerted police. Once officers arrived, the attacker fled the scene, followed by the professor who tried to stop him. Assuming the professor was the attacker, German officers said they “mistakenly” tackled him and punched him in his face after he resisted arrest, according to police officials’ explanation of what occurred.

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The comments, as always, as so encouraging.

[MosheFeingold]

1. As a former cop

I admit I hit the wrong guy a couple of times. Your first duty is to restore order and that's difficult to figure out in a chaotic situation, probably exacerbated by failure to speak German.

On the bright side, at least this want American cops being wrong.