Rabbi Yonah Bookstein
Deanna and Allen Alevy Rabbi and Co-Founder of LA's Pico Shul
Director of Shabbat Tent
Protecting the innocent
February 16, 2012
“You shall not take up a false report” (Exodus 23:2). Steve Leaderman, 38, was on trial this month for failing to disperse, having been arrested on Nov. 30 during the final stand of the Occupy L.A. protest at City Hall Plaza. Tried before a jury, these criminal cases carry up to 100 days in prison and hefty fines.
Not human enough to live
November 22, 2011
The facts are horrific. Video captures the brutal attack on the side of a busy street. Onlookers and passers-by don’t come to the victim’s aid. Eventually, the bruised, bleeding half-dead body is attended to by medical personnel, but it is too late. The victim dies.
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