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SF DA Charges Man With Hate Crime for Allegedly Assaulting Jewish Man With a Skateboard

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Aaron Bandler

December 23, 2022
San Francisco district attorney Brooke Jenkins (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins announced in a December 22 press release that she is charging Eduardo Navarro Perez with a hate crime for allegedly assaulting a Jewish man with a skateboard.

Perez is alleged to have hit the victim after asking if he was Jewish or Black and the victim said he was Jewish. Perez also allegedly uttered “disparaging remarks towards Jewish people” while attacking the victim. He was arrested on December 17; if convicted of a hate crime, he faces up to seven years in prison.

“There’s no place for antisemitism, or any crimes motivated by hate in SF, in our state, or anywhere else,” Jenkins said in a statement. “This prosecution will send a message that our diversity & unity makes us strong – we will not sit idly by & allow anyone to be singled out and victimized b/c who they are.”

Anti-Defamation League San Francisco tweeted, “Closely following this hate crime prosecution for a violent antisemitic assault & hoping for a just resolution for the victim & community. @SFDAOffice& @SFPD stands strong against antisemitism.”

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