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A Jew Obsessed With Making Explosives Haunting La Brea Shuls, Asking For Handouts
You’ll run into Gary Stephen Weksler at many a Fairfax-La Brea shul. He’s distinctive. He’s about 50 years old and he’s missing a hand because he blew it off. He has three felony convictions for setting off explosions and other … Continue reading
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Orthodox Rabbi Murdered In Hollywood
The Jewish Journal reports: Mordechai Bayer, a 50-year-old Los Angeles-based commercial property manager, was shot and killed on Monday, July 19. At just after noon, Bayer was believed to be attempting to collect rent money from a tenant, Sung Chul … Continue reading
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How Is The LAPD And News Media So Cocksure The Synagogue Shooting Was Not A Hate Crime?
If this had happened at a mosque, do you think there is one chance in a hundred that they would’ve been so quick to declare this was not a hate crime? The Los Angeles Times reports this morning: Los Angeles … Continue reading
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Tagged Adat Yeshurun, angeles police department, Dennis Prager, federal authorities, hate crime legislation, Los Angeles Times, orthodox synagogue, rich wheeler, two muslims
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The Role Of Race In Gang Violence
From the Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles’ two top lawmen are increasingly at odds over the extent to which gang violence is being fueled by racial hatred. Police Chief William J. Bratton and his top deputies have long cautioned that … Continue reading
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