{"id":120653,"date":"2024-11-01T01:57:59","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120653"},"modified":"2024-11-01T01:57:59","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T18:57:59","slug":"new-york-woman-charged-with-pepper-spraying-muslim-uber-driver-as-he-prayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120653","title":{"rendered":"New York woman charged with pepper-spraying Muslim Uber driver as he prayed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">A New York woman has been charged with assault as a hate crime after she allegedly pepper-sprayed her Muslim Uber driver while he prayed at a red light, prosecutors said Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, is accused of the July 31 \u201canti-Muslim\u201d attack, the <a href=\"https:\/\/manhattanda.org\/d-a-bragg-announces-hate-crimes-indictment-of-woman-for-pepper-spraying-uber-driver-on-the-upper-east-side\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manhattan District Attorney\u2019s Office <\/a>said Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She was in the backseat of an Uber with another individual at 12:15 a.m. when she allegedly lunged toward the driver with a can of pepper spray and sprayed the 45-year-old in the face after he began praying in Arabic at a red light, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The spray caused \u201cburning, redness and pain,\u201d the DA said in a release. A few minutes later the driver called 911, and Guilbeault was arrested at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Guilbeault has been charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with second-degree assault as a hate crime, third-degree assault as a hate crime, and second-degree aggravated harassment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She pleaded not guilty to the charges at her arraignment on Monday, and was released with non-monetary conditions, according to court records. She\u2019s due back in court on Jan. 13.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAs alleged, Jennifer Guilbeault senselessly assaulted a Muslim Uber driver while he was just doing his job,\u201d District Attorney Alvin Bragg said in a statement. \u201cThe victim is a hardworking New Yorker who should not have to face this type of hate because of his identity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said the office&#8217;s hate crime unit will continue to address bias-motivated attacks and support victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Michael J. Alber, an attorney for Guilbeault, rejected the hate crime designation. &#8220;Ms. Guilbeault was not motivated by race, religion, national origin, or any other discriminatory factor,&#8221; the attorney said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cA full and fair review of the evidence is going to show a crime was not committed in this matter, and that a rush to judgment is not appropriate, and is hurtful to all those involved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Since the Hamas-Israel war, there\u2019s been a rise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/antisemitic-incidents-us-jumped-360-oct-7-hamas-attack-advocacy-group-rcna133104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">antisemitic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/arab-american-history-month-2024-rcna146874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Arab and anti-Muslim incidents<\/a> reported in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">The Council on American Islamic Relations said in an April report that in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/asian-america\/anti-muslim-bias-record-levels-rcna145359\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it received the highest number of bias reports <\/a>in its 30-year history. Those complaints ranged from verbal discrimination in the classroom or workplace to incidents of physical violence reported to police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/new-york-woman-charged-pepper-spraying-muslim-uber-driver-prayed-rcna178185\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York woman has been charged with assault as a hate crime after she allegedly pepper-sprayed her Muslim Uber driver while he prayed at a red light, prosecutors said &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=120653\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=120653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=120653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=120653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=120653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}