Alleged brick-throwing synagogue vandal motivated by Mamdani’s Bibi attacks: cops

Alleged brick-throwing synagogue vandal motivated by Mamdani’s Bibi attacks: cops

A Florida man charged with a hate crime for hurling a brick through a synagogue window appeared motivated by a video of Mayor Zohran Mamdani calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "war criminal."

Florida Man Cites Mamdani Video in Synagogue Hate Crime

A Sarasota man told detectives he threw a brick through a synagogue window because social media "propaganda", including a video by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani calling Netanyahu a "war criminal", left him enraged. Brayton Laschinger, 30, faces a felony hate crime charge after he smashed a window at Chabad House in Sarasota, Florida, around 6 a.m. on July 29. Surveillance footage showed a barefoot man with a blue towel wrapped over his head…