A woman has been accused of a hate crime after she allegedly targeted a man wearing a "Palestine" sweatshirt at an Illinois Panera Bread, authorities said.



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Illinois woman charged with hate crime, accused of assaulting man wearing "Palestine" sweatshirt

Authorities say a suburban Chicago woman faces hate crime charges for allegedly confronting a Palestinian man wearing a sweatshirt with “Palestine” written on it and trying to knock a cellphone out of his pregnant wife’s hands as she recorded the encounter.

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Woman faces hate crime charges after confronting Palestinian man wearing `Palestine' shirt

An Illinois woman has been accused of a hate crime after she allegedly targeted a man wearing a "Palestine" sweatshirt at Panera Bread, authorities said.

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Woman allegedly targets man in 'Palestine' sweatshirt at Panera, charged with hate crime

By Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story     DOWNERS GROVE, Illinois (WBBM) —  A 64-year-old woman from Chicago’s western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a Palestinian-American couple in a video that went viral.  Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, Illinois, was charged with two felony hate crime counts and one count of misdemeanor disorderly conduct.  Just before noon, Downers Grove police responded…

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A 64-year-old woman from Chicago&#039;s western suburbs is facing hate crime charges and accused of assaulting a Palestinian-American couple in a video that went viral.

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Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, is also accused of trying to knock a cellphone out of the hands of the man's pregnant wife.

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Woman Facing Hate Crime Charges After Confronting Man Wearing `Palestine' Shirt

An Illinois woman is charged with hate crimes after allegedly attacking a man for wearing a Palestine hoodie at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread over the weekend.

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Illinois woman charged with hate crimes in alleged Panera Bread attack over man's Palestine hoodie

A Darien woman faces felony hate crime charges and a public disturbance accusation after she allegedly attacked a man wearing a pro-Palestinian sweatshirt and his pregnant wife in a west suburban Panera Bread Saturday. Authorities have accused Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of hate crime assault and battery after she allegedly yelled profanities at the man, whose sweatshirt read “Palestine,” and tried to slap his wife’s phone out of her hands as s…

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Darien woman faces hate crime charges for alleged anti-Palestinian attack, authorities say

The viral video shows the 64-year-old woman assaulting a couple at a Panera because their clothing included the word "Palestine," suburban police said.

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Darien woman charged with hate crime; video shows anti-Palestinian assault at Panera, police say

A woman faces hate crime charges after allegedly berating a man wearing a hoodie with the word “Palestine” on it at a Downers Grove Panera restaurant. Alexandra Szustakiewicz, a 64-year-old Darien woman, allegedly confronted the man and yelled expletives at him while trying to hit his pregnant wife just before noon Saturday at the restaurant, Downers Grove police said.  A woman who was with the man started recording the incident on her cellphone,

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Hate Crime Charges Filed In Attack On Couple In 'Palestine' Shirts: PD - Downers Grove, IL - A 64-year-old Darien woman faces hate crime charges after police say she "instigated an altercation" with a couple.

Woman allegedly targets man in 'Palestine' sweatshirt at Panera, charged with hate crime

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