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A couple was arrested after they allegedly shouted anti-Semitic slurs at three Hasidic men in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and tried to rip off their face-coverings while blaming them for the spread of the coronavirus, the NYPD said.
Paulo and Clelia Pinho, 35 and 46 respectively, of Queens, were charged with hate crimes for the incident that took place around 8:30 p.m. Sunday at the corner of Bedford Avenue and Ross Street, the police said. Paul Pinho allegedly called 911 to report a large crowd gathering, according to police.
He and his wife allegedly got out of their car, accosted the men, shouting out slurs and attempted to take away their face coverings, according to the NYPD. "Youre the reason why were getting sick, one of the suspects allegedly said, according to police.
A struggle allegedly ensued and the couple was detained by Shomrim patrol, a volunteer watch group, until officers arrived and took them away, according to the NYPD. The victims refused medical treatment while the suspects were treated for injuries they sustained as they were being subdued, police said.
Attorney information for the suspects wasn't immediately available. They were not arraigned as of Monday morning, according to a spokesman from the Brooklyn district attorney's office.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-arrested-hate-crime-brooklyn-allegedly-blaming-spread/story?id=70616958
ProfessorGAC
(65,248 posts)This had nothing to do with COVID.
Just a couple of drunken cretins letting their inner reptile out.
tblue37
(65,502 posts)The wife called her the N-word. This is not a pic of the Pinho couple who attacked the Hasidic Jews. This is Tim & Crystal Ford.
https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/sacramento/sacramento-state-condemns-behavior-of-associate-professor-wife-filmed-in-racially-charged-confrontation/103-3e820b62-9370-4823-a8e2-a181b269bfb0
catbyte
(34,485 posts)Neither one of them has probably done anything of value in their entire, useless lives so they must look to their skin color and ethnicity--accidents of birth--as a point of pride. Utterly pathetic. I hope they throw the book at them.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)Maybe not, but he is drunken trump cultist
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)malaise
(269,219 posts)uponit7771
(90,367 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,962 posts)One possible source of their name? Jewish?
Irony of ethnic hatred and ethnic names.
Their name is Pinho
possibly Italian or Portuguese.
One possible source of their name? Jewish way back when?
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https://forebears.io/surnames/pinho
Pinho Surname User-submission:
Its origin is probably from the Jews. To protect themselves from being persecuted many changed their surnames to the names of the trees and animals, for example Pinho (pine), Coelho (rabbit) and Nogueira (walnut tree).
Behind the Aegis
(54,014 posts)More to come. Soon, the guns will emerge.