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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Mon May 11, 2020, 08:14 PM May 2020

Couple arrested for hate crime in Brooklyn, allegedly blaming spread of COVID-19 on Jews

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. "You’re the reason why we’re 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

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Couple arrested for hate crime in Brooklyn, allegedly blaming spread of COVID-19 on Jews (Original Post) left-of-center2012 May 2020 OP
They GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR! ProfessorGAC May 2020 #1
That pic is of a Sacramento economics professor and his drunken wife arguing with a black neighbor. tblue37 May 2020 #2
Ah, more stellar examples of "The Master Race." catbyte May 2020 #3
Is that a beer in his hand? Miigwech May 2020 #4
All these people look the same. LuckyCharms May 2020 #5
They look the part malaise May 2020 #6
2 punchable faces ready to be KTFO uponit7771 May 2020 #7
One possible source of their name? Jewish? keithbvadu2 May 2020 #8
Good they were arrested. Behind the Aegis May 2020 #9

ProfessorGAC

(64,425 posts)
1. They GOT OUT OF THEIR CAR!
Mon May 11, 2020, 08:17 PM
May 2020

This had nothing to do with COVID.
Just a couple of drunken cretins letting their inner reptile out.

catbyte

(34,174 posts)
3. Ah, more stellar examples of "The Master Race."
Mon May 11, 2020, 08:22 PM
May 2020

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.

keithbvadu2

(36,369 posts)
8. One possible source of their name? Jewish?
Mon May 11, 2020, 09:21 PM
May 2020

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).

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