New York stories. The former Obama official and the halal vendor.
It is a beautiful Fall Thanksgiving Day in New York.
My part in dinner later today is making the green bean casserole and sweet potatoes. We are doing ham, not turkey.
Our family is spread out around the country this year, so it will be just four of us.
I’m wondering if Stuart Seldowitz is out of jail yet.
Stuart Seldowitz, 64, who previously served as deputy director of the US State Department’s Office of Israel and Palestinian Affairs under the Obama administration, was arrested on Wednesday on charges of aggravated harassment, hate crime stalking, stalking causing fear, and stalking at a place of employment.
He apparently went after several Muslim vendors in Manhattan, including Muhammad, who is Egyptian.
What a vile human being Seldowitz is.
You can see the video of him in action here.
At one point you can hear him telling the halal street vendor that killing 4,000 Palestinian children was “not enough.”
The good news isn’t just that Seldowitz got busted and put in hand-cuffs for his disgusting racist behavior.
In response hundreds of New Yorkers have been lining up at Muhammad’s halal cart to show their support and demonstrate their opposition to Islamophobia
I love New York.