Islamic supremacist “Palestinian” far-Left activist Linda Sarsour is a practiced exploiter of the “hate” smear against foes of jihad terror and Islamic supremacism, and has never apologized for using the Islamic honor murder of Shaima Alawadi to spread lies about the prevalence of hate crimes against Muslims in America. Although she decries “hate,” she is venomously hateful herself — as is clear in this self-righteous, self-pitying, foul-mouthed, hate-filled and utterly off-putting performance at a “comedy show,” which reveals that the preening preachers of the “Islamophobia” myth are the real haters.
Sarsour is also rabidly antisemitic (and, of course, a darling of the Leftist media), and has said that “nothing is creepier than Zionism” and has equated it with “racism.” She is, unsurprisingly, a frequent visitor to the Obama White House, and has claimed that the jihad underwear bomber was a CIA agent — part of what she claims is a U.S. war against Islam.
I was skeptical about this “hate crime” from the moment Sarsour and her Islamic supremacist and Leftist allies began weeping copious Poor-Me, Muslims-Are-Victims tears about it on Twitter. A drunk, mentally ill homeless white American guy who knows the Arabic word for “whore” (sharmoota)? Pull my other leg. And this report shows how Sarsour is exploiting this incident, whatever really happened, to stir up hatred and deflect attention away from jihad terror activity by portraying Muslims as victims of rampant bigotry and “Islamophobia.” Pamela Geller is quite right when she says, “This isn’t proof of ‘Islamophobia’; it’s just the opposite. Scraping the bottom of the barrel for this ‘incident’ proves how infrequently (if ever) this happens.”
“Hate Crime? Not So, Says Brooklyn Community,” by Christine Sisto, September 9, 2014 (thanks to Pamela Geller):
A recent incident between an Arab-American activist and a mentally ill homeless man is being distorted by the national media and left-wing activists, say residents of the Brooklyn community of Bay Ridge.
Last Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian-American Linda Sarsour allegedly had a run-in with a well-known local street person as she exited the Arab-American Association of New York’s headquarters on Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge. According to the Huffington Post, activist Sarsour “noticed a man leaning up against its storefront.” A more recent article in the Daily News says Sarsour’s alleged assailant, 45-year-old Brian Boshell, “was sleeping on the street in Bay Ridge, blocking their organization’s entryway.” Either way, an employee of the Association, of which Sarsour is the executive director, called 911; but before the NYPD arrived, the man became belligerent. He stood up and allegedly shouted, “you are cutting people’s heads off sharmoota. I’m going to cut off you head and see how your people will feel, you Arab b****.” He then threw a New York City garbage can into the street, according to a police report.
According to the Huffington Post, Sarsour and her co-worker ran across the street and called 911 again. After 45 minutes, police officers finally arrived at the scene, only after Sarsour ran into them at a bagel store. They told her that she should have called the incident an “assault” over the phone. If she had, they would have come sooner.
Sarsour, who, according to her profile on the Arab-American Association of New York’s website has been profiled by PBS, Yahoo News, and the U.K. Guardian in addition to being honored by the White House as a “Champion of Change,” is a familiar Bay Ridge community activist. She quickly took to Twitter, where she has more than 18,000 followers, to label the incident a hate crime. She also called Boshell a “bigoted drunk” on Facebook. At the time of the incident, Sarsour was on her way to a Manhattan forum about police-community relations, where she retold her story to the NYPD deputy commissioners present. A hate-crimes unit was then dispatched.
Boshell was arrested and was arraigned Monday for attempted assault as a hate crime and other counts. He is being held on $20,000 bail and faces up to seven years in prison if arrested. ABC’s Bill Ritter called the confrontation a “violent act of hate.” Headlines about the incident have included the following:
Man Arrested in Alleged Bay Ridge Bias Crime Against Arab American Group Leader
NYPD Took 45 Minutes to Respond to Hate Crime, Arab-American Says
Sarsour, a frequent guest on MSNBC, returned to Melissa Harris-Perry’s show Sunday to discuss the assault. In her introduction, Harris-Perry said Sarsour was subjected to racially charged threats and was apparently targeted “because of her identity.” Sarsour, who wears a hijab, recounted the experience and said of Boshell, “If he was African-American, you better believe he wouldn’t be walking in our streets right now.” The panel then discussed relations between the African-American community and the NYPD.
Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted his condolences to Sarsour, saying that New York City will “never condone such glaring acts of bigotry and tolerance.”
And who is Brian Boshell, the bigot so full of hatred towards Muslims and Arabs? This man.
Boshell is a mentally ill homeless man widely known in Bay Ridge for his public, incoherent outbursts, which resulted in 56 arrests and 34 minor convictions. Police are familiar with his flare-ups, which have been irksome but not dangerous. The picture above shows him sleeping in a bank on Fifth Avenue, a few blocks away from the Arab-American Association. He is known to “sleep where he falls,” as one resident put it.
The community isn’t buying the story the mainstream media and Sarsour are spinning. A 30-year resident of Bay Ridge, who requested anonymity, tells National Review Online, “Instead of an incident with a drunk man, [Sarsour] is using this as her final proof of Islamaphobia in America . . . Brian [Boshell] has a 25-year history of outbursts . . . There is a lot that’s questionable about her not knowing who he was.” This resident, who says she knows Boshell and his family personally, says his mental health started to decline when he was 20 years old, after he witnessed his mother and sister die in a car accident.
“Everyone knows who he is. [Sarsour] knows who he is,” a 22-year Muslim resident of Bay Ridge tells National Review Online.
Brian Doherty, a retired police officer who has lived in Bay Ridge for 20 years and whose wife went to junior high school with Boshell, said he mostly wanders around a stretch of 5th Avenue between 69th and 75th Streets. The Arab-American Association of New York sits on 71st Street and 5th Avenue. “That’s his stomping grounds,” a Bay Ridge local comments.
Another resident familiar with Boshell said he should be in a hospital for treatment of his mental conditions, not prison.
Many residents have taken to social media to express their discontent about the hate-crime charge. The hashtag #FreeBobo, a nickname for Boshell, is circulating on Facebook and on signs in local bars.
Sarsour publicly supported Al Sharpton’s recent march across the Verrazano Bridge to protest the death of Eric Garner, and her Arab-American Association organized buses to join the rally. Many Bay Ridge locals are upset at what they say is her divisive handling of the incident with Boshell.
Bay Ridge has a large Arab-Muslim community, and the New York Times made Sarsour the lead figure in a 2013 profile and accompanying video about ethnic enclaves in New York City.
“There is no community in New York City that has embraced Arab culture more than Bay Ridge,” Doherty tells NRO.
According to another local, “This community has lived peacefully with Arabs and this [alleged hate crime] is being used as a wedge in the neighborhood.”
Representatives from the NYPD’s hate-crimes unit will be in attendance at the next 68th Police Precinct Council Meeting on September 16th. “Anyone who feels that Boshell was railroaded should come to the meeting,” a representative tells NRO.
Doherty speculates that Sarsour is seeking attention in hope of succeeding Bay Ridge’s term-limited councilman in 2016. “She’s attempting to make it political because she has her eye on [Vincent] Gentile’s seat,” Doherty tells NRO.
The case lays open the ambiguous and often illogical nature of hate crime laws. Had Boshell merely shouted “b****” without the word “Arab” before hurling the garbage can, he would probably be facing only another misdemeanor. Some Bay Ridge residents expressed concern on social media about whether Boshell, who could be facing a seven-year sentence, would be able to handle a prison populated by gang members and rapists.
“This is a tortured definition of a hate crime,” Doherty says.
Jay Boo says
If I were homeless, mentally ill and woke up with what appears to be a beardless transvestite wearing makeup and a hijab baiting and harassing me I would be tempted to call this presumed cross-dressing tormenter worse things than sharmoota.
john spielman says
i think it’s fuuny that a mentally ill woman( since she is an adherent to the “religion” of that demon possessed mass murderer thief liar misogynist and pedophile, muhammed- which advocates beheading unbelievers ) should be upset when an other mentally ill person states she should be beheaded!
eve says
Support the Palestian’s Right to Return, and they WILL go. If you don’t then stop complaining!!! They don’t want to be here either…their homeland is being swallowed up by European immigrating Jews to Palestine. Thank Israel for forcing them out and our stupid INS for acceoting them IN…helloo??!!!
Dennis says
Since when is a mentally ill person help responsible for his/her actions? This is why, I suppose, there are so many liberals in politics.
eve says
Too many homeless, and mentally ill people wandering the neighborhood. This could happen to anyone.
Brian Hoff says
You just did than hate crime for what you said against this woman.
john spielman says
for you muslims, Brian, both threats and the actions are NEVER hate CRIMES because your mentor your “perfect man”, that demon possessed mass murderer thief liar misogynist and pedophile- muhammed pbuh (perpetual banishment unto hell!) sanctified (made holy in your perveted reigion) such behavior!
Rob Crawford says
She deserves it.
John C. Barile says
I wonder who the bigger loud-mouthed lout is–you don’t need two guesses to get this one right.
Keith says
Of course he is guilty of a hate crime and Islamophobia because he is not a muslim. Now if he was a muslim he would be able to go on a shooting spree and it would not be a hate crime no matter that how many non muslims he shoots. Non muslim women and children could be raped by a muslim and it would not be a hate crime. Of course to point out that the culprit is a muslim would be a hate crime and Islamophobic.
duh_swami says
Who besides the Muslimah heard him use the word ‘Arab’?
Does the NYPD actually have a ‘hate crime unit’? That’s similar to Iran’s religious police, ainit?
Brian Hoff says
Her woman friend was there when it happen.
Jade says
Another liar backing up this disgusting woman.
Outrageous. And Muslims still wonder why they’re so despised.
Rob Crawford says
Why were they in public without a male relative as an escort? Why did they approach a man they didn’t know? What did they offer him that made him think they were prostitutes?
eve says
Good point, however we have a decent neighborhood and shouldn’t be necessary. If an escort was with them they would have never argued with the man. Lol, it’s culturally unacceptable for a covering woman to even converse with a man who is not a relative.
voegelinian says
I imagined just such a possibility (unfortunately, not that unlikely to develop in our near future):
Law & Order: Hate Crimes Unit
devonoagon says
I know this area very well, and this guy is pretty harmless. He has occasional outbursts, but they are usually just throwing around garbage cans and bags. On the other hand, this woman is known in Bay Ridge for stirring up trouble. My American Legion has had run ins with her and her associates due to a mosque being next door to our County Headquarters, and we keep getting hit with their violations. I took two years of dealing with the city to get them straightened out.
mortimer says
Islam’s twisted notion of “Honor” is behind the persecution of this mentally ill man.
“Honor” in Islam is a valuable as riches and as real to a Muslim’s fertile imagination as the jinn. “Honor” is worth dying for.
Linda Sarsour is a perfect example of Stockholm syndrome, a self-hating victim who victimizes others with self-righteous rage.
Charli Main says
Ah, didums — another poor harassed Muslim victim. Simple solution–go back to Islamostan and you won´t have to put up with all the Islamophobia you are surrounded by.
mariam rove says
I had so many run ins with her on Tweeter. Without a doubt she is one of the Jihadists with complaint against me . I am now banned on Tweeter and I am not able to create an account because they see it coming from my computer. M
Kyra Nelson says
I’m confused. What did he say that was wrong, or untruthful? & Since when is insulting someone a hate crime? Calling someone a whore is just an insult.
Darnell says
Since when is a mentally “deranged” man culpable for his actions?
Brian Hoff says
This can only be brought up at trail.
somehistory says
A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain. definition of whore by The Free Dictionary
to pursue a faithless, unworthy, or idolatrous desire. definition of whore by Free Merriam-Webster. (Yes, these are secondary definitions, but they are well-used in literature.)
Is she not Arab? If she shoe fits, she should not be ashamed to wear it.
The man’s lawyer should ask for others to come forth who heard what he said to her and what she said to him *first.* Perhaps she *hates* mentally ill people, white people, homeless people and called him an insulting name. If so, then she is guilty of a *hate crime.*
And in agreement with Jay: that face is the face of nightmares. Maybe he thought he was having one.
Myxlplik says
In 600 AD guys like this could ramble incoherently claim to be a Prophet, start a “religion”, and conquer half the world based upon their insane ranting, looting, and murder… but I wouldn’t want to insult drunks.
Ayatrollah says
So hobos screaming semi coherently at people constitutes a hate crime? I am a victim every once in a while myself. A few months ago while riding my bike in the dome town area a local racist (drunk white guys)screamed “give me money”. I felt violated
Dennis says
Quick! Get Ms SarSOUR onto it before the perp gets away!
Paul says
Perhaps he should have said, “nonmuslims who control the Islamic State are cutting off Muslims’ heads, sharmoota!”.
Paul says
Or better, for the sake of euphony:
“O sharmoota, nonmuslims who control the Islamic State are cutting off Muslims’ heads!”
Dennis says
Self-righteous prig!!!
Godfrey Kemal says
Thank-you for giving me my daily head-ache for this article. Oy veh!
Sarsour would make anybody go bonkers. I think she should get first place for “MOST IRRITATING SMIRK” in the history of humanity.
Keep fingers crossed that she goes straight to the top of the Islamist publicity machine: she has about as much charisma as scratching nails on a chalk board.
She will do wonders for popularity for Islamists!!! More exposure more publicity more interviews. How about a big billboard off every major commute route with her smirk.
Godfrey Kemal says
New name: Linda Sar-Sour-Smirk or just “Sour-Smirk” . Works for me.
BlueRaven says
She looks wicked on the photo. I can’t imagine she will come down from her high horse and help this guy out for the sake of humanity. She is toxic.
Faye says
There is something really strange about Linda… I asked her via twitter why she follows TD Jakes on twitter and also shares #creepingsharia? If sharia is do wonderful for America why does it have yo be creeped in?
Max Publius says
That was the worst comedy routine ever. Or rant. Or poetry slam. Or whatever it was.
I want my time back. No, on second thought, I have a passing interest in abnormal psychology, so observing Sarour in full musth was informative. (Musth is a cyclical period when a bull elephant acts aggressive.)
jamshid says
Sarsour in arabic exct meaning is cockroach
Mads says
I live in this neighborhood. Everyone here knows Brian Boshell as he grew up here. For lack of a kinder description, Brian is the neighborhood “drunk”. He has been “off” since his mother died violently in a car accident some twenty odd years ago. His sister, who was pregnant at the time, was also injured but she and her unborn child survived.
The neighborhood, including some kind Muslim shopkeepers, tries to look out for Brian as best as we all can. It is impossible to force an adult into rehab.
Although Brian has prior misdemeanors, he is truly harmless. Everyone in the neighborhood knows this .
He is known to the neighborhood and in my humble opinion, had to be known by the complainant.
This was not a hate crime as poor Brian is incapable of same. He is a lost soul but is not out to harm anyone.
Furthermore, considering Brian’s circumstances, there is no way whatsoever that he could have planned anything against anyone.
Brian is incapable of planning.
fair_dinkum says
im glad u said all that.
wherever they can cast doubt or blame.
Brian has had it rough.. what’s her excuse? i guess it’s genetic. due to massive inbreeding. shes bitter because she couldn’t get a refund on her ugly pills.
eve says
I’m here 30yrs. you make a great point. Don’t you THINK the officier writing up this complaint is to blame? This all wouldn’t be an Islamaphobia issue right not if the officer wrote it up for what it was, “Drunk and Disorderly Conduct”. I think you peple posting really hateful things about this Linda ARE far more dangerous to our community What religion ARE you people? Shame on you all, put your money where your mouth is and get this Brian the professional help he desperately needs! Bashing this woman makes you all look very petty.
Mads says
I do not know the complainant personally though I know of her. As such, I have no opinion about her. I do think that this occurrence has been very much overblown, perhaps by the complainant, perhaps by the Press. But I certainly would not blame the officer who made the arrest for anything whatsoever.
Yes, Brian does need help but by insinuating that he committed a hate crime in no way could help him.
Sorry, if the complainant truly wanted to help, she would have gone about same in a different way.
Aion says
Notice how she is trying to bring something else into it that has nothing to do with the situation by creating a hypothetical reference to if he was black. “Divide and conquer” is their game. They target blacks and native americans (and in Australia Aborigines) for conversion to set Americans against each other.