‘Woke’ Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Slammed After Plea Deal for Alleged Antisemitic Attacker: NYC ‘No Longer Safe for Jews’

“Woke” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg faced backlash after reportedly offering a plea deal to alleged antisemitic attacker Waseem Awawdeh of Brooklyn, despite the latter having reportedly threatened to repeat his assault.

Awawdeh, 24, was charged with assault as a hate crime, gang assault, menacing, aggravated harassment, and criminal possession of a weapon for his alleged 2021 unprovoked attack on Joseph Borgen, a 29-year-old Jewish man, in Midtown Manhattan.

UPDATE-23-year-old Waseem Awawdeh was arrested for using a crutch to assault a man in front of 1604 Broadway. He’s been charged with hate crime assault 2, gang assault 2, menacing, and criminal possession of a weapon.@NYPDDetectives @ADL_NYNJ @simonwiesenthal @JCRCNY @TheCSSorg

— NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) May 21, 2021

The suspect was filmed punching, kicking, and beating the victim with crutches, in addition to pepper-spraying him and allegedly calling Borgen a “dirty Jew.”

#Antisemitism | Joseph Borgen , 29-year-old Jewish man, doesn’t want revenge on the crowd that punched, kicked and pepper-sprayed him while shouting anti-Semitic slurs.

A 23-year-old suspect, Waseem Awawdeh, has been arrested.#VOLFTV #Jews #NYC #USA #Israel #Palestine #Hamas pic.twitter.com/Pz1imIz1a7

— The Voice Of Liberty® (@VOLFdotTV) May 23, 2021

The assault took place as pro-Palestinian demonstrators attacked Jews in Manhattan — allegedly harassing and beating pro-Israel counter-demonstrators; shooting fireworks at a crowd of onlookers; and spitting on diners eating in a local restaurant.

In one video, Awawdeh is seen celebrating with others after being released on bail.

I see lots of “progressive” leaders denouncing some vague definition of antisemitism, along with other hatreds.

I have not seen ONE of them SPECIFICALLY condemn Waseem Awawdeh, the Arab who beat a Jew now being hailed as a hero by @AlAwda @SamidounPP @AMPNJ and other groups. pic.twitter.com/gGnArKyNXP

— Elder of Ziyon 🇱 (@elderofziyon) May 24, 2021

Though he faced a maximum of seven years if convicted of the charges, the Soros-linked Manhattan DA reportedly offered him a six-month plea deal, despite Awawdeh having allegedly told a jailer: “If I could do it again, I would do it again,” according to a prosecutor at Awawdeh’s arraignment hearing in Manhattan Criminal Court. 

In response, former New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind blasted the “shameful” decision. 

.@ManhattanDA offered Waseem Awadeh a sweet plea deal with a 6mo sentence, despite the fact that the violent Jew-hater said he would try to kill Jews again and showed no remorse!

Awadeh and a mob attacked Joseph Borgen who was seriously injured and feared for his life! Shameful! pic.twitter.com/lDxSys1JD5

— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) January 11, 2023

“New York is simply no longer safe for Jews under the supervision of @ManhattanDA,” tweeted the watchdog group StopAntisemitism.

“By offering a plea deal in a vicious assault, that’s a hate crime to boot, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg proves his allegiance, not only to criminals, but to those victimized because of their religion and ethnicity,” wrote Fox News Host and former New York State judge and District Attorney Jeanine Pirro.

By offering a plea deal in a vicious assault, that’s a hate crime to boot, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg proves his allegiance, not only to criminals, but to those victimized because of their religion and ethnicity. #hatecrimeapologisthttps://t.co/bEwBcABUUH

— Jeanine Pirro (@JudgeJeanine) January 13, 2023

NYC Council member Kalman Yeger said it was “Open Season on Jews, encouraged by @ManhattanDA.”

Open Season on Jews, encouraged by @ManhattanDA.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg offers sweetheart plea deal to suspect in brutal anti-Semitic attack https://t.co/sxn5yXBPOM via @nypmetro

— Kalman Yeger (@KalmanYeger) January 13, 2023

At the time of the assault, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) blamed congressional Democrats for contributing to antisemitism through their frequent use of “incendiary rhetoric” in attacking Israel.

Bragg was elected in November 2021 with indirect backing from left-wing billionaire activist George Soros, who provided $1 million to the Color of Change PAC, which was spent to elect Bragg.

Soros has spent millions in local prosecutorial elections, often backing left-wing radicals against incumbent or moderate Democrats. 

His involvement has coincided with a massive rise in violent crimes in Democrat-run cities.

As Breitbart News noted last November, Bragg, who won a staggering 83% of the vote, ran a campaign centering around ending prosecutions for what he deems “minor” offenses, such as marijuana misdemeanors, turnstile jumping, trespassing, driving with a suspended license, prostitution, resisting arrest for non-criminal offenses, and obstructing the work of the NYPD.

Likewise, he has vowed to reduce “mass incarceration” by recommending no more than 20-year maximum prison sentences “absent exceptional circumstances.” 

In 2020 and 2021, numerous arrestees, some accused of violent crimes, were released in New York City as a result of state bail reforms, with some allegedly going on to commit crimes that shocked the public, such as an antisemitic attack in Brooklyn.

In July, Bragg defended his office’s freeing without bail a 16-year-old suspect captured on video brutally assaulting an NYPD officer — putting him in a chokehold, dragging him, and repeatedly punching him in the face.

This individual has been RELEASED ‍♂️

Lynch: “If New Yorkers want to know why the chaos in the transit system is not improving more quickly — this is why. The criminals underground know they can get in a brawl, choke a cop and be back out in hours…” 1/2
pic.twitter.com/w1vvHOWHyx

— NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) July 25, 2022

The suspect had been freed without bail for allegedly beating a stranger in a violent robbery just three days prior, due to New York’s “No Bail” law, first imposed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and supported by sitting Gov. Kathy Hochul (D).

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