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Emile

(34,667 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 07:31 AM Feb 2025

Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israeli tourists he mistakenly believed were Palestinian

A Florida man has been arrested and charged for shooting 17 times at two men who he mistakenly thought were Palestinian. The victims were actually tourists from Israel, according to police.

Mordechai Brafman, 27, has been charged with two counts of second degree attempted murder, according to state records. The Miami State Attorney's Office Hate Crimes unit is reviewing the case to see if it meets that statutory requirements for a penalty enhancement.

Florida does not have a hate crime offense, but charges can be enhanced which increases the seriousness of the penalty for a crime if a defendant is convicted, according to the attorney's office.

Read more at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/miami-man-arrested-after-shooting-2-men-mistakenly/story?id=118943165

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Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israeli tourists he mistakenly believed were Palestinian (Original Post) Emile Feb 2025 OP
MAGA will kill anyone Bread and Circuses Feb 2025 #1
Florida man strikes again Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2025 #2
He is not in possession of all his mental faculties. Emile Feb 2025 #3
Jeez. First Florida voted to trash their citrus industry. Now they're trashing tourism. Scrivener7 Feb 2025 #4
Fuck atreides1 Feb 2025 #5
Here is another story titled Jewish Florida Man arrested Emile Feb 2025 #6

Scrivener7

(55,727 posts)
4. Jeez. First Florida voted to trash their citrus industry. Now they're trashing tourism.
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:09 AM
Feb 2025

I know there are good Democrats in Florida and I wish them well, but

atreides1

(16,648 posts)
5. Fuck
Thu Feb 20, 2025, 09:21 AM
Feb 2025

17 shots and all he did was wound them?

The headline should read "American Jewish man shoots and wounds two Jewish Israelis"!

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