Todd Huston (Breitbart) A Chicago bar patron was arrested after allegedly yelling that she “hates Jews” and assaulting a bartender who was wearing a Star of David necklace.
Assistant State’s Attorney Loukas Kalliantasis told the media that Sara Abdulrasoul, 30, threw a glass at a bartender at The Underground last year after seeing that the bartender was Jewish, CWB Chicago reported.
According to Kalliantasis, Abdulrasoul, who is a pharmacist for a living, began verbally attacking the bartender and said she would be a “ho” in her home country. Abdulrasoul allegedly went on to use “offensive language” to assail the bartender while demanding that the bartender remove the Star of David necklace.
The bartender told officials that she explained that she went to school in Israel, but Abdulrasoul allegedly continued to use “derogatory” language, even as the bartender tried to defuse the situation by apologizing and saying no offense was meant.
According to Kalliantasis, the bartender apologized and told Abdulrasoul that she wasn’t trying to upset her. However, Abdulrasoul responded that she hated Jews and once again told the Jewish woman to remove her necklace. She then said that the “bartender’s people were killing her people.” The bartender replied, “Oh, you’re Palestinian?”
It was at that point that Abdulrasoul allegedly threw her cocktail glass, which was full, at the bartender, hitting her in the collarbone.
But Abdulrasoul insisted on saying that she “hates Jews,” whom she called murderers. She then threw a drink at the bartender.
Abdulrasoul left the scene before security arrived, but surveillance video helped identify the woman. The bartender later identified the woman from a police lineup.
Chicago prosecutors are charging Abdulrasoul with one count of committing a hate crime.
Abdulrasoul was released on her own recognizance.
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