When Will Left-Wing Mobs Suffer Consequences for Actions?

Antisemitic mobs have been “protesting” on college campuses for several months, and the mainstream media turned its back. On Sunday, another violent antisemitic mob descended upon a synagogue in Los Angeles. They harassed the members of the congregation and injured several of them. Yet, the LA media and authorities responded pitifully, according to Jarrett Stepman at The Daily Signal. 

Stepman reported that the Palestinian Youth Movement LA and Code Pink LA – “the same coalition of people who’ve organized the protests on college campuses and in our cities – organized the initial protests. Some of the protesters even filmed themselves as they marched down the streets of Los Angeles. They were also carrying Palestinian and pro-Hamas flags and shouting antisemitic chants.

As Stepman reported, the scene was ugly, but “The Los Angeles Times buried this story in its back pages.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass put out a statement, about which Stepman noted a few things about it.

First, Bass buries the lede.

The word “antisemitism” only shows up near the end of the statement, and from the first paragraph, one would hardly know that the hostility and violence were directed toward Jews or who committed it.

Bass condemns “violence,” but only says it took place at a “place of worship.”

It wasn’t just a place of worship, it was a synagogue. The people in the mob had a target, and the target was Jews.

This is a common left-wing linguistic tactic. Any time a group they aren’t so keen on is targeted, or the ethnic and religious dynamic is uncomfortable, they will label the incident with generic words like “hate” to dodge the issue and shift it to a broader societal problem….

Next, Bass says she’s organizing more police patrols outside – again, totally generic – “houses of worship.”

Unless those so-called houses of worship are synagogues, this is entirely a waste of police time and money….

The only meaningful part of Bass’ bland statement is the line that “those responsible” for antisemitism and violence “will be found and held accountable.”

Stepman reported that only one person was arrested for the attack on the synagogue. This is common in “blue, heavily Democrat-controlled cities” where “lawbreakers who commit their crimes on behalf of left-wing causes often escape punishment entirely. They know that the powers that be will come to their aid.”