West Ridge a hotbed of anti-Jewish hate crimes, police data show

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Anti-Jewish dislike crimes roseate sharply successful Chicago this year, pinch 70 bona fide incidents, a 46% summation complete past year's precocious of 48, pinch 2 months near to spell successful 2024.

According to a CBS News Data Team study of Chicago Police dislike crimes data, nan West Ridge organization has recorded a twelve anti-Jewish dislike crimes truthful acold this year, including 2 assaults, a explosive threat, and vandalism to spot and a car.

West Ridge was shaken aft a 39-year-old Jewish man was changeable successful nan shoulder connected Saturday. The fishy successful that shooting, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, allegedly opened occurrence connected constabulary and paramedics earlier being critically changeable by police.

Abdallahi was charged pinch six counts of attempted first-degree murder, 7 counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated battery.

At slightest 1 Chicago alderman has called for dislike crime charges to beryllium filed. Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling didn't norm retired nan anticipation of further charges connected Monday, but said nan investigation is continuing.

So acold this year, Chicago saw dozens of reported anti-Jewish dislike crimes, including 16 criminal defacements, 4 explosive threats, 2 incidents of vandalism to institutions, including a spot of believe and a school, 4 incidents of harm to cars, according to an study of constabulary data.

An audit by nan Anti-Defamation League showed an summation successful antisemitic incidents successful Illinois past year, up 74% from 2022. Earlier this month, an anti-Israel message appeared connected a integer advertisement successful suburban Northbrook.

The emergence successful anti-Jewish dislike crimes successful Chicago preceded nan Israeli-Gaza conflict that started aft nan Oct. 7 attacks, expanding from 8 to 37 incidents successful 2022, and again successful 2023 pinch 48 incidents.

Chicago constabulary dislike crimes information is only readily disposable going backmost to 2012.

Meanwhile, anti-Arab and anti-Muslim crimes besides roseate past twelvemonth to 20 incidents, up from 8 successful 2022. So acold this year, location were 11 anti-Arab and anti-Muslim dislike crimes confirmed by nan constabulary department, including the vandalization of a Palestinian café past Friday.