LONG ISLAND, NY: A routine Sunday morning shopping trip turned into a terrifying ordeal for a Jewish mother and her 7-year-old daughter after a man allegedly threatened to shoot them while shouting antisemitic and pro-Hitler slogans inside a kosher supermarket.
The incident unfolded around 10:35 a.m. on November 8 at Bingo Wholesale, located at 603 Burnside Avenue in Inwood, Long Island.
According to Nassau County Police, 36-year-old Hasani Ferguson, an Inwood resident, approached the 34-year-old mother and her daughter, complete strangers to him, pointed his hands at them like a handgun and began imitating gunfire.
He allegedly shouted, “Free Palestine, Hail Hitler, kill all Jews and kill Israel.”
Rather than walking away, Ferguson reportedly continued advancing toward the frightened mother and child while repeating his simulated shooting gestures.
The threats didn’t end there. Police say Ferguson then ran out of the supermarket shouting “Kill the Jews,” making shooting motions and gunfire sounds toward numerous other shoppers before fleeing.
Nearly 13 hours later, at approximately 11:30 p.m., officers located Ferguson on Sheridan Avenue in Inwood and arrested him without incident.
He faces charges of making a threat of mass harm, third-degree menacing and disorderly conduct. Ferguson reportedly pleaded not guilty and was released under non-monetary conditions.
JBN Editor’s Take: When “Free Palestine” and “Hail Hitler” come out of the same mouth, the hatred isn’t hiding behind political slogans anymore. And when a 7-year-old Jewish girl becomes the target of simulated gunfire while shopping with her mother, this isn’t activism. It’s antisemitic intimidation, plain and simple.
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