Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, shown on video assaulting Shohel Mahmud after he began reciting prayer in Arabic

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, shown on video assaulting Shohel Mahmud after he began reciting prayer in Arabic

A New York woman who pepper-sprayed a Muslim Uber driver while he was praying has been indicted by the Manhattan district attorney on hate crime charges.

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, is shown in a surveillance video repeatedly pepper-spraying her Uber driver, Shohel Mahmud. The assault took place in August on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, near the corner of east 65th Street and Lexington Avenue, shortly after Mahmud began reciting a prayer in Arabic.

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Guilbeault’s former employer, the public relations and marketing firm D Pagan Communications, wrote on X it is aware of her actions and “don’t condone this behavior”.

  • ArxCyberwolf@lemmy.ca
    102·
    2 months ago

    What the fuck is wrong with you? This guy wasn’t hurting anybody by praying, and you don’t know anything about his other beliefs. Not every Muslim or Christian is a hateful, bigoted maniac. Most were raised in their respective religions from birth and don’t know any different.

    This kind of “all religious people are monsters” thinking screams “angsty teenager from r/atheism” and you should rethink your position. Be better.

    • Shark_Ra_ThanosEnglish
      27·
      2 months ago

      I’m not talking about the suckers. I’m talking about the victims. IDC about those that aren’t any more than suckers because enough of them aren’t that it’s worth being fucking warned of your current probable threat.