Jersey City’s mayor didn’t wait to call kosher store shooting antisemitic
“Had I said that we were unsure of the motives or the reasons or whether it was a hate crime, I feel like it would’ve jeopardized my relationship with the community, the trust I’ve built."
Jersey City police work at the scene the day after an hours-long gun battle with two men around a kosher market in Jersey City, New Jersey(photo credit: REUTERS/LLOYD MITCHELL)ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA