Mona Eltahawy Arrested for Spray-Painting Pam Geller’s Hate Poster
Mona Eltahawy is charged with criminal mischief, and her attorney Stanley Cohen says he wonders “how New Yorkers would react to a poster with an oven that said, ‘Not enough Jews’
A lawyer for an Egyptian-American columnist charged with spray-painting over a pro-Israel subway ad used an odd hypothetical example to argue his client was merely exercising her right to free speech.
‘My client decided to take a stand based on principle,’ Stanley Cohen said of Mona Eltahawy, who was arraigned on misdemeanor charges, including criminal mischief, in Manhattan Wednesday. The ad she defaced implies Muslims are savages.
‘I wonder how New Yorkers would react to a poster with an oven that said, ‘Not enough Jews,’ ’ Cohen reasoned.
Eltahawy on Tuesday sprayed pink paint on a poster that says, ‘In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat Jihad.’
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Instead of Pam’s hateful ad, I photoshopped my own. Feel free to share!
