MARTINEZ — A person was arrested by New York police simply minutes after being sentenced to 364 days in jail for taking and burning a lady’s Israeli flag throughout a protest.
Christopher Husary, 36, had simply been sentenced after pleading no contest to theft and a hate crime within the Jan. 6, 2024 incident when he was arrested by New York police on suspicion of threatening a Jewish individual in a subway. Husary allegedly made the threats simply days after his preliminary listening to within the theft case, court docket data present.
Husary took the girl’s flag and set it ablaze throughout a protest and counter protest in El Cerrito, over Israeli army violence in Gaza. Husary was initially charged with arson in addition to theft, however the arson rely was dismissed within the plea deal.
Husary pink a poem the aloud in court docket the day he was sentenced. The 364-day jail time period was supposed to start out subsequent January, however his arrest throws a wrinkle in that. He is not going to obtain credit score for time served in direction of that sentence whereas he’s in custody in New York, Contra Costa prosecutors stated.
Contra Costa District Lawyer Diana Becton issued an announcement Tuesday saying she respects the First Modification however that Husary’s actions final January went properly past what’s authorized.
