| Man Charged With Assaulting
Jews at NYC Protests Redacted Bail
Bid Detention Qs May 20
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
EXCLUSIVE,
May 16 – A young man charged
with assault, the Assistant US
Attorney said on Jews, was
ordered free on $150,000 bond
on May 7 in the U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York
Magistrates Court. Inner City
Press was the only media there
and live tweeted:
AUSA: Defendant
was freed in NY court and went
on assaulting Jews. He should
be detained
Federal Defender:
He was upset and protesting a
global issue. He should be
freed
Judge: Free on
$150,000 bond with the parents
as third party custodians.
The clerk said
the
defendant's
name is "Tarek
Bazrouk."
Then the
AUSA asked for a stay pending
appeal. Magistrate Judge Aaron
went to chambers to call the
assigned District Judge,
Richard M. Berman - who
quickly set up a hearing which
Inner City Press also covered.
Federal Defender:
Why not leave him free,
pending the conference here on
Tuesday?
AUSA: The
defendant is a danger to the
community and a flight risk,
we want to argue now.
[Federal Defender
conferring]
FD: OK, we'll put
this off until Tuesday.
Letter was
due Friday at noon.
But it did not go
into the docket until Monday,
May 12, with adults' names
redacted. It acknowledges that
"some of the messages and
postings even indicate
sympathies for designated
terrorist organizations like
Hamas and Hizballah, then
cites Brandenburg v. Ohio.
There is a footnote about
threats.
On May 13, after
argument he remained detained
pending an order: "Court
requests documents from
counsel re: orders of
protection... Court will issue
a written decision; remand
continues pending written
decision; Court schedules next
conference for 5/20/25."
On May 16 Judge
Berman docketed: ORDER as to
Tarek Bazrouk. The Court may
have one or two questions for
counsel before finalizing the
bail/detention order. We can
discuss at our conference on
Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Signed
by Judge Richard M. Berman on
5/16/25)."
The case is USA
v. Bazrouk, 1:25-cr-00203
(Berman)
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