2 Jews claim D.C. police violations
by JERUSALEM (JPS) -- Two young Jewish activists are suing the Washington, D.C., police for violating their constitutional rights t, Ronn Torossian and Moshe Maoz say their First and Fourth Amendment rights were violated when police allegedly prevented them fro
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Torossian said scores of black men surrounded him and Maoz, spitting, hurling bottles and shouting,x "Hitler should have finished you off" and "We're going to get you. Go home, Jew, go home."
A park policeman told them to leave, because they were inciting a riot, or else they would be arrested, Torossian said. They were demonstrating on behalf of AMCHA, a group led by Rabbi Avi Weiss.
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