Man Tied to Alleged Antisemitic Attack at DePaul U. Allowed to Plea to Misdemeanor
“Prosecutors said the Hoffman Estates resident was among the people who confronted DePaul students who were showing support for Israel during a surge of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus”
He also got probation. Is anyone ever punished for anything anymore?
CWB Chicago reports:
DePaul attack case ends with misdemeanor plea and probation
A suburban man who faced a slate of hate crime and felony battery charges tied to an alleged anti-Semitic attack on the DePaul University campus, resolved the case this week by pleading guilty to a single misdemeanor, court records show.
Adam Erkan, 20, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery before Judge Tyria Walton, who sentenced him to two years of probation and ordered 100 hours of community service, according to the records. Prosecutors dismissed seven felonies, including four hate crime counts. The outcome brings a relatively swift end to a case filed in April but rooted in allegations from November 6, 2024.
Prosecutors said the Hoffman Estates resident was among the people who confronted DePaul students who were showing support for Israel during a surge of pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus and throughout Chicago late last year. In a civil lawsuit filed against the university, student Max Long alleged he suffered a concussion during the confrontation, while another student, Michael Kaminsky, said he sustained a broken wrist.
Video cameras allegedly recorded Erkan arriving on DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus about an hour before the confrontation in a vehicle registered to his father. At the same time, Long was outside the school’s student center, 2250 North Sheffield Avenue, wearing a sweatshirt reading “Curb Your Antisemitism” and holding a sign that invited people to “talk about Israel with an [Israel Defense Forces] soldier,” officials said. He and Kaminsky had been speaking with students about Israel at that location for several months, according to a court filing.
Erkan, wearing a ski mask, and a companion eventually engaged the men. After a lengthy conversation, Erkan’s companion knocked Long unconscious, prosecutors said. When Kaminsky stepped in, Erkan allegedly pulled him away and pushed him to the ground.
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