{"id":214620,"date":"2026-03-11T09:49:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/214620\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:49:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T09:49:34","slug":"attack-at-san-joses-santana-row-investigated-as-possible-hate-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/214620\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack at San Jose\u2019s Santana Row investigated as possible hate crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brief<\/p>\n

San Jose police are investigating a Sunday afternoon assault at Santana Row as a possible hate crime after victims reported that suspects used antisemitic language during the attack.<\/p>\n

Two men were approached by a group of three men, and a verbal dispute escalated into a physical fight, leaving the victims with minor injuries; the suspects fled the scene.<\/p>\n

Bystander video shows three men in black shirts punching one of the victims, and an X account reported the attack may have been triggered by the victims speaking Hebrew, though police have not confirmed that detail.<\/p>\n

SAN JOSE, Calif. – San Jose police are investigating an attack at Santana Row over the weekend as a possible hate crime<\/a> after victims reported that suspects hurled antisemitic remarks during the assault.<\/p>\n

The attack occurred on Sunday around 3:38 p.m., outside the restaurant Augustine.<\/p>\n

Officers responded to a report of a fight in the 300 block of Santana Row, according to the San Jose Police Department.<\/a><\/p>\n

What happened?<\/p>\n

What we know<\/p>\n

Based on a preliminary investigation, officers determined that two men were approached by a group of three men. A verbal altercation escalated into a physical fight, police said.<\/p>\n

The two men who were approached sustained minor injuries and were treated at the scene. The suspects fled before officers arrived.<\/p>\n

Video shows assault<\/p>\n

Bystander video captured three men wearing black shirts repeatedly punching a person believed to be one of the victims as onlookers watched. Voices can be heard in the background yelling, “Knock it off,” before the three men run away.<\/p>\n

Allegations of antisemitic language<\/p>\n

Dig deeper<\/p>\n

The victims told police that the suspects used antisemitic language during the fight. The case is now being investigated as a possible hate crime.<\/p>\n

The X account @TheJewishAlly <\/a>reported that the victims were attacked after they were heard speaking Hebrew. Police have not confirmed that detail.<\/p>\n

The Source<\/p>\n

This story was written based on information from the San Jose Police Department, along with social media video from @TheJewishAlly on X.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief San Jose police are investigating a Sunday afternoon assault at Santana Row as a possible hate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[92849,36698,98433,88,90,89,17060,69555],"class_list":["post-214620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-antisemitic","tag-hate-crime","tag-physical-fight","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news","tag-san-jose-police","tag-santana-row"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}