NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (VINnews) — Newly released surveillance video shows a woman attacking a Jewish teenager at a North Miami Beach Target earlier this month in what police described as an antisemitic incident.
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WSVN published the video Monday, providing a new look at the Aug. 2 confrontation inside the Starbucks at the Target on Biscayne Boulevard.
Police said 43-year-old Chyvonne Juanita Palmer approached the teenager, who was wearing a yarmulke, and struck him twice with a cellphone.
According to the arrest report, Palmer later grabbed a metal chair and raised it as she approached the teen again. A witness told police she repeatedly shouted, “I hate them.”
The teenager was able to get away after bystanders intervened.
Palmer was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice and disorderly conduct. The Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office Hate Crimes Unit is handling the case.
The release of the video comes as South Florida’s Jewish community continues to deal with concerns over antisemitism. Days after the North Miami Beach incident, a Jewish man was attacked in Surfside in a separate incident that also raised concerns about antisemitic violence.
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