antisemitic attack on a Jewish couple<\/a>.<\/p>\nSeveral elected officials for the Town of Surfside participated in the rally to speak out against a rise in antisemitic attacks in South Florida.<\/p>\n
According to police, the victim of that attack was walking with his wife along the 9500 block of Harding Avenue on Aug. 16 when 35-year-old Jorden Stephen Perozo approached them on a scooter.<\/p>\n
That was when Perozo reportedly started hurling antisemitic slurs at the couple before he punched the man and threatened to kill him.<\/p>\n
Cellphone video from the incident appears to show Perozo aggressively accosting the couple.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Expletive] Israel, [expletive} Jews, and [expletive] you. [Expletive] Palestine too. I hate you,\u201d Perozo is heard saying.<\/p>\n
Perozo was later arrested and issued a $6,000 bond in court.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe charges are battery with prejudice and harassing, intimidating a person based on their religious or ethnic heritage,\u201d said Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy S. Glazer.<\/p>\n
Demonstrators gathered in Surfside were rankled by the judge\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis man is a danger, not just to our community, but the entire greater Surfside community and other people as well,\u201d said a demonstrator, who held up a sign demanding Perozo be prosecuted. \u201cHis violence and his rhetoric are totally unacceptable in this civilized society.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHearing on the news what happened completely devastated us,\u201d said another demonstrator.<\/p>\n
Demonstrators believe Perozo should not have been given bond.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe should\u2019ve been jailed and kept under lock until his case came before a judge,\u201d said a demonstrator.<\/p>\n
Members of the organization End Jew Hatred said it\u2019s critical that Perozo face consequences when he has his day in court.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so important that the state attorney general, Katherine Fernandez Rundle, prosecute this man to the full extent of the law and that the hate crime charges are prosecuted because the most important thing are consequences,\u201d said Brooke Goldstein with End Jew Hatred.<\/p>\n
Several elected officials, including mayors across South Florida, spoke on the incident, which they say, has been part of a disturbing increase of antisemitic threats directed at Jewish communities across the U.S.<\/p>\n
Miami Beach Mayor Steven Meiner emphasized the importance of unity to oppose this hatred and stand against those that perpetrate it in any form.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnfortunately we\u2019re seeing a serious spike in anti-Jewish incidents and everyone needs to come together and combat it because it doesn\u2019t end with Jews, it\u2019s just maybe a symptom, and ultimately we need to be together,\u201d said Meiner.<\/p>\n
While rallygoers told 7News this incident was concerning, they said they largely do feel safe in Surfside because they have a supportive community standing with them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere will be somebody there to fight for you. You don\u2019t leave, stand up, face it head-on and it\u2019s the only way that we\u2019re all gonna survive. We\u2019re not gonna repeat what my grandparents went through, we\u2019re not going anywhere,\u201d said rallygoer Jack Gold.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not Perozo\u2019s first run-in with the law.<\/p>\n
He was previously arrested for allegedly using a box cutter to slash a giant inflatable FIFA World Cup<\/a> soccer ball representing Uruguay, which was on display in Miami Beach over the summer.<\/p>\n7News also learned that Perozo, who was working at a Flanigan\u2019s in Surfside, was fired after his latest arrest, which demonstrators applauded.<\/p>\n
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