To: Tony Palumbo, Anoka County Attorney and Lori Swanson, Attorney General of the State of Minnesota
Anoka County Attorney: We Demand Justice for Asma Jama
File hate crime charges (Minn. Stat. § 609.2231(2009) ) against Jodie Burchard-Risch,who attacked Asma Jama for speaking her native language of Swahili.
Why is this important?
Jodie Burchard-Risch – who’s accused of attacking a woman for speaking in her native language, Swahili – should be charged with a hate crime.
KSTP reports that the 43-year-old Ramsey resident was dining at the Coon Rapids Applebee's with her husband on Friday when she overheard the woman, sitting in a nearby booth with her family, talking in a non-English language.
A criminal complaint says Burchard-Risch began to yell at Asma Jama, who’d been speaking Swahili. Restaurant staff tried to get Burchard-Risch to leave, but she refused, then smashed a beer mug across the victim’s face before fleeing, according to the WCCO.
Burchard-Risch was charged Monday in Anoka County District Court with third-degree assault. We are Petitioning Annoka County Attorney(MN) Tony Palumbo, to file Hate Crime charges (Minn. Stat. § 609.2231(2009) ) against Jodie Burchard-Risch
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/05/charges-woman-attacked-for-speaking-foreign-language-at-applebees/
KSTP reports that the 43-year-old Ramsey resident was dining at the Coon Rapids Applebee's with her husband on Friday when she overheard the woman, sitting in a nearby booth with her family, talking in a non-English language.
A criminal complaint says Burchard-Risch began to yell at Asma Jama, who’d been speaking Swahili. Restaurant staff tried to get Burchard-Risch to leave, but she refused, then smashed a beer mug across the victim’s face before fleeing, according to the WCCO.
Burchard-Risch was charged Monday in Anoka County District Court with third-degree assault. We are Petitioning Annoka County Attorney(MN) Tony Palumbo, to file Hate Crime charges (Minn. Stat. § 609.2231(2009) ) against Jodie Burchard-Risch
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2015/11/05/charges-woman-attacked-for-speaking-foreign-language-at-applebees/