Waiter Charged Over Arabic Chant at Jewish Wedding

[WillowTree]

WOODBURY, N.Y. — A waiter who shocked guests at a Jewish wedding by playing a recording of a crowd chanting in Arabic has pleaded not guilty to felony harassment.

Stephen Buttafuoco, 23, said he was playing the recording for a co-worker and was unaware it was being amplified over a sound system at the Woodbury Jewish Center during the Jan. 4 wedding, his lawyer Tom Spreer said.

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[sky dancer]

Another inflammatory, divisive story brought to you by Fox News.

Has the waiter been sent to Egypt in extraordinary rendition for a terrorist act?

 

[random3434]

I KNEW sunni boy really was a waiter!

 

[sky dancer]

It does sound like a stunt he would approve of.

 

[Sunni Man]

What's amazing to me is that the guy was charged with felony harassment.

I can't believe that the police arrested some for playing the wrong music.

What's next?

A person getting arrested for mistakenly playing jazz music at a country and western bar??

 

[sky dancer]

What's amazing to me is that the guy was charged with felony harassment.

I can't believe that the police arrested some for playing the wrong music.

What's next?

A person getting arrested for mistakenly playing jazz music at a country and western bar??

I doubt it was a simple mistake. It sounds to me like deliberate harassment.

 

[random3434]

What's amazing to me is that the guy was charged with felony harassment.

I can't believe that the police arrested some for playing the wrong music.

What's next?

A person getting arrested for mistakenly playing jazz music at a country and western bar??

Go bus that table then go sweep the floor.

 

[Ravi]

Pretty stupid, imo. Though anyone that would hire the guy after this would have to be even stupider.

 

[manifold]

My first reaction to this story is...









not surprisingly...
























wait for it...

 

[manifold]

I doubt it was a simple mistake. It sounds to me like deliberate harassment.

Not a fan of the presumption of innocence?

 

[Gem]

SunniMan Wrote:

I can't believe that the police arrested some for playing the wrong music.

Oh come on now, Sunni....do your reading before you start spouting silliness like the guy just made the mistake of playing Brittany Spears to a crowd of Christina Aquillera fans.

From the article:

Investigators said he made the recording when he attended a rally opposing the Israeli offensive in Gaza, during which protesters chanted, "Allah Akbar," or "God is great."

It hardly sounds like he was playing the latest "Muslim Brittany Spears" #1 song...he was playing the sounds of angry people protesting Israel - I can certainly see how a group of Jewish people at a celebration might find that a bit hostile and threatening.

I'm interested in how, while innocently sharing a clip of Muslims protesting Israel to a pal in the middle of a Jewish wedding, it "just happens" to get played over the venues sound system so that all of the Jewish party-goers in attendance get to hear a loud blast of anti-Israel sentiment...

If they can explain that, then it seems like it could very well be a very poor-timed mistake and no charges should be filed other than "poor taste."

But lets at least keep the facts straight...shall we?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Another inflammatory, divisive story brought to you by Fox News.

Has the waiter been sent to Egypt in extraordinary rendition for a terrorist act?

FOX NEWS made this up?



pass the koolaid.


FOX News? It's an Associated Press story, not Sean Hannity.

gawd, you're starting to get on my nerves with the PC idiocy.

 

[manifold]

Oh wait, I almost forgot, Muslims are not afforded the same presumption of innocence that the rest of us enjoy.


Carry on.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Not a fan of the presumption of innocence?

another moronic statement in this thread?

The "presumption of innocence" concept is a legal one for the courts. The state and witnesses do NOT presume innocence. Observers are not required to presume innocence. What ever happened to your fastest horse...did she go lame in the last race?

 

[Sunni Man]

I doubt it was a simple mistake. It sounds to me like deliberate harassment.

They had every right to fire the guy.

But have the police arrest him for felony harassment.

That just PC nonsense!!!!

 

[manifold]

another moronic statement in this thread?

The "presumption of innocence" concept is a legal one for the courts. The state and witnesses do NOT presume innocence. Observers are not required to presume innocence. What ever happened to your fastest horse...did she go lame in the last race?

My bad, I thought it said he was charged with a felony.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Oh wait, I almost forgot, Muslims are not afforded the same presumption of innocence that the rest of us enjoy.


Carry on.

two moronic statements from a single poster in a single thread?



mani, read the fukin'*story before you opine from your toilet seat...

Stephen Buttafuoco, 23, said he was playing the recording for a co-worker...

...where is the term Muslim mentioned?

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

My bad, I thought it said he was charged with a felony.

He was charged with a felony and you're not his defense attorney or the judge. If the kid is smart he will go before a judge and fuk a jury of his peers...or yours.

The charge can also be dropped or reevaluated. Allow the case to play out.

 

[Ravi]

His parents aren't helping. They are ashamed and wanting to apologize for their son's hatred.

 

[manifold]

two moronic statements from a single poster in a single thread?

pffft! You say that like it's some sort of record or something.