Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault
Banker Who Slugged Woman at NYC Pride Event Charged With Assault
Jonathan Kaye turned himself in to New York City authorities a week after resigning from his cushy gig at the prominent investment bank Moelis.
"Person who assaulted, charged with assault"
Why is this news?
Unfortunately if they are moneyed and attacking a prole it is indeed news.
Because the initial assault was news. Generally speaking, news stories with unresolved conclusions tend to release updates when they happen.
This article is just a stub which links to another one with a paywall.
https://archive.is/20240701171319/https://www.ft.com/content/ac9fcdd9-a320-403c-b482-ef636312e3cf
Hopefully this works for you, too -- The original article on Financial Times contains a little more info than the Daily Beast version.
The article is terrible. What actually happened? Was his violence actually unprovoked or was it self defense? It says some shit about him being surrounded and liquid thrown on him.
Violence is never appropriate, except in self defense.
If he wasn't defending himself this is probably a hate crime, and he should have the book thrown at him.
Edit ah, the other comment linked article indicates he started things by trading insults with the group. So he walked into the situation.
Fuck what Israel is doing to Palestine. This dude should have just walked away in the first place.
If there is video of them pushing him down and surrounding him, then it'll be a messy case.
I saw a longer video (maybe not the full one) that showed him turning around and engaging with them a couple of times, and someone threw what looked like juice at him - didn't seem to be the bottle, just the liquid, and then he pushed past several people to punch that specific woman. I don't think he can claim self-defense even if they had pushed him down before, because he walked pretty far to get to her without anyone attacking him or even stopping him.
Can't you just pull a Rittenhouse? You know always claim self-defense even after waving around a gun and fake cry on the stand?
Why is the person just identified as "banker?" Is that somehow relevant? Are bankers as rage filled as cops and I didn't know about it?
He’s identified in the article. I think it makes more sense than putting his name in the headline. Nobody knows who “Jonathan whatever” is. We all know what a banker is
From the local news article:
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/woman-hit-in-face-banker-brooklyn-pride-park-slope/5498437/
“We heard him say ‘what a bunch of useful idiots,’” said Micah. “He got about halfway down the block and I turned around and I said, ‘What did you say?’
Don't ever ask someone "what did you say?" if you think they insulted you. You're literally asking to be insulted again and there's no upside.
he knows he'll get off scot-free
He won't. The assault is on tape and clearly not justified by self defense. The woman's nose was even broken, so he can't argue no true harm was caused.