Our Readers Just Helped Shut Down a Violent Hate Group in NYC — Now We Need to Keep Chasing It
Our Readers Just Helped Shut Down a Violent Hate Group in NYC — Now We Need to Keep Chasing It Our June investigation into Betar US just helped force the violent extremist group out of New York Jan 16 We spend a lot of time reporting on bad news. Genocide, corruption, attacks on the First Amendment and free speech, the corporate takeover of media. So let me start with something different: good news that our community helped make happen. This week, a settlement with New York Attorney General Letitia James effectively forced Betar US—a far-right extremist group that’s been terrorizing Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish activists across New York—to shut down its nonprofit operations in the state. After an investigation found a sustained campaign of violence and harassment, the agreement bars Betar from instigating or encouraging violence, harassment, or intimidation. As part of the settlement, Betar agreed to dissolve its nonprofit in New York, and faces a suspended $50,000 penal...