CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - An attorney for the State of Illinois is out of a job today after being fired for making antisemitic remarks on social media.
The state comptroller’s office said Comptroller Susana Mendoza has zero tolerance for antisemitism or hate speech. That’s why, within a couple of hours of learning that one of the attorneys in her office had posted antisemitic comments on Instagram, that attorney was fired.
Reuters identified the lawyer as Sarah Chowdhury. The news agency reported that among her online comments were: ”All you Zionists will pay” and “hopefully someone sends you anthrax or poison and you die a slow terrible death.”
This incident comes as crimes and threats against Jews and Muslims are reportedly on the rise.
Last week, a Palestinian American boy was stabbed to death in Plainfield Township. This week, a man in DuPage County was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill two Muslim men. And, a woman in Portage Park told police that someone replaced an Israeli flag from her yard with a Palestinian flag.
Chicago Sun-Times Media Wire contributed to this report.
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