Obama's Former Advisor Apologises After Video Of Racist Rant Goes Viral
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The viral video shows Stuart Seldowitz asking the food vendor racist and Islamophobic questions.
A former US State Department employee and national security official, identified as Stuart Seldowitz, was captured on video engaging in harassment of a halal food vendor in Manhattan. The viral footage shows him taking pictures of the vendor and directing hateful Islamophobic comments towards him. his harassment of the Halal Cart vendor at 83rd and 2nd ave has been ongoing for two weeks.NYPD has been called multiple times, local precinct stated that “there is nothing they can do because it is free speech”. pic.twitter.com/6LYL40TTFK pic.twitter.com/yzGDazC5GY
In a brief exchange about child casualties, Seldowitz callously remarks, "If we killed 4,000 Palestinian kids, you know what? It wasn't enough."
There are a series of disturbing videos online where Seldowitz is seen hurling a barrage of anti-Palestine comments and insults at the unidentified vendor. One video shows Seldowitz accosting the vendor, calling him a "terrorist" and making inflammatory remarks about the Israel-Hamas conflict.