Canada- Montreal police arrest suspect after Jewish father beaten in front of his children in park, August 2025.

[dotr]

I believe you, 100%. The problem in this case is the fact the perp (according to the victim and the lady filming) never once verbally expressed any sort of hate for the man because he's Jewish. It's possible the victim just happened to be in the way of a creepy, violent man.

It is easy to imagine the perp attacking anybody who happened to pass by.

A park is a good spot to find a vulnerable victim, especially if they are with kids.

Maybe something about seeing an apparently good dad out and about with his 3 young children, triggered him? imo speculation.

 

[seasideForest]

I believe you, 100%. The problem in this case is the fact the perp (according to the victim and the lady filming) never once verbally expressed any sort of hate for the man because he's Jewish. It's possible the victim just happened to be in the way of a creepy, violent man.

Does it have to be a verbal expression though? Maybe a gesture or action, like throwing a Kippah around could be felt as anti-Jewish by the victim? And/or could be seen as anti-Jewish by victim plus anybody else?

I would certainly feel discriminated against if somebody took an obvious religious item of mine and threw it around and I would feel frightened about wearing that item in future. MOO Is that hate? Or 'just' discrimination?

I don't think the perp is just 'clearing up' when he throws the Kippah, he does it differently from the way he was putting items from the ground into a bag.

Things way seem hate from an ethical pov, but aren't hate legally too, I suppose?

All JMM Just my musings.

 

[dotr]

August 15 2025
'Montreal police on Tuesday still refused to declare whether the incident is classified as a hate crime, saying they will make that determination at the conclusion of their investigation.'

Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article1096142.html#storylink=cpy

Court suggests HOT WEATHER to blame for assault of Jewish father

The father-of-three was attacked in front of his young children in a park in Montreal's Parc-Extension neighborhood on August 8.

www.dailymail.co.uk

'Now, a criminologist, who was not identified, has suggested the hot weather might have contributed to Preciado's actions that day. Temperatures reached a high of almost 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

The criminologist had conducted a quick mental health evaluation ahead of Preciado's appearance before Quebec Court Judge Martin Chalifour inside Montreal courthouse Wednesday, according to The Montreal Gazette.'

Shocking video captured by a witness showed the suspect kneeling over the victim, while swinging his fist repeatedly into his head

A criminologist, who was not identified, suggested Sergio Preciado (pictured) may have been impacted by the hot weather that day

 

[seasideForest]

A criminologist, who was not identified, suggested Sergio Preciado (pictured) may have been impacted by the hot weather that day

Could be I suppose. But that amount of violence??

I remember a good few years ago in an extreme heatwave of about 40°C (104°F), I and people around me e.g. in lines and on the train (no air-conditioning back then here) were getting pretty ratty and impatient towards each other but it was only verbal and each episode fairly brief too. An escalation of that could be a longer tirade, then one punch or slap, but S.P. here hit the father again and again.

 

[dotr]

''The heat'' really seems to affect some people more than others, imo.
August 16 2025.

Man arrested after threatening Orthodox Jews in St. Laurent

A man was arrested in St. Laurent Friday after death threats he made to an observant Jewish man and others at the corner of St. Louis and Fraser streets.”Your time

www.thesuburban.com

'The incident comes a week after an observant Jewish man was beaten in Park Extension as his daughters watched. Sergio Yanes Preciado was arrested and he is receiving a psychological evaluation at Pinel.'

 

[AddyFinch]

Actions often speak louder than words..........

 

[Ontario Mom]

Of course I think we all know folks can get more easily agitated during heat waves, but I'm not really buying that's what happened here. I think this violent creep just picked a man minding his own business, and beat the tar out of him. Obviously it could have been because he's visibly Jewish, but it could also have been because the perp is just a violent creep.

 

[dotr]

'A Quebec Court judge received a report Friday on the psychiatric evaluation of the man charged last month with assaulting a Jewish man at a park in Parc-Extension. The 30-day evaluation was ordered in August after Sergio Yanes Preciado, 24, was charged with assault causing bodily harm.'

Read more at: https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/local-crime/article1166485.html#storylink=cpy