"Elie Wiesel Accosted at S.F. Hotel"

[in_cog_ni_to]

Elie Wiesel Accosted at S.F. Hotel
By PAUL ELIAS, Associated Press Writer




Shown in this file photo is Nobel Peace Prize ...
SAN FRANCISCO - A man who approached Nobel Peace laureate and Holocaust scholar Eli Wiesel seeking an interview at a San Francisco hotel last week later roughed him up, police said.

Police are investigating the incident in which they say a man, who may have been a Holocaust denier, approached Wiesel in an elevator at a peace forum at the Argent Hotel Feb. 1 and requested an interview.

When Wiesel consented to talk in the hotel's lobby, the man insisted it be done in a hotel room and dragged the 78-year-old off the elevator on the sixth floor, police Sgt. Neville Gittens said.

The assailant fled after Wiesel began to scream, and Wiesel went to the lobby and called police.

Gittens said investigators were aware of a posting at an anti-Semitic Web site in which a man claimed responsibility for the attack, but declined to comment further.<snip>

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[Zodiak]

1. Jesus

As if this guy had not been through enough with the Nazis.

[derby378]

2. Oh, Lord, here we go again...

:mad:

[Missy M]

3. How low can you go assaulting a 78 year old man...

who has worked the better part of his life on human rights. Sure hope they catch the creep.

[in_cog_ni_to]

4. Pretty sad, isn't it? n/t

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

5. Shows the "bravery" of the far right, doesn't it?

They rough up a 78 year old man, then claim responsibility via a website. Unbrave and unsmart--hope they catch the creep.