 [NYPOST] One of the attackers convicted in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021 caused a ruckus inside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday — shouting "Free Paleostine" as his rowdy supporters accused the judge of being racist at his sentencing hearing.
Tensions flared in Manhattan Supreme Court after Mahmoud Musa, 23, was slapped with seven years in prison for attacking Joseph Borgen, a Jewish man, during a clash between Israel and Paleostinian supporters on May 20, 2021 in Midtown.
As Musa was being walked back to a holding cell in handcuffs, he turned to tell his family he loved them — before yelling "Free Paleostine" twice, sparking an all-out shouting match in Judge Felicia Mennin’s courtroom.
"You’re racist to judge!" one person shouted at Mennin from the back row.
Court officers had to physically escort Musa’s defenders out of the courtroom as Borgen, 31, and his more than 50 supporters, many wearing blue "Justice For Joey" hats, stayed behind for 20 minutes until the other group had left.
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[NYPOST] One of the attackers convicted in the beating of a Jewish man in Times Square in 2021 caused a ruckus inside a Manhattan courtroom Tuesday — shouting "Free Paleostine" as his rowdy supporters accused the judge of being racist at his sentencing hearing.