Cashless Bail Strikes Again: Suspect in Violent DC Anti-Semitic Attack Was Released After Fighting With Capitol Police
17th July 2024
The assailant, identified by D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) as Walter James, fought with Capitol Police officers on July 5 after trespassing at the Capitol Building, according to court documents. He was released without bond the next day.
On July 10, James approached Golfeyz near George Washington University’s hospital and abruptly started punching him in the face, knocked him to the ground, and continued attacking him, the victim told the Washington Free Beacon. Golfeyz told police that James said during his attack, “You are not the real Jewish [sic] and you guys are murderer [sic], you guys kill people in Gaza and in America.”
Golfeyz, whose parents fled Iran in 1979 to avoid religious persecution, said he would stop wearing his kippah in public places, believing it made him a target. Police are investigating the attack as a hate crime.