Jersey Shore mayor tells constituent to call cops on Jewish ‘invaders’ – By Dave Goldiner (New York Daily News) / April 24 2019
You might expect a New Jersey mayor to ignore a constituent who tweeted a blatantly anti-Semitic complaint about Orthodox Jews “invading” local parks and beaches.
Or maybe rebuke the resident for his racist views.
Instead, Brick Township mayor John Ducey matter-of-factly suggested the resident contact police, according to HuffPo.
https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1120856991323365377
Ducey was quickly deluged with negative comments on social media. He sought to explain away his non-confrontational approach.
“I did not want to acknowledge the bigotry thereby giving the commenter the power he was seeking,” Ducey tweeted to one critic, the Huffington Post said.
Ducey, a Democrat, has been in office for five years.
Brick Township is a Jersey Shore community near the predominantly Orthodox Jewish community of Lakewood.
Brick Mayor John G. Ducey is being criticized on Twitter for his response to a comment about Orthodox Jewish people using municipal parks. https://t.co/qidG0e50eo
— Asbury Park Press (@AsburyParkPress) April 24, 2019
Brick Mayor John G. Ducey is being criticized on Twitter for his response to a comment about Orthodox Jewish people using municipal parks. https://t.co/qidG0e50eo
— Asbury Park Press (@AsburyParkPress) April 24, 2019
“It’s just a misunderstanding,” Ducey told the Asbury Park Press. “My response from people who don’t know me kind of got misconstrued. They were trying to twist that around.”
