The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is front-and-center in much of the media’s mind, but another journalist’s shocking murder happened much closer to home — and chances are, you haven’t heard anything about it:
NJ journalist dies 6 months after brutal ‘hate crime’ attack https://t.co/mPIBtk6ugx
Jerry Wolkowitz, a freelance photographer who prosecutors say was brutally beaten and assaulted because of his race, has died
(via @nj1015)
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
More:
Jamil S. Hubbard, 25, of Sayreville, approached 55-year-old [freelance photographer] Jerry Wolkowitz and hit him from behind on May 1, according to Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
He had been hospitalized in a vegetative state ever since the attack, according to a GoFundMe page created to help with his medical expenses. The Asbury Park Press reported his death on Thursday. Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office spokesman Chris Swendeman said his body had been brought to the Middlesex County Medical Examiner for a postmortem exam.
Wolkowitz was hit on his head and his face before being dragged into the parking lot of an apartment building on Harding Road, Gramiccioni said. Hubbard then stole Wolkowitz’s car and drove over him, prosecutors say. Police said they found the car at Hubbard’s home in Sayreville.
“The investigation determined that the defendant targeted the victim because of his race,” Swendeman said at the time, adding that Hubbard, who is black, and Wolkowitz, who is white, did not know each other.
Horrible.
Absolutely horrific
— Honeywest (@HoneyWest25) October 18, 2018
I'm from NJ and I didn't even know about this story. This is awful.
— GinaNation (@BGBandita) October 18, 2018
Jerry Wolkowitz, a journalist, has passed away 6 months after being the victim of a hate crime.
"The defendant targeted the victim because of his race."
Wolkowitz is white and media outside of NJ haven't even touched this story. Literally… google it.https://t.co/urmThKuPGE
— Caleb SkHull ??? (@CalebJHull) October 18, 2018
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 18, 2018
Why are we only just now hearing about this?
So…where is the media on THIS "journalist" killing…?
— tree hugging sister (@treehuggingsis) October 18, 2018
Where’s the outrage from MSM? @jaketapper @MariaBartiromo @FoxNews @abc @nbc @cbs @maddow @Lawrence @andersoncooper @Acosta
— ?? JULIA TAMBINI ???????? (@tambinijulianyc) October 18, 2018
It's so weird that this hate crime on a journalist didn't get national coverage.
Why is that? https://t.co/cfco9PoyRv
— RBe (@RBPundit) October 18, 2018
The fact is that the national media will ignore this story
The fact that he was a freelance journalist makes their ignoring this story even more gross
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
A search of Google News comes back with 2 results, only 2, and both from New Jersey pic.twitter.com/rBSQTCVBu2
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
The Hill and much of the MSM are always all over these stories about racist busybodies, and love to share their nicknames and hashtags
Same MSM that will ignore this brutal murder of this journalist because he was whitehttps://t.co/BtwBTV5dxr https://t.co/agpdhayEf6
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) October 18, 2018
Did Jerry Wolkowitz’s life not matter?
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