Teen who attacked Columbia student over Israeli war hit with hate crime charges

NEW YORK — Hate crime charges have been filed against the teen who attacked an Israeli Columbia University student during an argument linked to the ongoing Israeli war, Manhattan prosecutors said Saturday. Maxwell Friedman, who uses she/her pronouns, was charged with assault in the second and third degrees as a hate crime, as well as harassment and weapons possession for the Wednesday evening attack outside a Columbia University residential hall on W. 116th St. near the Butler Library. Friedman’s victim, 24, was putting up fliers regarding the number of causalities in Israel and a photograph o...