AG Report 7.11.2024
Convicted Arsonist from 2020 Riots Resurfaces at WOL Protests
Within Our Lifetime is an openly pro-terrorist group that has orchestrated numerous violent protests across the country in recent months. On Independence Day, they continued their campaign of intimidation across various neighborhoods, with incidents like the burning of American flags and assaults on bystanders.
One particularly alarming video captured a protestor verbally attacking a Jewish individual filming the events, calling them an “ugly ass Zionist Nazi.” What made this video particularly upsetting was the identity of the aggressor: Urooj Rahman. Rahman, an immigrant from Pakistan, gained notoriety in 2020 for her involvement in firebombing a police vehicle during the summer riots.
Originally facing multiple serious charges, she initially struck a plea deal with the Trump Department of Justice, pleading guilty to a reduced charge that could have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. However, the Biden Department of Justice later renegotiated her plea, an extremely rare move, which led to a lighter sentence of 15 months.
Rahman had claimed to have learned her lesson and changed. The New York Times published a sympathetic profile on her back in 2023. Yet, her recent behavior suggests that the leniency shown by the Department of Justice may have been misplaced. It is also a stark reminder that many of the worst participants in the current protests were also part of the 2020 riots.
New Lie About Gaza Death Toll Goes Viral
It’s impossible to keep up with the viral lies from the anti-Israel crowd because there is a new one every day and they leverage their substantial reach to spread them quicker than they can be debunked. The latest example that went viral on Monday was a claim that The Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal, estimated the actual number of Palestinian casualties from the Gaza War was 186,000. This claim was posted by all the usual suspects and received millions of views. It was also spread by several reporters. Back in reality, what they were sharing was a non-peer-reviewed correspondence to Lancet readers. More importantly, even the correspondence did not make the claim that was being shared. Instead, the writers argued that 186,000 was the total number of direct + indirect deaths that would result in coming years due to the war.
How did they come up with the number?