Hate Hoax at BerMax Caffé and Bistro

Even in the aftermath of the Jussie Smollett spectacle, the hate hoaxes keep coming. In Winnipeg, the three family members who own BerMax Caffé and Bistro stand accused of staging an anti-Semitic attack on the night before the beginning of Passover:

[Last] Thursday evening, police responded to a report of an assault at the restaurant. A woman said she’d been assaulted, and the restaurant was spray-painted with hateful graffiti, police said.

However, the investigation didn’t go as planned.

“We found evidence of a crime. It just wasn’t a hate crime,” said [Winnipeg police Chief Danny] Smyth, adding the police expended considerable resources investigating and took the report seriously.

That’s the problem with hate hoaxes. Authorities take them too seriously for the good of the hoaxers, consequently discovering what really happened.

At long last, some accountability:

Alexander Berent, 56, Oxana Berent, 48, and Maxim Berent, 29, have all been charged with public mischief and were released after being arrested, police say.

Unless they have powerful friends like Jussie, they are unlikely to get away with it.

Oxana pulled out all the stops; that is, she played the Holocaust card:

“My grandmother’s family, they died in the Holocaust. Just her and her little brother survived, the whole family. We don’t joke about that,” she said, through tears.

How heart-breaking if she is falsely accused. How disgusting if she isn’t — and there is no reason to doubt the police. The Jewish Federation of Winnipeg doesn’t seem to:

“We reiterate our appreciation of the work of the Winnipeg Police Service and their continued support for the Jewish community.”

Had the hoax worked, it would have done wonders for business. Following the incident, Winnipeg rallied behind the Jewish community, according to Ran Ukashi of B’Nai Brith Canada.

Similarly, had Jussie Smollett pulled off his hoax successfully, he would have won an Oscar every year for the rest of life — possibly while two random innocent guys rotted in jail.

Please welcome BerMax Caffé and Bistro to the Hate Hoax List.

On a tip from rpp618.

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