Antonio Planas is a breaking news reporter for NBC News Digital.
An Illinois woman is charged with hate crimes after allegedly attacking a man for wearing a Palestine hoodie at a suburban Chicago Panera Bread over the weekend. Alexandra Szustakiewicz, 64, of Darien, Illinois, is charged with two felony counts of a hate crime and misdemeanor disorderly conduct, according to a Monday statement from DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Downers Grove Chief of Police Michael DeVries.
' In a video posted on X, which was confirmed by Downers Grove police as being genuine and connected to the charges against Szustakiewicz, a woman is seen lunging at someone holding a phone who is recording the incident, while a man tries to stop her. The woman takes at least one swipe at the man, and a beverage she is holding spills to the ground when the man crushes her cup in an attempt to prevent her from getting at the person recording.
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