{"id":181,"date":"2026-05-15T23:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=181"},"modified":"2026-05-15T23:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T23:32:05","slug":"suspects-tied-to-santana-row-brawl-wont-face-hate-crime-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfranciscomovingguide.com\/?p=181","title":{"rendered":"Suspects tied to Santana Row brawl won’t face hate crime charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Three men who were arrested earlier this year on suspicion of a violent assault outside a\u00a0Santana Row restaurant are not facing hate crime charges, despite calls from Jewish organizations to pursue them.\u00a0<\/p>

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The suspects were accused of using\u00a0antisemitic language while they allegedly got into an altercation with two other men on the 300 block of Santana Row in San Jose on March 8, SFGATE previously reported. All three suspects appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday in San Jose, but they were not required to enter pleas, O\u2019Bryan Kenney, a deputy district attorney prosecuting the case, told SFGATE. The men are each charged with felony assault, and there is no hate crime allegation from the DA\u2019s office, he said.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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\u201cThe information and evidence we have uncovered, upon a thorough investigation, does not support filing a hate crime allegation.\u00a0 This will not deter us from establishing the intent and motive behind this attack,\u201d Kenney said in an email Thursday.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

A video of the assault showed three men repeatedly punching and kicking two men to the ground on the restaurant\u2019s outdoor patio. The two men, who are Israeli American, were said by an account that posted the video to have been reportedly speaking to each other in Hebrew before they were attacked,\u00a0prompting the hate crime allegations.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

Attorney Sam\u00a0Polverino, who is representing one of the suspects, told Bay Area News Group Wednesday that he believes it was appropriate for the DA\u2019s office to not file hate crime charges.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

\u201cA lot has been made of the last four seconds of a video, without seeing the entire video, or knowing all the facts in the case. And I think a lot of folks have jumped to conclusions,\u201d Polverino told the news outlet.\u00a0<\/p>

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Polverino did not respond to SFGATE\u2019s request for comment.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>

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