Man Arrested In Elie Wiesel Assault

New Jersey Police Arrest Eric Hunt For Allegedly Attacking Holocaust Scholar

(AP)  A man accused of roughing up Nobel laureate and Holocaust scholar Elie Wiesel at a San Francisco hotel earlier this month was arrested Saturday in New Jersey, authorities said.

Montgomery Township police arrested Eric Hunt, 22, of Sussex County, N.J., at 1:30 p.m. EST Saturday. He faces charges that include attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment, elder abuse, stalking, battery and the commission of a hate crime, according to San Francisco police.

He was being held without bail in the Somerset County Jail in New Jersey, awaiting extradition to San Francisco.

Wiesel, 78, was a featured speaker at a Feb. 1 peace forum at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco. He was approached in the lobby by a white man in his 20s who asked for an interview, police said.

Authorities said Wiesel agreed to talk in the lobby, but the man insisted the interview be conducted in a hotel room, and got into the elevator with Wiesel. Once on the sixth floor, the suspect dragged Wiesel from the elevator, police said.

Wiesel began yelling, and the suspect ran away down the elevator, police said.

Police have said they were aware that a man claimed responsibility for the attack in a posting on an anti-Semitic Web site registered in Australia. Police have not commented further on the case.

San Francisco police Lt. Dan Mahoney said he doesn't believe Hunt belonged to a larger organization.

"He is a lone wolf and not part of an organization or group," he said.

Wiesel couldn't immediately be reached for comment Saturday at Boston University, where he teaches, or through his institute in New York. Police in New Jersey and San Francisco said they did not know if Hunt had retained an attorney.

Wiesel, who survived the Nazi death camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during World War II, has worked for human rights in many parts of the world and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986.

[toolmangler-2009]

LOL!! nah! Keep up the good work. see you around.

[toolmangler-2009]

aardbear, Now you've done it! You wrote above the heads of a lot of the posters here. Now we shall have to endure a spate of hate or denial from the masses of the "Great unwashed". But maybe, it might have a small benefit if a mind is turned inward to contemplate something besides it own Navel. I wait with 'bated breath the final words in this article before it is closed. If you don't hear from me by tomorrow night, call 911

[toolmangler-2009]

Those whom believe any form of Government other than one controlled by the people it governs is alright are riding for a fall. Dictatorships. and Monarchies in the past have all failed the people. Communism will never work. Socialism has its own inherent flaws. The Government of the U.S.A. with all its problems is still the best thing on this Earth. If America can overcome its dependancy on foreign oil then,and only then can it be the proper role model the world needs. We should not be the worlds Policeman.

[toolmangler-2009]

zootallures2, Are you a Nazi skinhead? If not you sure are talking like one. You make it obvious that you know not where-of you speak. I am no Jew but I know the Holocaust well and you would do well to be quiet and study more. Its amazing how a country no bigger than Rhode Island can be so feared and hated. I guess you think the Jews God might decide to let them conquer you and enslave you as the Iranians ('scuse me) Babylonians did the Jews over 2500 years ago. Sometimes payback happens, even to Muslims.

[zootallures2]

So, I, little Zootallures2, ask you, oh mighty elite and CBS propaganda network: "Is it worth it? Is it right? Does it ever work?" Is Israel the personal, all powerful military of the elite? Doesn't look like they are going along too well. At least 50% are banking on being Jews not your crazy plan. How about now? What you gonna do? Kill everyone who knows 9/11 was an inside job? You are so rich, you don't have to work, you can do what ever you want, what do you have to do this junk for? Why? Are you all nuts?

[zootallures2]

The Holocaust was originally set up to round up, train and drive the Jews to Israel. The bankers would reward Germany with all the money they stole in the great depression and put them at the head of the UN. The British and US blocked this plan and used military power to bargin with the bankers behind Hitlers back. The bankers had to deal after the unsuccessful attack on England for blocking the Nazi boats moving Jews to Israel. Hitler got mad that the bankers were dealing in the allies and then threatened to kill the now, hostages. So, the race was on to save the Jews to build Israel, collect the cash and head the UN.

[toolmangler-2009]

aardbear "Jesus warned us of the dangers of organized religion & He told us to avoid it like the plague"

I completely agree. "organized religion" (ie. The Crusades, Spanish Inquisition and now the most organized of all 'Islam') has caused more suffering than the associated Churches have relieved in their histories. I am a Christian, nothing more, nothing less. I stand by my statement about Jesus words. They are enough for me, others have to find their own way.

[toolmangler-2009]

Gladys_Over "Now they're ready to grow a normal-looking brain and transplant it into aardbear"

your posts have no substance other than insults. If you wish, feel free to disagree but leave insults to people who cannot think for themselves. Give us a model of correct thinking and stun us with your 'logic'. No insult intended.

[gladys_over]

"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Japanese researchers said on Sunday they had grown normal-looking teeth from single cells in lab dishes, and transplanted them into mice."

Now they're ready to grow a normal-looking brain and transplant it into aardbear.

[gladys_over]

RE: "What is a Democrat? That goes way back to ancient Greece and bespeaks one who believes that the commune knows better how to run [control] a humans life than the human does. From that, of course, we get "communist".... aardbear
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That was the kind of hilarious "history lesson" that was the trademark of Archie Bunker on "All in the Family."

[gladys_over]

RE: "What is a Democrat? That goes way back to ancient Greece and bespeaks one who believes that the commune knows better how to run [control] a humans life than the human does. From that, of course, we get "communist".... aardbear

I've read some stupid posts in my day, but the one above takes the cake.

Democracy literally means the rule of the PEOPLE. It was born in Greece and nowhere else. It was imperfect in Greece (as it was among America's Founding Fathers) in that neither the Greeks nor our Founding Fathers allowed women to vote, and both the Greeks and the Founding Fathers tolerated slavery.

The Greek democracies were the Wright Brothers airplane of democracy.

We wouldn't have democracy but for them.

So how about a little respect ?

[gladys_over]

If it weren't for the Greeks there never would have been a Detective Kojack.

Who loves ya, baby ?

"To understand what drove hitler you must have an understanding of the occult, which nobody is going to teach you because it drives our society today."
To understand what drove hitler you must have an understanding of the occult, which nobody is going to teach you because it drives our society today."
Posted by bildooreilly:

Dildooreilly, I've read many of your blogs, but this one takes the cake.
Did someone slip a tab of acid into your drink at lunch???

[rudy654-2009]

Good job! They caught him!

[stindutchman]

Are most of you commenters retarded? Only a couple comments made sense, and you know who you are. The rest of these comments are idiotic. How the *** does this article become a Republican/Democrat thing? Read the book by Elie, called Night. He is not looking for sympathy. He is trying to tell us to be aware of what is going on around us, be you Democrat or Republican.

[toolmangler-2009]

gopsux says "If it weren't for the Jews there never would have been a Jesus. So a little respect please you **$&^! *sswipes "


Nah!! If the Jews had listened to God, Jesus would never have had to die!

[toolmangler-2009]

It is obvious that a lot of posters on here have no idea what a 'true Christian' is. I have met them and would like to be one but I don't qualify and doubt I ever will. Read the "Words of Jesus" not the Baptist, Episcopalian, Catholic, Ideas of who Jesus really was. Even the Jews won't read 'and' understand his words. It's clear that Plowhandle's concept is the common one. If I didn't know better they could cause me to ridicule Jesus just like others have. Having had my own N.D.E. I now know that I have nothing to fear from death. Enjoy what you have left of life and give other people a break.

[bildooreilly]

Who's this weasel guy anyway, never heard of him.... they act like this guy attacked the pope or something lol. Why is this national news?

[feelfree1]

This kid looks like Nick Drake.

[linfinster]

SQHA you and your friend basically beleived the same thing?? Were you not paying attention? Followers of the Jewish faith do not beleive in Jesus. Christianity is based on the words Jesus spoke and actions he took. That is basically very different. They are still waiting for the first comming of Christ.