Jerusalem Post/Diaspora/AntisemitismThe suspect has been charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice, and disorderly conduct.Follow us on GoogleA Starbucks sign is show on one of the companies stores in Los Angeles, California, U.S. October 19,2018(photo credit: MIKE BLAKE/ REUTERS)ByALEX CARSONAUGUST 6, 2026 19:43An 18-year-old Jewish youth wearing a kippah was struck with a cell phone and assaulted with a metal chair on Sunday, in what was determined to be an antisemitic hate crime. According to the victim's interview with Local 10 News, he was sitting in a Starbucks cafe while his family shopped when a woman approached him."I wasn't looking for problems, didn't interact with her before, zero, it was completely unprovoked," he told 10 News.Teen attacked by 43-year-old woman According to the North Miami Beach Police Department arrest report and witness statements, 43-year-old Chyvonne Juanita Palmer stood up from her seat, approached the teenager, and began screaming at him before hitting him twice in the head and shoulder with a cell phone.After briefly returning to her seat, Palmer got back up wielding a metal chair while shouting repeatedly, "I hate them." Two bystanders intervened to prevent the chair attack while ushering the teenager away from the scene, where he hid in the store’s restroom.General view of a Starbucks coffee shop in London, Britain, March 6, 2020. (credit: REUTERS/HENRY NICHOLLS)Police took Palmer into custody at the scene. She has been charged with multiple offenses, including aggravated battery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon with prejudice, and disorderly conduct. Follow us on Google