CHICAGO - A Chicago woman is facing hate crime charges in connection with two alleged attacks and the vandalism of a Palestinian-Mexican solidarity mural in Pilsen.

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Danielle Wasserman, 37, was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of hate crime, two counts of aggravated battery in a public place, aggravated battery with strangulation, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and criminal damage to property over $500.

Wasserman allegedly threw trash at the mural in May and attacked a bystander who tried to intervene near the intersection of 16th Street and Ashland Avenue, according to the Chicago office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Chicago). During the confrontation, Wasserman allegedly choked the victim with their own keffiyeh scarf.

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