Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, shown on video assaulting Shohel Mahmud after he began reciting prayer in Arabic

A New York woman who pepper-sprayed a Muslim Uber driver while he was praying has been indicted by the Manhattan district attorney on hate crime charges.

Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, is shown in a surveillance video repeatedly pepper-spraying her Uber driver, Shohel Mahmud. The assault took place in August on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, near the corner of east 65th Street and Lexington Avenue, shortly after Mahmud began reciting a prayer in Arabic.

Guilbeault’s former employer, the public relations and marketing firm D Pagan Communications, wrote on X it is aware of her actions and “don’t condone this behavior”.

  • Flying Squid
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    44 hours ago

    I sincerely hope you do not own any pepper spray.

      • @Zess
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        33 hours ago

        I’m sure they’re real torn up that some dumbass on the Internet is disappointed in them 🤣

        • Flying Squid
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          52 hours ago

          I mean, I don’t think they’re ‘some dumbass,’ I don’t know them well enough, but I’m not especially torn up.

        • @Sarmyth
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          -53 hours ago

          Some of us actually engage with each other rather frequently because of how small the active user base really is.

          • @WrenFeathers
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            21 hour ago

            I’m not sure I’d call what you said “engaging.”

            • @Sarmyth
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              18 minutes ago

              What did I say? I mean I’ve been having lots of engagement with people today. Mostly people pretending I have something against Muslims and then telling me what else I must think based on their imaginary impression of me.