You might think this is a discriminatory incident, but you know when you get drunk and spew out whatever insults you can think of just because? That’s what went down in Sydney, Australia on Thursday.

A 39-year-old man assaulted a group of Jewish men outside a synagogue in Melbourne and was caught on film. He was shouting “Go back to Israel” and “swear to Allah” as he attempted to strangle a Jewish Rabi. Apparently the dude was drunk at the time of the altercation, which began when he allegedly stole a child’s scooter from outside the synagogue.

Several Jewish men came out of the synagogue to question the man on the apparent theft. One can be heard saying:

You settle down right now. You’ve got booze inside of you, true or not?

When the dude – who claims he is an Aboriginal – attempted to grab the Rabi’s throat, the Rabi reacted quickly and pinned his arms and legs to the concrete until police arrived.

The man was arrested and charged with theft, criminal damage and two counts of unlawful assault over the incident. The Rabi was super chill about it:

It was an isolated incident and it was handled very well. It wasn’t anti-Semitic. The guy was on drugs and ice.

A group of four were walking through the lane and they walked past some of the kids. I think they made a comment and then they started stealing their scooters.

This guy decided to stay for some odd reason and that’s when it happened. We handed the footage over to police.

Ugh, how civil.

[source: dailymail]