Shawn Brokos

Fortunately, we have seen a lull in the swatting campaigns targeting multiple synagogues across the country.

Swatting campaigns have targeted multiple synagogues across the country. Since July there have been at least 40 Jewish organizations targeted.

White supremacist Hardy Lloyd was arrested without incident by the FBI on August 10, 2023.

The defendant in the largest antisemitic attack in US history was formally sentenced to death yesterday after a long and arduous trial.

Please Be Aware Closing arguments in the synagogue shooter trial are expected to be on Tuesday, Aug 1st.  After that, the jury will begin deliberating on the death penalty. After a decision is reached by the jury and announced, the defendant will officially be sentenced by the judge. Please continue to report white supremacy stickers […]

The penalty phase of the synagogue shooting trial is underway.

Please Be Aware Monday will start the third and final phase of the synagogue shooting trial, the penalty phase. The government will present several days of testimony, largely victim impact statements, followed by approximately one week of defense witnesses. The government will then provide some rebuttal testimony. Pending any significant changes, the jury should begin […]

Next week the jury will deliberate on the defendant’s eligibility.

The hate crime trial remains in the death penalty qualification stage.

The defendant in the federal hate crime trial was convicted on June 16th of all 63 counts in the federal indictment.

The jury continues to deliberate in the federal hate crime trial. We are actively monitoring social media and our physical spaces for any potential threats or concerns.

The Defense will present its case in the federal hate crime trial next week.

Testimony over the next few days is expected to be increasingly difficult as law enforcement will be testifying to details of that morning and what they witnessed.

A jury has officially been selected and the hate crime trial starts on May 30th at 9am.

The federal hate crime trial is scheduled to begin on May 30th.

Jury selection is ongoing in the federal hate crime trial of the accused defendant in the 10/27/2018 attack on three synagogues in the Tree of Life building and is expected to continue for one or two more weeks.

Please schedule your training needs for the year as soon as possible. With the on-going trial, our schedule is filling up quickly.

Jury selection starts Monday, April 24th for the federal hate crime trial in the 10/27/2018 attack at the Tree of Life building.

Congregation Poale Zedeck is hosting an active threat training session Sunday, April 30th from 6:30p-8:00 PM.

For the upcoming Passover holiday we are not aware of any actionable threats targeting Jewish institutions.