NEW CASE: Lawfare Project retained by Las Vegas autistic student with swastika carved into his back

A Jewish boy with autism had a swastika carved into his back, sparking condemnation.
(Photo Credit: THE ISRAELI-AMERICAN COUNCIL)

The Lawfare Project has been retained as the counsel of record for a 17-year-old student who was the victim of an alleged antisemitic attack at Las Vegas’s Clark High School last month. The student, who is nonverbal and attended the school with a service dog, was pulled from class after his mother discovered a swastika carved into his back.

The child, who is Jewish, was wearing a yarmulke when the alleged attack occurred and culprits are still at large due to the apparent absence of security cameras in the school.

"We need to get down to the bottom of how this happened, what's being done, and how to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else," said Ziporah Reich, The Lawfare Project's Director of Litigation, in an interview with local news.

"Antisemitic hate is no longer hiding in the shadows and in the darkest corners of the internet," said Brooke Goldstein, Founder and Executive Director of The Lawfare Project. “To attack an autistic child in a public place shows the brazen level of hatred people will display to harm the Jewish community. Our team will work with the victim and his family to ensure that the individual or individuals responsible for this will be held accountable.”