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DOJ Opens Civil Rights Probe Into Brooklyn Coffee Shop as AIPAC Shooting Indictment Highlights Week of Antisemitism Cases

6/25/2026

A Florida man faces a potential life sentence after a federal indictment for allegedly plotting a mass shooting targeting Jewish employees at the AIPAC pro-Israel nonprofit, while the Department of Justice separately opened a civil rights investigation into a Brooklyn coffee shop that publicly refused to serve a congressman because of his support for Israel — two federal actions underscoring a crowded week of antisemitism-related cases across the United States.

Forrest Pemberton Indicted Over AIPAC Attack Plot Forrest Pemberton was charged with an attempted hate crime after allegedly surveilling AIPAC's offices armed with an AR-15 and a silencer.

According to the indictment, Pemberton described the goal as wanting to "break the loop" and stalked the building — which was empty at the time — before federal investigators tracked him using cellphone data.

Poetica Coffee Under Federal Scrutiny The DOJ launched a civil rights investigation into Poetica Coffee in Brooklyn after the shop posted content online targeting Rep.

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