I’m not surprised today’s corrosive talk radio allegedly led to murder of Palestinian American boy

Family members and supporters carry the casket for 6-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume out of his funeral at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview on Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The Palestinian American boy’s landlord allegedly stabbed him to death after listening to conservative talk radio, Will County prosecutors said. (Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times)

I was saddened, but not surprised, by the news of the stabbing death of Palestinian American Wadea Al-Fayoume. An innocent 6-year-old victim of a racial, hateful and utterly inexplicable murderous rampage. Wait, maybe not inexplicable.  

Prosecutors said in court Monday that the alleged killer had listened to conservative talk radio about the situation in the Middle East before the attack.