Masked protester accused of harassing Jewish man on New York subway read poem in court about previous hate crime case: report

A protester in Hezbollah garb accused of hatefully harassing a Jewish straphanger reportedly read a poem before being convicted of anti-Semitic hate crimes in a separate case.

37-year-old Christopher Husary's bizarre poetry reading took place in a California courtroom in October as he faced music for stealing and burning a woman's Israeli flag during a protest — and shortly before he was arrested on an arrest warrant from New York City was arrested. The Mercury News reported.

Husary has since been extradited to the Big Apple, where police said he spewed anti-Semitic vitriol against White Plains attorney Joshua Savitt on a subway in June.

Savitt told The Post exclusively on Thursday that he was pleasantly surprised to learn of Husary's arrest and expected arraignment this week on attempted hate crime and harassment charges in a Manhattan court.

“Disagree with people all you want, but treat people decently,” he said.

“It’s really not that hard to reach out to people. That’s just not it.”

Savitt and Husary crossed paths after he attended an exhibition in downtown Manhattan commemorating the victims of the terrorist attack on the Nova Music Festival on October 7, 2023.

A crowd of anti-Israel protesters chanting “Long Live the Intifada” crowded in front of the exhibit and then filled the subway that Savitt took from Fulton Street, he told the Post.

A masked protester wearing a T-shirt with the flag of the Hezbollah terror group spotted Savitt wearing a yarmulke, or religious head covering, and singled him out, the lawyer said.

“Yo, we got a Zionist here,” the protester said, Savitt said.

The protester became angry as Savitt took photos and taunted, “Brother, if you only knew who I was.”

The Post later exposed the menacing hooligan as Husary, a self-described activist with a history of arrests at protests who lived with his parents in their $1.8 million home.

Husary claimed Savitt was the attacker because he took photos.

“I don’t threaten Jews,” he said.

But Husary was accused of threatening Jewish people other than Savitt.

According to reports and a criminal complaint, he attacked a woman during a protest in El Cerrito, California, in January, snatching her Israeli flag and setting it on fire.

On October 9 – almost a year after the Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival – he rejected a no-contest plea on robbery and theft charges as well as aggravated hate crimes.

A week later, Husary held his personal poetry slam, received a 364-day prison sentence, and was arrested by members of a refugee group. The Mercury News report did not elaborate on which poem Husary read or whether he wrote it himself.

The agitator was being held without bail as he was extradited to New York to face the hate crime case stemming from his subway confrontation with Savitt, court records show.

Husary was scheduled to be arraigned in a Manhattan court on Thursday, but the proceedings were delayed because of paperwork.

— Additional reporting by Joe Marino