{"id":5084399,"date":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ctlatinonews.com\/puerto-rican-festival-in-the-presence-of-hate-we-will-respond-with-love\/"},"modified":"2019-08-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T04:00:00","slug":"puerto-rican-festival-in-the-presence-of-hate-we-will-respond-with-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/2019\/08\/09\/puerto-rican-festival-in-the-presence-of-hate-we-will-respond-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Puerto Rican Festival: &quot;In the presence of hate, we will respond with love&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UPDATE 8\/9\/19 &#8211; Jeffrey Hanson was arrested, accused of threatening comments he posted on Facebook regarding Saturday\u2019s Puerto Rican festival in New Haven, per police. <\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hanson is charged with second-degree breach of peace, released on bond and due to be arraigned Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following\na threat made on social media that sparked safety concerns at Saturday\u2019s 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nannual Puerto Rican Festival on the New Haven Green, organizers said the event\nwill proceed as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with The New Haven Register, Joe Rodriguez, head of Puerto Ricans United, which organizes the event, said that New Haven police said the threat was not credible and the festival would go on as planned.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe,\nPuerto Ricans United, were made aware of the inappropriate and hateful comments\nthat surfaced online. The comments were quickly reported to New Haven Police\nand it is being investigated. We have been told by local police officials that\nthe threat is not credible, though we will have a police presence at the park,\u201d\nRodriguez said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe,\nas an organization but more importantly as a community, the Puerto Rican\ncommunity, will do what we do best and that is, in the presence of hate, we\nwill respond with love, in the presence of division, we will respond with\nunity, and on Saturday we will stand up in solidarity for who we are and what\nwe stand for as Puerto Ricans,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police\nChief Otoniel Reyes said he was aware of the comment posted on social media and\nhad launched a full investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\nare working closely with our federal, state and local partners, as we do for\nall major events, and have not identified any threat to the event,\u201d Reyes told\nThe New Haven Register. \u201cI encourage everyone to come out with their families\nto enjoy Saturday\u2019s festivities on the New Haven Green. The NHPD looks forward\nto sharing in the celebration and will be working alongside our partners to\nensure everyone at the event has a safe and enjoyable experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Haven Mayor Toni Harp told WTNH, \u201cThe people in this area understand that we are stronger for our diversity. We are better because we come together with different ways of looking at problems. We\u2019re better at solving problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Video: Officials respond to threatening Facebook post about New Haven&#039;s Puerto Rican Festival\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U9oNM8CfWOk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption> Officials respond to threatening Facebook post about New Haven&#8217;s Puerto Rican Festival <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The\ntreat was first reported on Wednesday when WTNH News 8 posted a story on its\nFacebook page about the event. In a comment under the post, a \u201cJake Wilson\u201d\nwrote: \u201cTHIS is why we need 30 round magazines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2055620724497504\/?ti=icl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Puerto Rican Festival<\/a> will be held from 1-9 p.m. on the New Haven Green.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: The New Haven Register, WTNH News 8<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 8\/9\/19 &#8211; Jeffrey Hanson was arrested, accused of threatening comments he posted on Facebook regarding Saturday\u2019s Puerto Rican festival [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,589],"tags":[1552],"ppma_author":[565],"class_list":["post-5084399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime","category-law","tag-new-havenpuerto-rican-festivalthreat"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Jermaine Smith","author_link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/ctln\/author\/jay\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"UPDATE 8\/9\/19 &#8211; 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