{"id":731,"date":"2026-05-29T07:39:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=731"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T07:39:26","slug":"peninsula-man-sentenced-to-jail-for-accosting-pro-palestinian-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=731","title":{"rendered":"Peninsula man sentenced to jail for accosting pro-Palestinian protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 A man who accosted pro-Palestinian protesters two years ago in South San Francisco will serve a month behind bars after he pleaded no contest to felony battery and admitted to a hate crime allegation, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=729\">Wembanyama was all business in Game 6 of West finals. It earned him and the Spurs a chance at Game 7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kent Edward Keenan, 59, of South San Francisco, entered his plea Tuesday and was sentenced to 30 days in county jail, according to the San Mateo County District Attorney\u2019s Office. The court also placed him on two years of supervised probation.<\/p>\n<p>The incident happened during a peaceful ceasefire rally outside the South San Francisco Public Library on April 10, 2024, prosecutors said. Angered by the demonstration, Keenan first screamed at the protesters and then spit in the face of one.<\/p>\n<p>Keenan also threatened two other protesters, telling them, \u201cI\u2019m going to kill all you Palestinians\u201d and \u201cI want all you people dead; bomb Palestine,\u201d according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Keenan is set to begin serving his jail term Sept. 5. He has three days\u2019 credit for time served.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said he was pleased with the outcome of the case.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=727\">Redwood City man arrested in connection with fatal hit-and-run<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted to make it clear that such conduct is completely unacceptable and we will always seek to convict and punish people who engage in such conduct,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations also welcomed the sentence.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThreatening to kill Palestinians, spitting on a protester and trying to intimidate people out of calling for a ceasefire is not protected speech,\u201d CAIR-SFBA Director Zahra Billoo said in a statement. \u201cIt is hate, and we welcome this plea and sentencing as an important measure of accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Billoo also thanked the organizers of the rally, Change SSF, for documenting Keenan\u2019s actions, as well as the prosecutors who \u201ctreated these threats with the seriousness they deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=725\">Four arrested, charged in Fremont utility wire theft<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who accosted pro-Palestinian protesters two years ago in South San Francisco will serve a month behind bars after he pleaded no contest to felony battery and admitted to a hate crime allegation, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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