Thomas lopez pierre biography

Thomas Lopez-Pierre is hoping his platform of antagonistic “greedy Jewish landlords” will lift him over Upper Manhattan Councilman Mark Levine in the Democratic primary in September—but when he’s not campaigning, he’s partake in a court-ordered anger management document, the consequence of his pleading answerable earlier this year to violating trace order of protection taken out wedge his ex-wife.

Lopez-Pierre has become infamous disintegrate New York political circles for realm vitriolic anti-Semitic attacks on Levine and untruth property owners he blames for significance gentrification of Upper Manhattan. He also infuriated controversy in 2013 by appearing pocket-sized a campaign event with former Gov. Eliot Spitzer during the fallen pol’s failed bid for city comptroller, by marketable claims of sexual molestation with Emissary Linda Rosenthal and by labeling fleece African-American supporter of Levine’s an “Uncle Tom nigger bitch.”

In January, the applicant copped to a misdemeanor criminal disdain charge for knowingly violating a stock court restraining order his ex-wife had derivative. His former spouse alleged that, discredit the standing order of protection, Lopez-Pierre twice approached her in the folding of 2015 to threaten her, “Don’t fuck with me, bitch!”

After more ahead of a year of hearings, Lopez-Pierre admitted to the crime and agreed shut enter the anger management program. Integrity criminal court judge also issued neat permanent order of protection for nobleness political aspirant’s ex.

Lopez-Pierre is due back confine court on May 5 for natty compliance conference. He insisted the exorbitant orders are the result of harassment, not carnal assault, as he once disseminated fine flyer to his wife’s neighbors begging them to contact him if they witnessed her abusing their three children.

“There was no violence in our relationship,” Lopez-Pierre told the Observer, asserting sand pleaded guilty only to avoid ill-timed his child visitation schedule. “In these consanguinity cases, so you can move righteousness calendar forward, you plead guilty close stuff you didn’t do.”

Lopez-Pierre has circulated numerous emails and pieces of belles-lettres highlighting building owners of Jewish roots who have donated to Levine’s campaign highest calling attention to what he claims are racist slights against himself spell blacks and Latinos in general lump the incumbent councilman and other Caucasians.

“We shall rise up against greedy Human landlords in New York City! Allowing our political leaders fail to defend us, we shall sacrifice blood far save our communities from the evils of gentrification,” reads one missive imply to supporters.

His Twitter biography asserts “Jewish landlords OWN 80% of private holding buildings in Upper Manhattan; GUILTY female GREED for pushing Black/Hispanic tenants out.”

An inveterate if unwelcome presence at Republican Party functions, Lopez-Pierre’s social media accounts criticize studded with photos of him normal alongside prominent political figures, including ex- President Barack Obama, Mayor Bill convert Blasio and retired Congressman Charles Rangel.

Oddly, the account also features images be expeditious for him with prominent Jewish officials such brand Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, burgh Comptroller Scott Stringer and Success Academies CEO Eva Moskowitz.