Pro-Palestinian protestors slapped bloody handprints on the home of a powerful Hollywood agent during a protest outside his Los Angeles home.
Jonathan 'Jay' Sures, the 58-year-old vice chairman and managing director of the United Talent Agency, saw his Brentwood home targeted by at least 50 UCLA demonstrators early Wednesday morning, Deadline reported.
Sures, who is Jewish, represents superstar clients that include Ryan Seacrest. He is a member of the University of California Board of Regents, which voted to ban political statements from university homepages.
At around 6.15am Wednesday morning, officers from the LAPD were called to Sures' residence in response 'to a large group, blocking the street and driveway.'
Along with 'bloody' handprints smeared across his garage door, protestors put up caution tape throughout the front yard.
Dozens of demonstrators held up massive signs at the front gate of his home while chanting 'intifada revolution,' Daily Bruin reported.
One sign read 'disclose, divest - we will not stop, we will not rest' while another said 'Jonathan Sures you will pay until you see your final day.'
An additional sign that was lying in the street soaked from the rain, read: 'divest now or you will pay.'
Nearly 50 pro-Palestinian protestors targeted the Los Angeles home of Hollywood agent Jay Sures
Sures, who is Jewish, represents superstar clients that include Ryan Seacrest
'It's one thing to peacefully protest, but to go to an administrator or a Regent's house to violate the hundred foot rule, which is what it is in Los Angeles, to disturb the entire neighborhood by pounding on drums, to surround my wife's car and prevent her from free movement and to put up signs, threatening my family and my life and vandalize the house - that is a big escalation,' Sures told Deadline.
A neighbor, who was granted anonymity for safety reasons, told the Daily Bruin that they were pushed by a protestor while attempting to film the demonstration before roughly 20 police officers responded to the scene.
When officers arrived at the home, they were met with nearly 50 masked protestors 'banging on drums, making loud noises and causing disturbance.'
'Our job was to keep the peace,' an LAPD officer told Deadline. 'There were no arrests.'
Due to the size of the crowd, UCLA police officers were also requested to the scene.
After police successfully dispersed the protestors at around 8am, three police cars remained outside the home, Daily Bruin reported.
Sures said that the early-morning protests 'scared the living s***' out of his wife, adding how the 'whole situation is unfortunate' and that 'threatening my family is so disappointing,' The Daily Beast reported.
The protest was organized by the Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine group at the University of California.
The 15 months of conflict between Palestine and Israel, which has left at least 46,000 Palestinians dead and displaced more than a million, ended with a ceasefire deal last month. <Source>