By New York Post (U.S.) | Created at 2026-09-02 18:36:28 | Updated at 2026-09-02 19:30:39
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A Palestinian-American filmmaker who directed cult classic “Green Street Hooligans” celebrated the death of young executive and new mom Erin Piacenti by posting a meme about alleged CEO-killer Luigi Mangione.
Lexi Alexander, who was also nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 for a short film she directed, posted an image on social media Tuesday of Batman staring up at a bat signal replaced with Mangione’s face.
The sick meme was shared in response to another post that identified Piacenti, who was killed by a mentally ill woman in Times Square, as a vice president at Bank of America.
Alexander, who is also a world champion martial artist, also claimed in a comment on her own post that Israeli “bots” were “out in full swing just like the first time we asked people to boycott BofA.”
The filmmaker shared a link to a January Haaretz article about the company’s recommendation to invest in Israeli banks.
“Israel doesn’t care about the woman who got killed, they care about the positive rating BofA gave them in the middle of a genocide. There is huge money at stake,” she said in a post later Wednesday.
The post received almost 400,000 views by Wednesday afternoon — with many users who commented blasting the director for cheering the death of an innocent woman who was murdered in her prime.
“A young woman was murdered while innocently walking down the street, and you are celebrating,” one user wrote. “You are absolute human garbage, and I suspect you know that deep-down.”
“Your anger is targeted at the wrong person,” another posted.
“You know you’ve lost the plot when your politics are indistinguishable from that of a crazy woman that attacks random people with knives,” another raged.
Alexander’s representatives did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
Piacenti, 32, had just finished her first day back at work after a five-month maternity leave when she was fatally stabbed in the abdomen with a kitchen knife in Times Square on Monday afternoon by Pamela Cisneros, 49, who also stabbed another man before she was shot dead by police.
The University of Pennsylvania and Fordham Law School graduate had quickly soared to a coveted vice president position at Bank of America, moved to a quiet New Jersey suburb, and celebrated her second anniversary with her beloved husband, Frank Piacenti, just last month.
“We are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our colleague,” a Bank of America spokesperson told The Post in a statement.
“She was a valued teammate who will be greatly missed. Our hearts go out to her family and all of her loved ones.”
Alexander, 52, was born in Germany to a German mother and Palestinian father, according to her website. After becoming a world kickboxing champion in 1994 at the age of 19, she became a stuntwoman and then filmmaker.
She was nominated for “Best Short Film, Live Action” at the 75th Academy Awards for the drama “Johnny Flynton.”
She has been outspoken in her criticism of Israel’s actions in Gaza after the outbreak of the war with Hamas in Oct. 2023.
