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Swastika Found Spray-Painted On Home In Northern Liberties
March 20, 2018 at 12:35 pm

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Philadelphia police are investigating a case of vandalism in Northern Liberties.

Police say someone spray-painted a swastika on a home along the 900 block of North 4th Street. :p

The homeowner told police he noticed the symbol of hatred Tuesday morning.

Eyewitness News was there as a worker tried to remove it. :mad:

No arrests have been made.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/04/17/13-cars-vandalized-with-swastikas-lewd-images-at-uri/

13 cars vandalized with swastikas, lewd images at URI
By Associated Press
April 17, 2018 | 2:08am

KINGSTON, R.I. — Police at the University of Rhode Island say swastikas and lewd images have been carved into more than a dozen cars in the past two weeks.

Police say the images have been found on 13 cars at the Kingston campus since April 4. Officers have been reviewing surveillance footage and patrolling parking lots, but have not identified any suspects.

The school says it condemns all vandalism but said “the hateful and offensive nature of these incidents deserves the strongest repudiation.”

Anyone with information is asked to call police.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/06/03/ufc-star-defends-husbands-swastika-tattoo-after-accidental-tweet/

UFC star defends husband’s swastika tattoo after accidental tweet
By News.com.au
June 3, 2018 | 12:51pm

The husband of UFC star Andrea Lee has come under fire after a photo of him emerged on social media exposing his swastika tattoo.

Lee posted a snap of the pair together at a lake, and the Twittersphere quickly noticed the pro-Nazi ink on Donny Aaron’s left arm.

Upon realizing what could be seen, Lee cropped the image and left it on her Twitter and Instagram accounts without a view of Aaron’s arm, but it was too late, and she was forced to defend her husband — who’s also her coach.

She said Aaron got the tattoo when he was in prison and insisted that neither of them was racist.

On Saturday, Aaron also addressed the controversy, calling his tattoo a “20-year-old mistake” in a tweet. He also said his ink doesn’t define him and if it was possible, he would get it removed.

There were also suggestions Aaron had a double lighting bolt — the symbol of the SS, the Nazi military force — tattooed on his right arm.

Unsurprisingly, Aaron and Lee got heat on social media.

Lee is the No. 12-ranked flyweight contender and has a 9-2 record. She is a former flyweight champion in MMA promotion LFA.

Her last fight was a unanimous points decision win over Veronica Macedo at a UFC Fight Night on May 19.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/06/14/nazi-flag-waving-aussie-soldiers-pictured-in-afghanistan/

Nazi flag-waving Aussie soldiers pictured in Afghanistan
By Reuters
June 14, 2018 | 9:06am

SYDNEY — Australian soldiers who flew a Nazi swastika flag over their fighting vehicle in Afghanistan more than a decade ago were “wrong” and punished at the time, Australia’s prime minister said on Thursday, after a picture of the incident emerged.

The flag was attached to a military jeep in the photo taken during a patrol in Afghanistan in 2007, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which published the picture.

“The flag obviously was removed and the personnel involved were disciplined,” Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told reporters in the Tasmanian state capital of Hobart, without specifying their punishment.

“It was absolutely wrong and their commanders took action at the time,” he said.

Australia, a staunch US ally, has had troops in Afghanistan for 17 years fighting against the Taliban and other Islamist militants.

Their behavior between 2005 and 2016, including accusations that they used illegal force and showed a disregard for human life during missions, is being investigated by defense authorities.

The swastika in the photo was the emblem of Germany’s Nazi Party and later the country’s national flag when millions of Jews were murdered by the state in the 1940s, a genocide known as the Holocaust, along with others deemed inferior.

“It is completely unacceptable to use a flag of this nature,” Australia’s defense minister, Marise Payne, said in an emailed statement.

“This is completely at odds with the values of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the tens of thousands of ADF personnel who have served with distinction in Afghanistan.” :mad:

In recent days the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper has published stories, citing unidentified witnesses, alleging Australian troops mistreated and executed prisoners in 2009 and 2012. The ABC has previously reported on an alleged cover-up of the killing of an Afghan boy by Australian special forces.

Australia’s defense department did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the news reports, but it has previously said it is “aware of allegations of significant issues” during Afghanistan deployments and that they are being investigated.
 
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...d-into-grass-at-park-that-honors-us-war-dead/

Swastika burned into grass at park that honors US war dead
By: The Associated Press   
1 day ago

OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha police are trying to find whoever burned a Nazi symbol into the grass at an Omaha park memorializing U.S. military members who died in World War II. :eek:

Someone used a chemical or other means Saturday to turn green grass into a brown swastika several feet across at Memorial Park in east-central Omaha.

The parks department has tilled over the swastika, and the city intends to reseed the area.

No arrests have been reported.

Police say other Nazi symbols, including hate-filled books and flyers, have shown up elsewhere in Omaha in recent weeks. :D

Visitors to the park have been placing flowers and small American flags at the spot in the lawn, according to local news reports.
 
https://www.********.com/story/news...gogue-tagged-anti-semitic-graffiti/858786002/

Anti-Semitic graffiti found at Carmel synagogue
Justin L. Mack, Indianapolis Star
Published 8:46 a.m. ET July 29, 2018 | Updated 10:15 a.m. ET July 29, 2018

Carmel police are investigating after anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered at a Hamilton County synagogue.

According to a statement from the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council, the crime happened Saturday at Congregation Shaarey Tefilla in the 3000 block of West 116th Street.

Images of the graffiti shared online show a large Nazi flag and other symbols spray painted on the shed for the synagogue's garbage container.

Suspect information is unavailable, but a statement from Congregation Shaarey Tefilla said the vandalism took place in the early morning hours and did not impact Saturday morning Shabbat services.

"Since learning of the vandalism, we have focused on working with the Carmel Police, communicating to our congregation, and working with the Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council and Jewish Federation of Greater Indianapolis to communicate to other congregations and other Jewish agencies to ensure that they are aware of the event and can take appropriate measures," Corey Freedman, president of Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, said in a statement.

The Indianapolis Jewish Community Relations Council is working closely with the congregation to offer assistance and support. The organization has also reached out to other Indianapolis-area congregations to ensure that they are taking the necessary security precautions.

Carmel Police Department officials said Sunday that the crime remains under investigation, and more information should be released this week.

The incident happens little more than a year after two bomb threats were called into the Indianapolis Jewish Community Center at 6701 Hoover Road on the north side.

The first threat was called in Feb. 27, 2017, which was the same day legislation targeting hate crimes died in the Indiana Legislature. :rolleyes:

The two threats also followed a wave of threats and vandalism against Jewish organizations and people nationwide. Within the month of the JCC scares, bomb threats had been called in across the country, and vandals damaged more than 200 headstones in Philadelphia and St. Louis.

In 2016, an Indiana hate crimes bill failed to advance despite a record 69 hate crimes being reported to the state. The measure also failed in 2015 as the state grappled with religious freedom and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

The hate crimes bill was back on the table for the 2018 legislative session. But in January, Senate Republicans could not reach agreement about Senate Bill 418, which would have allowed judges to impose tougher sentences for crimes motivated by factors such as race, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation.

At the time, Senate leader David Long said he believes there is growing public acceptance for the legislation and he expects lawmakers to take it up again in 2019.

A recent poll indicated that nearly two-thirds of Hoosiers favor a hate crimes law. :mad: Indiana is one of only five states without such a law. (Aha!)
 
https://nypost.com/2018/08/31/swastikas-found-on-fdny-firehouse-ambulances/

Swastikas found on FDNY firehouse, ambulances
By Ben Feuerherd
August 31, 2018 | 2:50pm

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Someone wrote F You, Nazi Pigs and Pedophiles and drew swastikas on 4 Emergency Medical Services Station 13 Ambulances on West 172nd street in Manhattan on August 31st, 2018.
Richard Harbus


Swastikas were found scrawled on a Manhattan firehouse and several ambulances Friday morning — just days after the suspected vandal graffitied the hateful symbol at the same locations, police said.

FDNY firefighters and medics found four ambulances outside 501 W. 172nd St. in Washington Heights with swastikas on them Friday, police said.

Additionally, a doorway at an FDNY station house at 515 W. 181st St. had the Nazi symbol on it, cops said. The vandal also scrawled the words “Nazi rapist pigs” and “pedophiles” on the doorway, officials said.

The NYPD’s hate-crime task force is investigating the graffiti, police said. The same vandal is suspected in both instances, cops said.

The scrawls come days after “Nazi pigs die” and “Nazi pigs” were written on the station house and swastikas were scrawled on four other ambulances.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/09/01/suspect-in-fdny-swastika-graffiti-busted-by-fire-marshals/

Suspect in FDNY swastika graffiti busted by fire marshals
By Amanda Woods
September 1, 2018 | 11:52am | Updated

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Jem 'Is Truly Amazing" Ibrahimov
FDNY


The vandal who had scrawled swastikas on a Manhattan firehouse and several ambulances over the past week was back at it again Saturday morning — except this time, fire marshals caught him in the act.

Jem R. Ibrahimov, 42, was busted around 8:30 a.m. at the Engine 93/Ladder 45/Battalion 13 station house on West 181st Street near Audubon Avenue in Fort George — which he had targeted twice before, the FDNY said.

Ibrahimov scrawled four ambulances outside FDNY EMS Station 13 on West 172nd Street near Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights with the hateful symbol Friday, cops said.

He also penned the Nazi symbol on the Engine 93 station house — along with the words “Nazi rapist pigs” and “pedophiles” on the doorway.

The scrawls came days after he allegedly scrawled “Nazi pigs die” and “Nazi pigs,” on the stationhouse Sunday and scribbled swastikas on four other ambulances.

Ibrahimov was charged with multiple counts of aggravated harassment, criminal mischief as a hate crime, making graffiti, and possessing graffiti instruments.

His arraignment was pending Saturday evening, and he has no prior arrests.

“I commend our Fire Marshals for their great investigative work to apprehend an individual who defaced FDNY facilities and apparatus with hateful symbols and language,” FDNY Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro said in a statement. “Thank you as well to the members of the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force for their investigation and collaboration with our Fire Marshals.”
 
https://nypost.com/2018/09/02/lawyers-say-man-drawing-swastikas-on-fdny-ambulances-is-an-artist/

Lawyers say man drawing swastikas on FDNY ambulances is an ‘artist’
By Igor Kossov and Max Jaeger
September 2, 2018 | 1:26pm

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Jem R. Ibrahimov
Brigitte Stelzer


The man who was busted painting swastikas on FDNY ambulances should be cut some slack because he’s an “artist,” his lawyers argued during his arraignment on felony hate-crime and vandalism charges Sunday.

Jem Ibrahimov, 42, was caught Saturday morning outside the Engine 93/Ladder 45/Battalion 13 station house on West 181st Street in Fort George — where he allegedly scrawled the hate symbol on a door and wrote “Nazi rapist pigs” and “pedophiles.”

He’s also accused of drawing the symbol on four ambulances outside FDNY EMS Station 13 on West 172nd Street in Washington Heights.

Ibrahimov pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of aggravated harassment, criminal mischief as a hate crime, making graffiti, and possessing graffiti instruments at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal court Sunday — where his attorney argued he should not face stiff bail because he’s an artist with ties to the community.

“He’s an artist :rolleyes:,” said lawyer Barbara Ho. “He worked as a painter.”

Ibrahimov graduated from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn with a degree in fine arts in 1998, according to a profile on networking website Harri.

He worked as a photographer for the Bulgarian parliament and also as an art handler here in New York, according to the site, which lists his most recent occupation as “climbing wall installer” for Bulgarian company Walltopia.

The swastika incident is Ibrahimov’s first arrest, according to Ho, who said her client speaks three languages and has worked as an interpreter for the US Army. He was, however, wanted for skipping out on a court date related to a criminal summons, prosecutors noted.

Ibrahimov was remanded and bail was set at $10,000 cash or $50,000 bond.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/anti-semitic-posters-targeted-by-nypd-are-part-of-anti-hate-campaign/

‘Anti-Semitic’ posters targeted by NYPD are part of anti-hate campaign
By Gina Daidone
September 26, 2018 | 7:57pm | Updated

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Cops announced that they were looking for two men who they said plastered anti-Semitic posters on a wall in Brooklyn last month — except the posters were actually part of an anti-hate campaign between a known media artist and a local lifestyle brand.

The posters, which involve a swastika with a red circle around it and a red line going through it with the words “Alife” above the circle and “Katsu” below, were put up on a wall on Driggs Avenue between North Seventh and North Eighth avenues in Williamsburg on Aug. 22 at about 6 p.m., cops said.

Alife is a streetwear clothing and lifestyle brand with more than 131,000 followers on Instagram, while street artist KATSU boasts roughly 66,000 Instagram followers.

Their anti-swastika design is called “The Climate” and is featured on T-shirts and hoodies, which debuted Aug. 23 and run about $42 to $199, available on the Alife website and at its Rivington Street shop.

The team-up between KATSU and Alife is described on the Highsnobiety website as “an examination of autonomous art making and vandalism” and use of the “anti Swastika design that links the graffiti and punk narratives that perfectly fit with today’s SJW political climate.”

An NYPD spokesman at first declined to comment on the investigation to The Post on Wednesday. Then the department’s public information office put out a statement saying, “Correction, the posters were not anti-Semitic.”
 
 
https://wjla.com/news/local/community-stands-with-jewish-center-after-hate-crime

Community stands with Northern Virginia Jewish community center after recent hate crime

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FAIRFAX, Va. (ABC7) —

Community members from different faiths and backgrounds joined together at the Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia in solidarity after 19 swastikas were spray painted on the building walls.

Leaders of the center, fondly called the “J,” said they originally wanted to move past the hateful act as soon as possible but overwhelming support from neighbors lead to the Sunday afternoon gathering.

“It makes me feel like I’m part of a community that cares about everything,” said 11-year-old Micha Albert.

“It was really nice. It made me feel better,” said Dan Harris, a member of the Jewish Community Center.

In the early morning hours of Oct. 5, a man spray painted white swastikas on the building.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/10/31/vandal-draws-swastika-racial-epithet-on-nyc-brownstone/

Vandal draws swastika, racial epithet on NYC brownstone
By Tina Moore, Cedar Attanasio and Ruth Weissmann
October 31, 2018 | 3:31pm | Updated October 31, 2018 | 4:19pm

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A vandal scrawled a swastika and a racial epithet on a Brooklyn brownstone — just four days :eek: after a mass murder at a Pittsburgh synagogue, police said Wednesday.

Investigators are looking for the person who drew the Nazi symbol, as well as the word “n—-r” on the stairs of a Garden Place home in Brooklyn Heights, police said.

The epithets were discovered around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, though it wasn’t immediately clear who reported the incident.

“There is no tolerance for hate crimes in New York City. We have the best hate-crimes unit in the nation, quite frankly, and each and every crime that gets reported is fully investigated,” NYPD Police Commissioner James O’Neill said Wednesday at an unrelated press conference.

The drawings are being investigated as potential hate crimes, noted Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea, who noted there were “several incidents of Swastikas being drawn” in the police precinct that encompasses the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood.

“What we’ve seen in the last month is an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes, particularly Swastikas on buildings in parts of the city,” Shea said. “Anti-Semitic hate crimes make up about half of all of the hate crimes that we see in New York City.”

Swastikas had previously been drawn on residences along the same block, but were not reported to police, law enforcement sources said.

“You have to think, what possesses someone to do this? Is it just pure hate?” wondered Elyse Douglas, 62, who has lived on the street for four years. “This is a nice little community, and to have something like this happen is terrible.”

Douglas called the neighborhood “Halloween Central,” noting that come nightfall Wednesday, the street will be swarming with young trick-or-treaters.
 
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2...ys-car-in-montgomery-township/#comment-379579

Police Investigating After 2 Swastikas Painted On Jewish Family’s Car In Montgomery Township
November 2, 2018 at 9:12 pm

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MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (CBS) — Police are investigating a possible hate crime after two swastikas were discovered spray-painted on a Jewish family’s car Thursday.

Montgomery Township Police were called to the residence of Jewish family — who wish to remain anonymous :rolleyes: — Thursday, where the swastikas were found on the windows of a car, as well as the F-word on the rear of the house.

Because the family is Jewish, police are investigating the incident as a hate crime. :mad:

Officials also believe the same person or persons are responsible for other graffiti not far from the residence done on the same night.

Police are actively investigating the incident and urge anyone with information to call police at (215) 362-2301.
 
https://nypost.com/2018/11/04/cops-hunting-for-this-suspect-in-swastika-vandalism/

Cops hunting for this suspect in swastika vandalism
By Amanda Woods
November 4, 2018 | 1:30am

Cops on Saturday released surveillance images of the vandal who they believe scrawled swastikas on six Brooklyn Heights buildings this week.

The man drew the anti-Semitic symbol on the steps and garage doors of multiple homes on Garden Place, between Joralemon and State streets, around 9:35 p.m. Tuesday, police said.

He’s captured in black-and-white images with shoulder length hair and wearing a hoodie. :mad:

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On Wednesday, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said that the incidents are being investigated as hate crimes, adding where were several cases of swastikas being drawn” in Brooklyn Heights.

“What we’ve seen in the last month is an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes, particularly swastikas on buildings in parts of the city,” Shea said. “Anti-Semitic hate crimes make up about half of all of the hate crimes that we see in New York City.”

On Thursday night, James Polite, 26, allegedly scrawled “Kill all Jews” in the stairwell of Union Temple in Prospect Heights. He was busted the next day.

Both incidents came only days after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, where the gunman yelled “All Jews must die!”
 
https://nypost.com/2018/11/05/teens-busted-for-scrawling-swastikas-on-brooklyn-buildings/

Teens busted for scrawling swastikas on Brooklyn buildings
By Tina Moore
November 5, 2018 | 7:44pm

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The suspects captured on surveillance footage. DCPI


Two teens were arrested Monday for scrawling multiple swastikas on residential buildings on a quiet Brooklyn block, authorities said.

The hate symbols were found on the steps and garage doors of homes on Garden Place between Joralemon and State streets in Brooklyn Heights on Oct. 30 at about 9:30 p.m.

Jarrick Wiltshire, 18, and Daul Moultrie, 17, were busted by cops and charged with three counts of aggravated harassment each.

Last week, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said the vandalism was being investigated as a hate crime.

“What we’ve seen in the last month is an increase in anti-Semitic hate crimes, particularly swastikas on buildings in parts of the city,” Shea said. “Anti-Semitic hate crimes make up about half of all of the hate crimes that we see in New York City.”

On Thursday night, James Polite, 26, allegedly scrawled “Kill all Jews” in the stairwell of Union Temple in Prospect Heights. He was busted the next day.

Both incidents came after a mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, where the gunman yelled “All Jews must die!”
 
https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/cops-searching-for-man-who-put-swastika-sticker-on-subway/

Cops searching for man who put swastika sticker on subway
By Ben Feuerherd
November 18, 2018 | 5:07pm

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The suspect who placed a swastika sticker on the subway.


Police are searching for a creep who stuck a swastika sticker on a subway train in Manhattan, authorities said Sunday.

The unidentified suspect stuck the hateful :rolleyes: sticker on a southbound No. 6 train after it pulled into the Bleecker Street station on Nov. 4 at about 11:50 p.m., cops said.

A (((straphanger))) offended by the Nazi symbol snapped a photo of the sicko :rolleyes: and called police.

The suspect is described as a man in his 40s. He’s about 5-foot-10 and weighs about 170 pounds, cops said.

He was last seen wearing dark-colored clothing.
 
https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-ne...tsburgh-synagogue-shooting-victims/1607034205

Swastika painted over Duke mural remembering Pittsburgh synagogue shooting victims


Updated: Nov 19, 2018 01:17 PM EST

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DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) - An investigation is underway after a large, red swastika was drawn over a mural remembering the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting on Duke's campus.

According to Duke University President Vincent E. Price, the Tree of Life Synagogue mural on the East Campus Bridge was covered by a swastika on Sunday night.

Student Olivia Levine shared a photo of the defaced mural with CBS 17.

Price sent a letter Monday morning to all students, faculty and staff regarding the anti-Semitic act:

Dear Colleagues,
I write you this morning with a deep sense of frustration and sorrow: last night, a tribute on the East Campus Bridge to the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre was defaced by a large, red swastika. That such a craven and cowardly act of vandalism – a desecration of a memorial to individuals who were killed because they were Jewish and practicing their faith – should happen anywhere is extremely distressing. That it should occur in such a visible, public location at Duke should be a matter of grave concern to us all.

To our Jewish students, faculty, staff and neighbors – and indeed every member of our university community – I pledge that Duke will do whatever we can to protect your safety. As an immediate response, we will continue to provide additional security at the Freeman Center for Jewish Life and other locations on campus. In addition, we will be installing security cameras in the vicinity of the East Campus Bridge, which has unfortunately become a focus of attention for those who seek to promote hatred and intimidation.

This poison of hate is not confined to Duke. It is part of a national, even global, trend that has seen hate crimes in general, and anti-Semitism in particular, increase dramatically in the past year. And since this incident follows others on campus and in Durham, we have an urgent obligation to confront anti-Semitism and other forms of hate on campus and in Durham. For that reason, I will be convening a meeting of leaders from Duke, the local Jewish community and public officials to review this matter and advise us on the actions we can take to confront the scourge of anti-Semitism through education and activism.

Duke alone cannot solve this problem, of course. But I commit that Duke will lead, and that we will not waver in our support those of many faiths, backgrounds, races, sexual orientations and creeds, especially in these deeply trying and troubling times."
 
https://fox2now.com/2018/11/16/swastikas-carved-in-snow-at-creve-coeur-apartments/

Swastikas carved in snow at Creve Coeur apartments
Posted 9:33 pm, November 16, 2018

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CREVE COEUR, Mo. - Police are asking for the public's help to determine who carved swastikas in the snow Thursday. The department tweeted out this image saying two swastikas were discovered at the Vicino on the Lake apartment complex at around 7pm. They were eight-feet wide by eight feet high.

Police are working with the FBI to find the people or person who carved them in the snow.
 
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