Some East Village graffiti by FARO has prompted a NYPD hate crimes investigation reports NY1. Police are reportedly looking into a piece which features a swastika (and an upside down cross). Building owner Alan Rabunski was upset after discovering the spray painted work on the side of his building, noting the “ingenuity, preparation, planning and also intent” it must have required. Read more »
What could be more bizarre than a group of moronic teenagers in Virginia using sod at an elementary school to spell out the letters “KKK” and make a big ol’ swastika? One of them was black. Outlandish or par for the course? If both the right and the left can toss around the Nazi symbol slipshod at town hall meetings on health care why shouldn’t African-Americans? |NBCWashington|
Although the local media in Colorado Springs will likely be disappointed, since nothing exciting happens there, this swastika stenciled graffiti on a sidewalk accompanied by the words “No Smoking” isn’t a “hate crime,” far from it actually. ABC affiliate, KRDO, wasn’t so convinced and hit the streets for answers looking for explanations, but maybe they should have considered investigating current events instead. With the FDA recently acquiring fascist-like powers to regulate tobacco—that could lead to really edgy packaging—and early anti-smoking propaganda campaigns by the Nazis, it’s both culturally relevant and historically accurate.
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