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Antisemitism

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Summit Police Investigate Swastika Graffiti on Resident's Property

The symbol was drawn on garage wall on Passaic Avenue, according to police, who say no evidence has surfaced that would qualify the act as a hate crime.

A swastika was found on the side of a Summit resident’s detached garage on Dec. 16 around 10:30 p.m. in an incident which is currently being investigated as an act of graffiti and criminal mischief by Summit Police. Sgt. Peter Frank said the swastika measured about 1 ½ feet by 1 ½ feet, and was drawn in thin black lines on the rear of the detached garage, facing the resident’s property, meaning the person who drew the swastika was on the resident’s actual property. He said the couple living there has young children and the family is part Jewish, part Christian. “It’s not like it was done just on the street on the garage front door. It was actually on the rear of the garage on the actual property,” Frank said. “At this point, we’re …

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