Redhats

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spread more hatred. Every act of hatred must be met with a stand against it.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jewish-cemetery-swastikas-fall-river-massachusetts_n_5c92406fe4b0f7ed945e603c?section=politics&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000013&utm_source=politics_fb&utm_medium=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0Vh4H1_Ku-vhxAoPYIgkpWx0_HP4NQNy98beQjEVRRUuKvijKGTL6t0AA


Historic Jewish Cemetery Defaced With Swastikas, Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Hateful phrases and Hitler salutes were found at Hebrew Cemetery, a 19th-century burial site in Fall River, Massachusetts.

Police are investigating after swastikas and anti-Semitic phrases were found scrawled in black marker on dozens of gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts over the weekend.

Fifty-nine gravestones at Fall River’s Hebrew Cemetery were vandalized with graffiti and two more were toppled over, Fall River Police Department spokesman John Robinson told HuffPost on Wednesday. The site is still being canvassed for evidence, he said.

The graffiti included phrases such as “Heil Hitler,” “Expel the Jews” and “Oy vey! This is MAGA country,” an apparent reference to President Donald Trump’s campaign slogan, Boston.com reports.

Fall River police suspect that the incident, which is being treated as a hate crime, occurred either Saturday or early Sunday morning, according to a statement released Tuesday. The vandalism was discovered and reported by a cemetery maintenance worker on Sunday afternoon...more